Portadown, a market-town of Armagh, Ireland, on the Bann, 6 miles S. of Lough Neagh and 25 miles by rail SW. of Belfast. It is a place of considerable trade in agricultural produce, and manufactures linen, cambric, and sheeting. Pop. (1871) 6735; (1881) 7850.
Portadown,
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 330
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