{{short description|Village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Killean | irish_name = Cillín | scots_name = | local_name = | static_image = The rear gate of Killean Primary School, Killeen - geograph.org.uk - 5781902.jpg | static_image_caption = Primary school in Killean | static_image_alt = | map_type = Northern Ireland | coordinates = {{coord|54.1251|-6.3385|display=inline,title}} | label_position = none | belfast_distance_mi = 38 | dublin_distance_mi = 67 | population = | population_ref = | irish_grid_reference = J085265 | unitary_northern_ireland = Newry, Mourne and Down | country = Northern Ireland |historic_county= | post_town = NEWRY | postcode_area = BT | postcode_district = BT34, BT35 | dial_code = 028 | constituency_westminster = Newry and Armagh | constituency_ni_assembly = Newry and Armagh | lieutenancy_northern_ireland = County Armagh | website = | hide_services = yes }}

'''Killean''' ({{Irish derived place name|Cillín}})<ref name="Placenames NI">{{cite web |title=Townland of Killeen |url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=14989 |work=Placenames NI |access-date=22 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317011309/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=14989 |archive-date=2012-03-17}}</ref> or '''Killeen'''<ref group="nb">"Killeen" is the official name of the townland.</ref> is a small village and townland in the civil parish of Killevy, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.<ref name="Placenames NI"/> It lies about four miles (6.5&nbsp;km) south of Newry, near the border with County Louth in the Republic of Ireland. Killean is in the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area.

==History== For more information, see The Troubles in Killean, which includes a list of incidents in the area during "the Troubles" resulting in two or more fatalities.

==Education== The sole school within the village is St Michael's Primary School, 29 Killean School Road.

==Places of worship== The primary place of worship in the village is St. Michael's Chapel, a Roman Catholic church.

==Natives== Máire Drumm, a vice-president of Sinn Féin from 1972 until her death in 1976, was from the village.<ref>[http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/16809 Monument in honour of Máire Drumm unveiled in South Armagh]</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Neighbourhood Information System]

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Category:Villages in County Armagh Category:Townlands of County Armagh

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