{"slug": "armagh", "label": "Armagh", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armagh", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193452", "qid": "Q193452", "description": "county town of County Armagh in Northern Ireland", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-94, 1889], "span_label": ["95 BCE", "1889 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ireland", "label": "Ireland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "brian-boru", "label": "Brian Boru", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "saint-patrick", "label": "Saint Patrick", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "connacht", "label": "Connacht", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ulster", "label": "Ulster", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "northern-ireland", "label": "Northern Ireland", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -94, "year_label": "95 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "\"Forty-metre structure\" at Emain Macha (near modern Armagh, Northern Ireland) was built and destroyed, presumably for ritual or ceremonial purposes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371872188#Ireland", "title": "95 BC", "revid": 1371872188, "section": "Events › By place › Ireland"}}, {"year": 444, "year_label": "444 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Irish city of Armagh is founded by Saint Patrick the Great.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1289774779#Europe", "title": "444", "revid": 1289774779, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1005, "year_label": "1005 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "High King of Ireland Brian Boru makes a second expedition to the north, to take hostages from the northern kingdoms. During this campaign he visits Armagh – making an offering of 20 ounces of gold to the church and confirming to the apostolic see of Saint Patrick, ecclesiastical supremacy over the whole of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341910116#British_Isles", "title": "1005", "revid": 1341910116, "section": "Events › By place › British Isles"}}, {"year": 1152, "year_label": "1152 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Synod of Kells-Mellifont: The present diocesan system of Ireland is established (with later modifications), and the primacy of Armagh is recognized.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365584069#Religion", "title": "1152", "revid": 1365584069, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1241, "year_label": "1241 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 10", "text": "May 10 – Battle of Cameirge in Ulster: The Milesian Irish septs of the Ó Dónaills from Donegal, the Ó Néills from Armagh and the Ó Dochartaighs of Connacht defeat the last Tuatha Dé Danann sept, the Meic Lochlainn of Tír Eoghain and Inishowen under Domhnall mac Muirchertaigh Mac Lochlainn. From now on the Kings of Tír Eoghain will all be of the Ó Néill dynasty, Brian Ua Néill becoming sole ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362486166#Events", "title": "1241", "revid": 1362486166, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1889, "year_label": "1889 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June 12", "text": "June 12 – The Armagh rail disaster: runaway carriages from a Sunday school excursion collide with an oncoming train near Armagh in the north of Ireland, killing 80, leading to rapid passage of the Regulation of Railways Act 1889 on railway signalling and brakes in the United Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367594292#June", "title": "1889", "revid": 1367594292, "section": "Events › June"}}]}