Tandragee () is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is built on a hillside overlooking the Cusher River, in the civil parish of Ballymore and the historic barony of Orior Lower. It had a population of 3,486 people in the 2011 Census. History Overlooking the town is Tandragee Castle. Originally the seat of the Chief of the Name of the O'Hanlon Irish clan and Lord of Orior, the Castle and surrounding countryside were confiscated and granted to Oliver St John and his heirs during the Tudor conquest of Ireland and the Plantation of Ulster. According to D. J. O'Donoghue's account of his 1825 Irish tour, Sir Walter Scott was fascinated by the life and career of Redmond O'Hanlon, a local Rapparee leader. Hoping to make him the protagonist of an adventure novel, Scott corresponded with Lady Olivia Sparrow, an Anglo-Irish landowner whose estates included Tandragee. Although Scott asked Lady Olivia to obtain as much information as possible about O'Hanlon, he was forced to give up on the project after finding documentation too scanty. Tandragee Castle was rebuilt in about 1837 for The 6th Duke of Manchester. Today, its grounds are home to the Tayto potato-crisp factory. Northern Ireland Electricity has an interconnector to County Louth in the Republic of Ireland from the outskirts of the town. Earlier spellings of the name include Tanderagee and Tonregee. In 2000, Tandragee was scene of the Murders of Andrew Robb and David McIlwaine, two teenaged local Protestant men who were unaffiliated with an paramilitary organization, as part of an ongoing Loyalist feud. Education Tandragee Primary School Tandragee Junior High School Tandragee Nursery Button Moon Play Group Sport Tandragee Rovers play in the Mid-Ulster Football League. There is a golf course within the grounds of Tandragee Castle, within walking distance of the main street. It is 5,589 metres, par 71, and a hilly parkland course. Tandragee is also home to the Tandragee 100, a motorcycle road racing event held each year on country roads near the town. Despite Tandragee's Protestant majority, the Gaelic Athletic Association also has a presence near the town. Tandragee's Gaelic football team is named "The Redmond O'Hanlons", after the 17th century rapparee of the same name. Industry Thomas Sinton opened a mill in town in the 1880s, an expansion of his firm from its original premises at nearby Laurelvale – a model village which he built. Sintons' mill, at