Armachiana Volume 2 by Armagh City Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council

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Armachiana Volume 2

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The cont ents of these volumes l a belled are simply notes for t alks to

Armachiana

local and visiting societies in search of

They a re not of any

and ancient monuments .

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students seeking da t a on the county g enerally or on their own distri ct s i n particular .

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great i mportance but may provide a gui de to

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material relating to it s historical background

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Music

32- 45

and on

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ou n 106

12 1

107- 120

Bearings

of Armorial Identification inner door of porch .

C h

75-1 05

Royal Portrai

69- 71

ag h - Portraits

Portraits

. used in a series of of the Cathedral)

Missing

ou C

Ar m

Writing masters ( The above notes "ere talks to the Friends The Palace Pictures Archbishops

Ar m

and Vicars ' Stewards

Librarians

Choir

62- 64 65- 68

of the Grammar School

Registrars

58- 61

with the Cath edral

linked

Edward Bunting

I· asters

55-57

data on Choristers Eiscellaneous Masters of the Grammar dchool

46- 54

Appendix II

Notabilities Choir

1-1 9 20- 26

27- 31

nt y

The Choir

of Organists

and Chor isters

Appendix I

I ntrodu cti on of I nstrumental

Succession

Pages

' s Cathedral

us eu m

ou nt y

VOL. II

of St . Patrick

_,The Bells

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ARLAGHLI SCilLLAI/EA

and Obelisk

124-125

127-131

132 -1 33

us ty

137

o C

ou n

C m Ar

ag h

Ar m

ary ci scan Friary The Franciscan

136

The Obelisk

134-135

Templenafertagh

St . Brigid ' s Well

of the Archbishops

nt y

residences Earlier Armagh

122-123

Data on Palace

us eu m

VOL. II

us eu m

ou nt y

ARl1AGHliISCELLANBA

as mentioned Li st of above pictures Archbishop Robinson ' s will

Ar m

us eu

un ty

----~

us eu of t~ie bells

The bell

of the O' Mellans

and shrine

had settled)

in which year

died,

having

their

bequeathed

head

there

Keeper,

the:n to his

to the

removed

of the

and remained

last

unti l

Henry Mulholland

friend

1758,

were then

(1-,here the

record

do,m the

passed

family

in Co. Derry

Mulholland

in the hands

townland

and the Annals

1441 when the guardianship

0 ' O'Mulhollands . Loughinsholin

our city,

ag h

until

of a local

Adam McClean.

safe-keeping

in custody

gave name to the

outside

been

1091 and

Ar m

just

were first that

and

has never

,ade bet•.-,een the year

a clan

y enclosed

Tilrough

history

of Lurgyvallen

centuries

was later

was

and shrine

named O;Mellan

Armagh.

The bell

Ar m

1105.

their

one of the

has had an unbroken

Among the

and oldest

of since

time

in which it

sight

s Will

treasures it

nave

t tl1at

shrine

years

hundred

of St . Patrick's

ecclesiastical

sept

hand - bells

chief

lost

in Ireland

the most authentic

"Bell

later

A.D. bells

ou n

period

celebrated

three

the

worship

of course , small

of tllat

fifteen

century

were,

the

in C.iristian

fifth

the,

bells

the

discuss

nt y

figured

least

of 1721 i:n ediately

we shall

comes to "1ind - but that

in tne old cathedral

gift

us eu m

ou nt y

Lindsay • s princely

From at

us eu m

,Jhen we think

· archbishop

• S.

un ty

OF ST . Patrick

The Bells

us eu

us eu m y

after

bells"

with its

are mentioned .

hay day a similar

ou n

church

was a

conflagration

1'uesday

wi th its

stone

a bell

I n 1020 there

close" .

