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Portadown Library

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Portadown Library
Portadown Library
Portadown Library
Portadown Library
Portadown Library
Portadown Library
Portadown Library
Portadown Library
Portadown Library
Portadown Library
Portadown Library
Portadown Library
Portadown Library
Portadown Library
Portadown Library
Phone:
+44 28 3833 6122

Hours:
SundayClosed
Monday10am - 5:30pm
Tuesday10am - 5:30pm
Wednesday10am - 7pm
Thursday10am - 5:30pm
Friday10am - 5:30pm
Saturday10am - 4pm


Portadown is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The town sits on the River Bann in the north of the county, about 24 miles southwest of Belfast. It is in the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area and had a population of about 22,000 at the 2011 Census. For some purposes, Portadown is treated as part of the Craigavon Urban Area, alongside Craigavon and Lurgan. Although Portadown can trace its origins to the early 17th century Plantation of Ulster, it was not until the Victorian era and the arrival of the railway that it became a major town. It earned the nickname hub of the North due to it being a major railway junction; where the Great Northern Railway's line diverged for Belfast, Dublin, Armagh and Derry. In the 19th and 20th centuries Portadown was also a major centre for the production of textiles . Of its population, about 61% are from a Protestant background and 31% from a Catholic background. Portadown is the site of the long-running Drumcree dispute, over yearly Orange marches through the mainly Catholic part of town, which has often led to violence. In the 1990s, the dispute intensified and drew worldwide attention to Portadown.
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