Watson's Fort

The Watson surname arrived in Armagh during the Scottish migration to Ulster in the seventeenth century, with the family prominent in Lurgan, County Armagh by 1667. Robert Watson, a notable member of the family, became a pioneer of the linen industry, establishing one of Ireland's first hand-loom factories in 1808. The etymology of Watson derives from the patronymic 'Wat' (a medieval abbreviati...