"Ye great

that

was not left

1071.i on the

wherein

steeple

houses , the

in the

state

in the

rmagh was

burning

"there

seniors

ag h of Innisfallen

of the

nals

period

In that

two centuries.

by li gh tnin g so that

reputed

of the

on Armagh ca me in 832 and

further

996 the

over

house

attack

burned

for

the invasions

following

being

The first

Ar m continued

towers , structures

to have

to have been rung from

believed

of our round

openings come into

semen . Norse

year

are

was a

we are told,

King of Ulster

of Murdach,

Such hand - bells

the upper

to Cumacach,

belonged

From the Annals we learn

Ar m

daughter

and his mother,

in 908,

he died

that

sho11ing that

of Armagh Cathedral

an inscription

Economist

example.

finest

the

bears

of Armagh" is undoubtedly

the

com'1only called

nt y

"Bell

They were

from the outside

struck that

hand - bells,

larger

the

ongst

in height.

by being

sounded

first

probably

from about

in size

varied

type

inches

to fourteen

inches

Museum

in the National

of that

Hand-bells

four

College,

us eu m

now preserved

Academy and are

bought

by the Royal Irish

were purchased

they

whose death

ou nt y

after

they were subsequently From McClean ' s executors th Fellow of Trinity well-lmown a e Rev J • Todd,

ou nt y

us eu m of much of the

destruction

churches

its

us eu

ou nt y

in the

resulted

and bells

In 1121 we learn

all

city

with

that

a great

tower . that prevailed or th tower church in large enough to hang en bells By They . Ireland see~ to have been in use in steeples

For instance,

out by Friar

of the

city

ou n s description

O'Mellan

on Lay 16, 1642, the cathedral

"Armagh was burnt;

and the

in which h e

with its

bells,

burning

assumes more

bell tower

cathedral

borne

great

in the

ÂŠ

of the states

then

one bell

supposition

a demesne of 300 acres" .

of the

recasting

than

of the

ÂŠ

,,ention

upon it

His

him ÂŁ160

which did stand

ag h

more and bestowed

church,

cathedral

added a new building

Lordship

,,/hereunto

end of the

an old house

and repaired

bell

made

isles,

rebuil t the

Ar m

west

church,

of the

great

the

recast

and south

the north

sides

platforms

on both

and adorned

the

cathedral

Hampton

Ar m

when Archbishop

to the Pri macy in 1613 "he restored

was advanced

steeple,

references

date onward we h ave occasional

rmagh bells

From that

O' Neill ' s petition

of 1563.

in Shane

Armaghappears

bell

the great

instance,

for

110 kno,-1 to-day;

they

centuries

and seventeenth to the bells

in size

nt y sixteenth

By the

had increased

ou nt y

larger.

grew

but la ter

in pro po rtion

s'llall

still

however,

were,

the bell

cap off

the

knocked

us eu m

storm

y nt

was

but of

as under :

sing ,

. D. 1721" .

I merrily

M ty

ou n loft

"1721" .

were insc r ibed

2nd

the bell

frame was substituted,

ÂŠ

bells

year

we do ring

t ed i n

befor e 188 5

ÂŠ

1st . when

in that

so an iron

?~e Lindsay

t"Jat presently

was necessary

decay

into

falling

the

were reconstruc

bells

ag h

At anyrate

clear .

that

in 1819 states

attention

rurther

i on

a new

necessitated

bells

for

and wheels

Ar m is not

writing

ag Stuart

\lhether

1779 ,

comprised

choir , and the presentat

of the

Ar m

The installation

frame

whose benefactions

ca t hedral

of a second organ

original

so they

of the

an endowment

bell - loft.

Lindsay , a prelate

rchbishop

seems likely

but it

in 1721 by a pea l of six bells , the gift

were replaced

is uncertain

date

that

prior

in the tower

had been placed

new be lls

',lhether

and as a

were used as firewood .

and wainscoting

seats

its

King James and William Prince

was occup i ed as a barracks

cathedral

consequence

soon reached

the

Orange

was very

The weather

wind so the flames

nt y

war between

us eu m

ou nt y t'.1e cathedral". In the

and Philosophy

was an east

warm and there

fine

its

books of the English

tne learned

all

Logic,

Divinity,

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

with

library,

city , with

and the ,mole

windows,

glass

organ

us eu

and good neighbourhood". the

4th . "God preserve

5th • Abraham

so that the

ou n

or tenor forty

thousand ,

be came possible

ser ved by its

amount of manus cri pt

nger s remained Bell ringers

on e by Johnstone

a music - book autographed

Cat hedral

ou thus

rendered

to the

included

ou changes

cat hed r al was still

in 1885 .

