Silverbridge is a small village in the townland of Legmoylin in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is within the Newry and Mourne District Council area. In the 2011 Census it had a recorded population of 112.See Census 2011 - Headcount and Household Estimates for Settlements published by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) The local GAA club is Silverbridge Harps GFC, which plays football at Senior level in county competitions.Armagh GAA website , armaghgaa.net; accessed 23 October 2015. The area was historically called Belanargit (from Béal Átha an Airgid meaning "ford mouth of the silver").Place Names NI
History Silverbridge, along with the rest of South Armagh, would have been transferred to the Irish Free State had the recommendations of the Irish Boundary Commission been enacted in 1925.
On 19 December 1975, during The Troubles, an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack on Donnelly's Bar & Filling Station resulted in the deaths of Trevor Bracknell, Patrick Donnelly, and Michael Donnelly.The SAS in Ireland, Mercier Press, Raymond Murray, page 165Wasted Years, Wasted Lives Volume 1: The British Army in Northern Ireland 1975-77, Ken Wharton, page 151
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Sources NI Neighbourhood Information System
See also List of villages in Northern Ireland List of towns in Northern Ireland