Welcome to Portadown

Portadown (Port an Dúnáin) is a town in County Armagh. It has an estimated population of 30,000, and is situated on the River Bann, in the north of County Armagh. It is within of the Craigavon Borough Council area.

Although the town can trace its origins to at least the 1600s, it was not until the Victorian era and the arrival of the railway that it became a major town. Portadown is known as "The Hub of the North", the origin of this phrase coming from its central position in Northern Ireland and being a major railway junction in the past, where the Great Northern Railway's line diverged for Belfast, Dublin, Armagh and Derry.

Portadown News

Finger-lickin’ good opportunity: Portadown KFC goes under hammer – alongside seven other NI sites - Armagh I

Finger-lickin’ good opportunity: Portadown KFC goes under hammer – alongside seven other NI sites Armagh I

Publish: Saturday 22nd March 6:02am

Portadown teacher who claims she was wrongly named as notorious ‘GAA catfish’ wins injunction against school trying to discipline her - Belfast Telegraph

Portadown teacher who claims she was wrongly named as notorious ‘GAA catfish’ wins injunction against school trying to discipline her Belfast Telegraph

Publish: Friday 21st March 6:49am

Historic occasion marked in Portadown as three young men among first to receive King’s Badges - Armagh I

Historic occasion marked in Portadown as three young men among first to receive King’s Badges Armagh I

Publish: Friday 21st March 3:28pm

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