the

relating It

of ringers

ringers and a certain

of Bell

material

set

own

time

At that

Society

sixth

ag h

and twenty

hundred

three

and tne old

With a competent

the re -

at his

of the old peal

the numbers

change

Lecame third

eighth .

ag to

Ar m first

Ar m

the

- bells

of t e new treble

The addition

necessary

bells

two new treble

added

bell - founders ,

rchbishop

the

sa<11etime

the

1841,

ef1e ct dated

out by Thomas Meares

carried

bout

London .

being

and

1.1asre - cast

in 1840 , whereupon it

to that

an explanation

Lindsay)

rchbishop

dedicated

Lord John George Beresford

re - hung by archbishop

casting

ou uselass

was rendered

3, 59~ bel ls.

with an Armagh

nt y

( that

bell

Tne sixth

cost

coincided

, of w~1ich later .

execution

than

no less

cast

they

Armagh peal

of the

T:,e arrival

us eu m

were famous bell - mas:ers from 1634 until

whico space

during

bears

1721

Founder

Bell

Ded: R, Thomas Lindsey, Pr: Div. Archiep: rm Tot. Hib . Pr: and Metr. 1721

fiie Rudhalls

1 774,

church".

Gloucester,

Rudhall,

ou nt y 6 th.

us eu m

ou nt y

"Peace

3rd.

us eu m

than

•

ou n

ag h

equipment was then exchanged

of tone .

- a vas t improve'llent

in chiming and strength

both as to correctness

higher

by frame being constructed in posi ti on by Robert Turne r & Co.

s 11 , a new system of chilling

Ellacombe

four feet

was raised

Dean Disn ey ' s bell - ri nging

bell

and placed

of Armagh .

for

loft

1885

D. D., Primate

Ar m

Messrs . Taylor

h . G. Beresford,

D. D. ,

Reeves,

William

the words

the bell

year

the old loft , the iron

Dean 11 and the new tenor

In that

were

The damaged bells

of Taylor & Company of Loughborough.

now carries

bell

thus

cracked

and eighth,

ineffective.

Ar m

The seventh

Shortly

the peal

to the foundry

sent

the seventh

two bells,

rendering

of sounding .

were capable

the bells

afterwards

an apparatus

days caused Dean Disney in 1860 to introduce ;mereby one person could bring out all the

special

and other

changes

chimes for Sunday services

ensuring

thus

together

bell - ringers

or tea ms of

of kee pin g such societies

The difficulty

nt y

1840.

well

one

us eu m

were rung upon th e six old bells . p eals Indeed wo rks on bell - rin ~i ng al so survive d . p rinted as alive still was me::iber of the Bell-rin ging Society in for:ned as three members of a bell - rin ging Society or tunes

ou nt y

Old

us eu

ou nt y 7.!0

when

from which we le arn of an occasion

in l 8d

Caldwell

us eu M

cro1·1d quickly

as they had been fo r

situate,

- then

fors ook t he gallows

the

however,

occasion,

On that

by hugh numbers

of pe op l e .

as hangings

Such events

and attended

spectacles

the

that

when the news arrived

city .

the

wer e nearing

were t hen public

reached

of bells

Born in 1702 McKew was

nt y

C bells

on the

us eu m

ou nt y

Hill

actu all y a t Gallows

took place

that

an execution

1721.

McKew who had been ordered

Lindsay ' s peal

year

Armagh i n the

us eu m

to attend

day t ha t Archbishop

the fact

of Armagh" records

ou nt y

St uart in his'!-iemoirs th at he lmew a .r. Charles

t he Sheriff

five

was used

C a bell

ag h

for t h e chu rc h on Wingfield

t t cour to Dean Drelincour

ou n

cart

' s estate

when

, despa t ched f r om

Viscoun t Powerscourt

his Wicklo w home by bullock

earlier

years

Ar m

Folliotot Win gf i eld,

were conveyed

Suc h a nethod

but it

by teams of

the bells

is al most c er t ai n that

has not been recorded

The · means of transport

oxen .

way to the city .

