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

Club issues apology after anti-Catholic chanting at league title celebrations - Portadown Times

Club issues apology after anti-Catholic chanting at league title celebrations Portadown Times

A Portadown-based football club has issued an apology after video emerged of anti-Catholic chants being sung at an event to mark their league title ...

Publish: Wednesday 24th April 2:56pm

Two men arrested after Sinn Féin election posters taken down in Portadown - The Irish News

Two men arrested after Sinn Féin election posters taken down in Portadown The Irish News

TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of theft and criminal damage of Sinn Féin election posters in a Co Armagh town.

Publish: Wednesday 24th April 1:49am

'Soldier F' banner in Portadown town centre offensive and should be taken down: Jackson - Derry Journal

'Soldier F' banner in Portadown town centre offensive and should be taken down: Jackson Derry Journal

A Derry councillor has called for the authorities to remove a banner from the centre of Portadown that proclaims support for a former British soldier who is set to ...

Publish: Wednesday 17th April 11:41am

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