Lurgan


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Lurgan (from Irish:an Lorgain, meaning "the shin-shaped hill") is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The town is near the southern shore of Lough Neagh and in the north-eastern corner of the county. Formerly part of the Craigavon Borough Council area until it was merged in 2015 into the larger Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon, Lurgan is about 18 miles (29 km) south-west of Belfast and is linked to the city by both the M1 motorway and the Belfast–Dublin railway line. It had a population of about 23,000 at the 2001 Census.