Ar m

wended its

wi ch it

k at le ast a c entu r y before , on the old road from Dunda l ough r th , Demesne ce a Pal the within now site Arma gh on a

The bell

a t Benbu r b .

Th e

at Benbu r b .

i s , of cou r s e, s ti ll

- "Jesus , Mary

and choi r".

Fr an ci s , praise

translated

God with bell

Father,

pti on which may be roughly

inscri

bell

Li meric k .

known as t he Limerick ck Bell " was pa rt of the spo il s of It is dated 1688 and i nsc r ibed with a La tin

us eu

operation

come into

Newry did not

canal

of the

construction

and is

us eu m

ou nt y the

until

a port

1740.

sums for

ou n

specifically

services

rende r ed

important

Economy Book discloses

even t s .

or to comme~orate the

are

the f a c t tha t

1731 onwards

seems to have been

"ringers"

stated

nt bell

dates

ÂŠ

Froo

under

has been silen t

in accounts

on spec i al

but

sexton

by the

ÂŠ

operated

curfew

citizens,

of the

regret

and evening

lhe morning

alas , the

since .

but,

ever

great

danger

th e

to the

grave

ag h

Ar m bell,

was threatened,

Fortunately

ag that

escaped

country

noted

invasion

mute unless

should

bells

church

that

was decided

of World war II ,

the outbrea!<

un t il

continued

at which time

or curfew,

bell

The evening

Ar m

however,

the beginning

,-itlich factories

following

or horns .

sirens

installed

era,

industrial

of the

until

do;m the years

survived

that

custom

great

- a

work began an hour later

that

was tolled

to warn the

at 5 a . m. in the mornings

city â&#x20AC;˘ s inhabitants

the

and that

occasions

on special

were pealed

bell"

nt y

bells

- ;ortunately From tl1e economy Book of the Cathedral Lindsay ' s hop Archbis that learn - we survives still

correct

by Newry.

said Dublin

has aluays

ho1,ever,

Tradition,

that

in an Armagh paper

cane to the city

of bells

peal

t:ie Lindsay

probably

recently

stated

us eu m

ou nt y

has been

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

Day, New Year ' s Day, of November, st - Patrickck 's ' s Day, Easter Day, May Day, Fifth occurs On 16th November, 1736 , a curious entry etc. t he Boyne". A year "paid t he rin gers for the breach of more but cryptic rather a 9th September, 1735, earlier, id for pa was sum stated a understan dab le entry shows that Nost Rev . the being shop "ringing His Grace" - the then Archbi until 1724 D. D. , holder of the Primacy from Hugh Boulter, See the hops of his death in 174,;, one of the few archbis West minste r Abbey. of Armagh to find a resting pla ce in to Hanover as In 1719 he attended George the First promotion . future for way Chaplain thus paving the in public t interes Archbishop Boulter took an active

nt in the

very zealous

expendin g at least

he was, however,

£30,000 of his

ou n

Ar m

such as t hose

with

up com:nunication

the

from Newry to the Bann thus opening Apart from activities Lough Neagh.

of a canal

formation

nt y

Ar m

encouraged

was a ~e~be r of the Linen Board,

affairs,

ou nt y

on Christmas

us eu m

were pealed

the bells

ag h

of the church, livin gs and the own money in the augmentation of small his clergy more purchase of glebe lands so as to render I am unable to say why the bells should comfortable. It may have been for have been pealed for him in 1735 , e him home from Dubli n some work accomplished or to welcom of the Lord Justices one times where he had been thirteen

interest

princes

of the blood royal

following

rang at 6 a.m . , 12 old custom

and at 11 o'c lock

occas i on the

four

m Ar

at the

On that

noon , 6 p . m. and at 9 p . m. g the town was followed of illuminatin

ou n

On 19t h July,

Four t h , they

1821,

the

the bells

at coronations

day .

of George

1enti oned that

have

most of the

enthronement

were

and John

John Richardson

ag h

I should

Ar m

Bar nes .

for

Armagh bells , of ,-mom three

the

in 1814 , Samuel May

alive

in 1756 six

campanary 11 melody were amusin g the:nselves

ri nging

oc casi ona lly

rang

a reference

that

' s "Armagh" we learn

Ar m

From Stuart

amate ur s in

st ill

year ,

on several

accour1t as dis ti nct fro:n the morni ng and evening

a ringers

bell .

