is situated in the grounds of Creggan Parish Church, Glassdrumman Road, Crossmaglen, just off the B30 Newry - Crossmaglen Road and is two miles from Crossmaglen. The Churchyard is signposted both at the entrance to the village and at the junction with the main Armagh / Newtownhamilton - Dundalk road (B31) A29 - R177. The Centre houses an historical exhibition on "The Poets and People of Creggan." which was compiled jointly by Creggan Hall Management Committee and Creggan Local History Society as a cross community partnership project.

This historic graveyard is the burial place of three eighteenth century Gaelic Irish poets: Art Mac Cooey, Pádraig Mac Aliondain and Séamus Mór Mac Murphy (poet and outlaw). Two other poets are associated with the area, Peadar Ó Doirnín, Forkill and Séamas dall Mac Curta, Omeath.

As well as the Poets the exhibition also features information on Creggan Vestry Minutes, The Penal Laws, Mass Rocks, The Eastwood Vault, Townlands in the Parish of Creggan, Landlords and Tenants, Population graph 1800 - 1997, The United Irishmen 1798, Local Personalities: Fr. Daniel Mac Gilmurry d. 1731, The Very Reverend John Campbell 1799 - 1878, The Reverend Daniel Gunn Brown 1807 - 1892, Sir Thomas Jackson 1841 - 1915, Crossmaglen Town Clock, and the Annual Ecumenical Service.

An information pack for use in schools is presently in the course of preparation. A walking tour "The Poets Trail" including information boards and maps will soon be in place.

Creggan &Visitors Centre was a local winner in the 1997 AIB/First Trust Bank, Better Ireland Award Competition.

Guided tours are available each Sunday from June-September 3.00-5.30 pm. (and at other times for organised parties, by prior arrangement). For further information, please contact Sandra Pragnell at Dundalk Rectory Old Golflinks Road, Blackrock, Co. Louth, Ireland.
phone:+353-(0)42-9321402
dundalk@armagh.anglican.org