What's in a Name? ARMAGH

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  cameo-d

  ARMAGH.....

  According to Irish mythology Armagh was once the capital of Ulster until it was abandoned in the 1st century CE.

  The site was named after the goddess Macha, and as the settlement grew on the hills* nearby it was also named after the goddess. Ard Macha means "The Height of Macha". (Height could have double symbolism here: remember, the fallen angels are always associated with "high places--hills, mountains" per scriptures. Excavations reveal that many of these "high places" are actually burial mounds with evidence of human sacrifices. Height could also mean the pinnacle of an Empire.)

  MACHA

  Macha is a presumed goddess of ancient Ireland, associated with war, horses, sovereignty, and the sites of Armagh and Emain Macha in County Armagh, which are named after her.

  Armagh has been an educational centre since the time of Saint Patrick, and thus it has been referred to as "the city of saints and scholars". Saint Patrick decreed that only those educated in Armagh could spread the gospel.

• Armagh is the seat of both the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, both of whom hold the position of Primate of All Ireland for their respective denominations.

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an interesting tidbit concerning the A.L. calendar:

In connection with this study of the Craft, a wise Masonic
churchman said that it might be helpful to start as near the
beginning as possible. Then the question arises, where is the
beginning? This is a logical question and deserves honest study.
As is generally known among Masons the ordinary calendar is not
generally used by Freemasons in dating their official documents.
They have one peculiar to themselves, differing among their various
rites. Blue Lodge Masons date their documents by adding 4,000 ye
ars to the Christian era and calling it Anno Lucis or Year of
Light, using the abbreviation A.L. before the date recorded.  This
is known as Ussher's Chronology. It came into being in Armagh,
Northern Ireland, about A.D. 1650 and was first used in Biblical
computation in 1701. Hence, the Speculative Masons and not the
Operative Masons gave Masonry this chronology.

About Ussher's Chronology:

James Ussher (1654) dated creation to 23 October4004 BCE according to the Julian Calendar, 
which in the Gregorian Calendar would be 21 September4004 BCE.
Related to this is the Freemasonry's Anno Lucis, which adds 4000 years to the CE date. [7]

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