11 may be seen f ro!il. the book

s as

occasion

were paid fo r duties

·wherein the ringers

i n 1731 is

in th e Economy Book of that

from an entry

evident

by them.

of bell -ri ngers

was a peal

'1'hat there

county

of the

have been honoured

alike

and simple

~entle

the

city,

Bor ough of Armagh, and representatives

archbishops

for

Members of Parliament

of the

sove r eigns

wars and have tolled

, peace

nt y

queens,

They have chimed

us eu m

ou nt y :<ings,

t.reat

for

since .

Sovereign

every

victories

for

in 1727 and have

of George II

cro,-ming

the

for

been pealed

us eu m

for

of Ireland.

ho ..rever, wander too far from the bells

Me must not,

.c'oey rang

us eu

ou nt y

Governors

::,r Chief

10 .

us eu m

y ty

Rev. Richard

city , who was

to the

in those

in continuity

benefactor

from 1747, the

Robinson , D. D. , a rreat

uch reduced .

by the Lost

was succeeded

through

in 1765 which in itself

Stone

Archbishop

C death

was no interruption

there

in Dublin

and the Economy Book

and ringers

his

until

arrival,

was

as usual

years .

were held

Divine

Endowment Fund by which

choir

that

proves

our local

bell - ringing

for

a choir

ag h

Ar m

howev r,

of his

year

ag for

rchbishop,

Ar.nagh Choir

money from the

is,

He was, however,

in helping

concerned

snows amounts

tiM

his

where

absurd and, indeed,

quite

to be perfor-:nedd.

ceased

sum available

Services,

in politics

Ar m

unfortunately utilizing

to worship

but it during

to say that

Services

were left

That he was interested

undeniable,

course,

untrue

ou •

they pleased

in the

to be performed

ceased

and

Cathedral

to such an

duties

his

neglecting

Services

Divine

than the

affairs

to state

ou n

cathedral,

that

tfian divine,

metropolitan extent

us eu m

nt y

.nore attention

and paying

in one

regarding

:nore of a politician

being

Stone

Archbishop

the

statement

relative

1ccount

ou nt y papers

Contained

to the bells.

wus a most extraordinary

should

us eu

ou nt y

of a most interesting

I spoke earlier

of our local

lights

all

bat

were rung as a signal . extinguished

peals

therein

11 .

1crely

ou n

but ti-10 next

was an Orangeman,

he had

peoplG uho

come to "'" agh to

that

On the

learned

rieht

tour

in evidence

•ms cro .-;ded with countr:·

Archbishop

again

rang

the

enthronement t on the

day the

day they

and u1_1onhis

day t'1ey 1,ere

of the

arrived

Beresford

t~1e bells

thought

hours

first

1822

following

•.,t.en Lord John George

for

errily

Robinson

in uelco 1e to new archbishops

were pealed

1~ti1 July,

Bell

exception

1 t:10

ag h

Ar m instance,

Ar ..iagh on the

in 1785.

of . Archbishop

1794 wit'

;•e:ors 17o~, 17o3 an<l 17&4.

For

from 1765 until

::.e bells

Ar m

Pri:nacy

early

years

the

all

a ,L-'ear in

to =~is Grace.

wa~ t 1e reconstruction

t~sks

t01-,er which he completed

ringers

Johnston

architect

w3s appointed

r.1ost ur,~ent

One of his

Francis

to beco;_ne very disti11,..uisl10d

later

city,

in Qis nrofession,

it.

supporting

arches

the ~u,,il

C of the

native

the

1784 and his

ose re odelle<l

170~, was ta'.{.en '1.0\m af'f.:tin in 1783

died

Cooley

was too heavy for

b-Jcause

Thomas Cooley

erected

to,. 1 er,

were being

on plans

consequent

tower

existing

celebrated

drawn ur by the

1ro:a 17t~ until

alterations

nt y

to the

out

'.i''1is see s t~ have res'.llted

of the bell

..ic:.1 years 1,-1

during

in 1785,

carried

co·. er.

