What is recorded here
The Grange near Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland, is the birthplace of Eric Mervyn Lindsay, the Irish astronomer born on 26 January 1907. He later directed the Armagh Observatory and helped found the Armagh Planetarium, leaving a lasting mark on local science.
Why this person is known: Irish astronomer (1907–1974)
- Birthplace
- Portadown
Places near here
St. Mark's ChurchChurch · 909 yd
PortadownVisitor information · 978 yd
(Former) Bank Of IrelandBank · 1156 yd
Portadown Railway StationMemorial · 1675 yd
MEDIEVAL & POST-MED. CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: DRUMGOSE in DrumcreeMEDIEVAL & POST-MED. CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: DRUMGOSE · 1.3 mi
Whitecoat PointHeadland · 1.4 mi
ENCLOSURE: LIME KILN FORT in THE REAGH BOG in BrackaghENCLOSURE: LIME KILN FORT in THE REAGH BOG · 1.6 mi
UNCERTAINUNCERTAIN, oval enclosure, unlocated · 2.0 mi
Lisnamintry RathHeritage attraction · 2.8 mi
Dan Winter's cottageHeritage attraction · 3.7 mi
Stramore HouseCastle · 4.3 mi
TOWER-HOUSE: TANDRAGEE CASTLE, TONREGUE in TanderageeTOWER-HOUSE: TANDRAGEE CASTLE, TONREGUE · 4.9 mi