ACTON, a district parish, in the union of Newry, barony of Lower Orior, county of Armagh, andprovince of Ulster, 3 miles (8. s. E.) from Tanderagee, on the old road from Newry to that place: the population is returned with Ballymore. The village was originally founded by Sir Toby Pointz, who, for his military services, obtained a grant of 500 acres of land, part of...