rin~i,"

ou nt y e 3 rl!'

t:,e

in a bre3'

us eu m

end to the

c the<lral

to tbe

reuairs

ade certain

of ~ffice

ter,

us eu m

~,r·p

r a(l'h in 1777 •

peerage as Baron Rokeby of

to the 1 •s

us eu

ou nt y rai~ed

us eu

ou n

had a mourning

through

Callan

bridge .

1inutes,

~1e peal

ever

for

\Jeini; the lon, est

the

lasted

passed

to1,m until

peal

carne

recession

and twenty

t\:o

for

played

George Perry of Seskinore

in May 1824

on hour

uere

peals

at the time the funeral

by way of the

James

Primate

to the

of Armagh and agent

\•1ho died

-eceived

Dece!,1Der of sa:..e year

~lst

Sovereign,

after

~eals

of t:·.e; city

Soverign

and mourning

vi cw of the

wi thiv

:-ieals ,,,ere

ar:-peared at Lisnadill

and t'1ree

Co. Tyrone

Dr. Jones

late

nether

boginninJ

funeral

Cathedral

ag h

in Dublin

days.

city

Ar m

Sovereign

Isles,

the

On the

honours.

died

the

burial .

the actual like

time

Ar m

reached

until

of the

re·cains

to . r.Ja;:h a•1d mournln~

.fro:n Dublin

from the

tolled

ag arrived

ar~cs of res. ect.

shO\m such

also

uere

1G20, the

upril,

On 1st

ou ten days .

for

Organist

\·ere

.;n .....:,;,)~T'o•.i.n~ . .1als

died

C rung

l'.:.;; ,, its

Stuart

William

bishop

_,o.:.12;fi;,l ...,,und:!..1[::, continued

eve c:. t:1e Ki!lg1 s buri.:l

f;:;2.101,i.n;;.

diod

the third

'.. hen George

nt y

JanuGr;,

the

until

follo1dr:;;

bell

us eu m

ou nt y lasted

on ~)th

for days.

not

""'enoon could

of the great

tolling

the

Sometimes

a death

us eu m

ou nt y

ent~lrone . .:nt ti at

11ec isc o" i:is reac'.1 Scarva

13,

5th son of

rmagh 24th of Armagh

pril ,

to the Dukedom of throne

of Hanover

male on the death

of his

brother

and

William

to the

they

and birthdays,

Augustus,

Earl

ou n

was created

as heir

for

Ernest

who was elevated

Brunswick

wed6ines

accessions,

£he Pri nce 1799 . Cumberland in 1771 succeeded

and

as re,reseotatives

Second

ag h

the

were

Henry Caulfeild

election

when Prince

ag Royal

peale d cheerfully

George

House of Commons

Sim.iLJr compli1 ents

county . Besides

House and ti1e Cat;)edral,

:arket

forth .

Brownlow on their

Le .bcr for

was returned

sa:ne month to the Honble.

Ar m the

on the

,.ealed

in the

William

Ar m

erected

•,ere

and joy-bells

paid

Stuart,

in 1,.arci1 .18~0 in the English

the Borough

flags

·.-,:'len.. William

joy-bells.

son of Archbishop

Stuart,

a en.use for

,,ere

Elc.ctions

us eu m

nt y

t':Jree days .

for

hearc

ou nt y

Bell - ringers

and :nourning ueals

died

20 ye<lrs,

for

Society

from

of the

Secret er:') a.nd Treasurer

C:::Gnd, Richard Murray

and

"iod

on Larch

year,

In the following

inter.llcrit.

shion .

and ev(..r.ir.

worning

sounded

t·ere

:peals

ourning

-J.eat;) until

~.:.

of bell - ringers,

Society

Cathedral

of t··e

at Grange.

eh res.•ected

ell, Caldwell

in 1798

Sovereign,

lccted

He u~s buried

mourned in tl1c s:.

