City na biyu Cathedrals, Biyu Archbishops da Primattun Primates na Ireland
An san shi da "Cathedral City", birnin Armagh, wani ɓangare na tsohuwar County of Armagh a Ireland ta Arewa , wani yanki ne mai zurfi a yankunan karkara. Amma gari ne na gari na wasu tsaye, kuma tare da wasu masana tarihi masu ban sha'awa da suka hada da sababbin zamani (kuma ba za a fada) ba. Abin da ake kira City of Armagh fita shine matsayin da ya fi muhimmanci ga Kristanci Irish.
Babban yanki ya kasance muhimmiyar mahimmanci har ma a zamanin arna, kuma Saint Patrick kansa ya ba Armagh rubutattun manyan ayyukan siyasa a cikin cocin - Ikilisiyar Ireland da Ikilisiyar Roman Katolika suna bi da bi da bi, waɗanda kullun da ke kalubalanci suna ganin idanu da juna gaba daya daga tsayayyar tsaunuka. Baƙi za su ziyarci Ireland ta Arewa kada su yi watsi da komai a hankali.
Birnin Armagh a cikin Kyau
Birnin Armagh ya zama gari ne kawai tun daga 1994 kuma tare da yawan mutane kimanin 15,000 ne mafi ƙanƙanci birni a duk ƙasar Ireland. Duk da haka Ikilisiyar Katolika da Ikilisiya na Ireland suna da ɗakunan katolika da archbishops a Armagh, duka biyu sune Primates na Ireland. Wannan yana da dalilai na tarihi kuma ba a kai tsaye a kan birnin ba - wanda ya nuna halin girman kai da kuma yana da wuraren da ke da kyau, ko da yaushe wani lokaci sukan shafe ƙafar da ba tare da ƙarancin sassa na birnin ba.
Kamar yadda Forrest Gump zai ce ... Armagh ne kamar bitar cakulan.
A Short Tarihin Birnin Armagh
Birnin Armagh sunan shi ne Anglicalization na Irish Ard Mhacha, ma'ana ma'anar "Macha's Height" - kusa da Emain Macha (ko Navan Fort) wani wuri mai muhimmanci ne a cikin zamanin dā, inda Macha allahn ya haifi twins.
Babban yanki na da ƙauyuka na tsawon shekaru 6,000 ko shekaru, amma a cikin karni na 5 Armagh ya kasance mai daraja. An ce Saint Patrick , ya kafa majami'arsa a nan kuma ya yanke shawarar cewa 'yan majalisa da masanan da suka ilmantar da su a Armagh su yada Kristanci cikin Ireland. A matsayin rahoton "Annals of Four Masters", Patrick a lokaci guda ya yanke shawara cewa Armagh ya kamata ya zama "Ecclesiastical Capital of Ireland", tare da Akbishop zama babban mahimmanci a kan tsibirin.
A cikin karni na 9th Vikings yana da wasu shirye-shiryen Armagh, an yi ta ɓoye gidajensu da majami'u da dama da yawa a maimaita kayan aiki. A cikin wadannan kwanaki duhu an rubuta "Littafin Armagh", littafin farko a yanzu a Tsohon Irish kuma har yanzu ana kiyaye shi a Trinity College Dublin. An kuma bayyana muhimmancin Armagh a lokacin da aka binne Bangaren Sarki Brian Boru a nan mutuwarsa a 1014. Kuma an mayar da suturar ikilisiya a hankali ... amma Anglo-Normans ne kawai suka sace su a karkashin John de Courcy a 1189.
Garin ya karu ne a tsakiyar shekarun da suka wuce kuma daga bisani ya zama cibiyar koyarwa tare da asalin makarantar Royal a 1608 da kuma gina Armagh Observatory a 1790. Ba a kuma manta da bangaskiyar Ikklisiya ba - yayin da babban coci na asali ya tafi Ikilisiyar Ireland bayan gyaggyarawa, cocin Katolika na gina wani sabon coci a karshen karni na 19.
A cikin karni na 20 Armagh wata damuwa ce a cikin matsaloli na Irish - daga cikin Ulster Division da ke da nasaba cikin yakin Somaliya zuwa War of Independence , lokacin da Michael Collins ya yi magana da mutane 10,000 a Armagh. Matsaloli sun kawo mutuwa da hallaka a cikin birni, amma kwanakin nan ba'a iya ganin alamun da yawa ba.
Wuri don ziyarci garin Armagh
Wata kila gabatarwa mafi kyau ga Armagh shi ne yawon shakatawa a kusa da Mall, wani yanki na tsakiya tare da filin wasa da kyawawan gine-ginen Georgian. Bayan haka ... karɓa da kuma hadawa:
- Girman wuri (a zahiri, kamar yadda suke kan tuddai da bayyane daga nesa) a cikin birnin Armagh dole ne su ziyarci ɗakunan katolika guda biyu, dukansu masu sadaukarwa ga Saint Patrick . Ikilisiya na Ikilisiya na Ireland , wanda aka gina dutse mai tsabta da dama a tsakiyar birnin, ya koma kimanin 445. An riga an sake gina shi - ba tare da rasa ainihin halin kirki ba. An gina babban cocin Katolika mafi girma a matsayin sanarwa na daukaka, wanda ke ji, yana nuna manyan matuka masu girma na mita 64. Hanyoyin gine-gine da kayan ado a cikin manyan katako guda biyu suna da bambanci da cewa baƙi ya yi kokarin ganin duka.
- Armagh Observatory (1790) da Armagh Planetarium (1968) suna da nisa daga cibiyar gari kuma ya kamata kowa ya ziyarta da sha'awar astronomy da sarari.
- Tsohon masarautar Arbishop na Armagh , yanzu ana amfani da shi a matsayin ofisoshin majalisa, ɗakin babban ɗakin babban ɗakin Bishop na bude wa jama'a, kamar yadda gonaki masu kyau ke kewaye da su. Rushewar abbey na da kyau kusa da ƙofar gidan.
- Abinda ke cikin Abbey Street an kafa shi ne a shekara ta 1771 daga Arbishop Richard Robinson kuma yana da littattafan Ingilishi na 17th da na 18th - abin da Jonathan Swift ya mallaka, wanda aka buga a littafinsa na farko na "Gulliver's Travels" shine ainihin tasiri.
- Har ila yau, kokarin gwada tsohon gidan kasuwa (1815) a yanzu ana amfani dashi a matsayin ɗakin karatu, da kuma tsohon Armagh Gaol, yana wasa da jinsunan Georgian da Victorian.
A City of Armagh Miscellany
Duk da cewa An yanke Armagh daga dukkan tashoshin zirga-zirga tun shekara ta 1957, ana tunawa da shi har yanzu a cikin tarihin jirgin kasa na Irish - Abin bakin ciki ga dukan dalilan da ba daidai ba: Rashin bala'in Armagh (12 Yuni 1889 a Newry line) ya kashe mutane 78.