Brannock, County Armagh

Townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland

Human settlement in Northern Ireland

Brannock

Location within Northern Ireland

Armagh

CountryNorthern IrelandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPostcode districtNewry (South Armagh)Dialling code028Police Northern Ireland Fire Northern Ireland Ambulance Northern Ireland

List of places: UK; Northern Ireland

54°18′01″N 6°22′34″W / 54.3002°N 6.3762°W / 54.3002; -6.3762

Brannock is a townland in Poyntzpass, County Armagh. It comes from the Irish name Bran Cnoc which translates as Hill of the Raven.^[1] It is situated in the Barony of Orior Lower and the Parish of Ballymore. A number of well-known local families and people were from, or lived in, Brannock such as MacCulla, Calvert, McComb, McGivern, Morrow, Alexander and Mackle.