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Coordinates: 54°04′38″N 6°36′32″W / 54.0773°N 6.6088°W / 54.0773; -6.6088
Crossmaglen or Crosmaglen (from Irish: Crois Mhic Lionnáin, meaning "Mac Lionnáin's cross") is a village and townland in south County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 1,459 people in the 2001 Census and is the largest village in south Armagh. The village centre is the site of a large Police Service of Northern Ireland base and formerly of an observation tower (known locally as the "look-out post").
The square's name commemorates Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich, a local man who became Primate of All Ireland (head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland), and who died in 1990.
St. Brigid's Primary School is a primary school located in Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is within the Southern Education and Library Board area.
On 21 October 1998, President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, visited the school and met with pupils.
Encompassing Scoil Phádraig Naofa, an Irish-medium education unit.
> address: carran road, crossmaglen