Silverbridge, County Armagh


Silverbridge is a small village in the townland of Legmoylin in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is within the Newry and Mourne District Council area. In the 2011 Census it had a recorded population of 112. The local GAA club is Silverbridge Harps GFC, which plays football at Intermediate level in county competitions. The area was historically called Belanargit.

The Troubles

On 19 December 1975, during The Troubles, an Ulster Volunteer Force gun and bomb attack on Donnelly's Bar & Filling Station resulted in the death of Trevor Bracknell, an Englishman married to a local woman, and Patrick Donnelly and Michael Donnelly, both Catholics, all civilians.