Johnston

lu~},

June,

,eJber

'.ere

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

::cars.

Fere

Bell-rinrers

l4t:i

was

Perry

three

for

served

--1ld.

14.

us eu

nob le man .

attendants

the usual

city.

with

the

who entered

Then Cafile the hearse

arms

by two bands of

were t he first

ÂŠ

and accompanied

consisting

with

music,

and Foot,

Horse

reversed,

,50

upripht

ou n

ag h

attention

The corps

Yeomanry of which he was captain,

of about

as they

of respe cta-

to pay the last

was eager

truly

Ar m

that

but

rer:.1ains possed,

approa ched Ar i1agh, every person

bility

ent had been intended,

beloved

his

uherever

inter,

Earl of Charlemont

Ar m

-rivate

of tte

late

the

from beholding

returned

just

Volunteers

of the

and Commander-in-Chief

"I have

Earl,

of the . rmagh

Armaeh Company, Colonel

I re land:

funeral

the

t:-:e fo::.ous Volunteer

nt y

Regiment

from :\rmngh,

1799, regarding

Earl of Charlemont

of the

Captain

10,

August

Saturday,

of James,

written

now read you a letter

I will

t:1e earldom

";!ie .,.u~en tu '1&Ve

!)eti tion

restored.

dated

us eu m

.:..ri_,..,..,.land will

\!ho nov lives

Prince

the rresent

Act of 1917 .

of Deprivation

that

however,

hoped,

us eu m

ou nt y is

peerages

his

of all

was deprived

the Titles

in 1919 under

Augustus

Ernest

.--iis grandson

of Hanover

Crown Prince

ou nt y

in loJ/.

t'.:o fourth

15 ,

us eu

, clergy,

ou nt y

on horseback

of people .

was slow and soleum and

nothing

pre vailing;

of the

tolling

but the melancholy

the Primate

M ty

from the Palace

the Lord Lieutenant

was chief

kind

Chapel and mourner,

took place

ceremony of its

heraldic

great

Arch -

Arranged by Ul ster ' s King of

ÂŠ

in Ireland

ou n

ag h

of Armagh 18~2-6~. was the last

to the

however , of such funerals

of Lord John George Beresford,

was that

His Excellency

Ar m

ÂŠ

The most imposing,

Arms it

accompanied by

,-ihich the body was deposited

burial-place."

in the family

bishop

by the choir,

after

the organ,

service .

for the occasion

anthem prepared

was performed

where His

the church,

Grace and the Dean read the usual A sacred

into

entered

Ar m

habits , met the corpse .

and clerical

scarfs

They then

( the Dean),

Chapter in

of the Cathedral

clergy

and the

shop Newcome), Lord Lifford ( Archbishop

the Cathedral,

On approaching

Cathedral

music.

and the awful sounds of martial

bells

was heard

nt y silence

The ~-recession

an uninterrupted

concourse

and a great

600 persons

follo,-;ed with

and gentry

us eu m

nobility

us eu m

and scarf-bands

carriages

ou nt y

. A number of be lon gina" to the neighbouring

in hats

16.

being the Earl

of Tuam, Derry

to deeree,

650 were marshalled

then

The

in like

and hat bands.

the Order of St . Patrick

~anncr,

all

wearing

His banner as Prelate

was borne by the Earl of Tyrone,

were worn and at the

the Ulster

for the lack of sequence

been querie d as to when the rin ging of

the curfew began in Armagh and I have to confess

and a Chancellor

, Treasurer,

No Precentor

was,

admitted .

ÂŠ

and Prebendaries

a Dean had been created

Archdeacon

nglo-1,orma n

to Ar~agh came

introduction

after

invas i on and no doubt its

that

The custom

Ir eland befo re the

would not have reached

eludes me.

introduction

for its

ÂŠ

the date

ag h

Ar m

I have often

rms

of the

t o apologize

in my remarks .

King of

and titles

I should

Ar m

made the proc l amati on of the quality

service

of the burial

dece ased .

rchbishop ' s jewel of

and orders

ou n

conclusion

Decorations

the Order.

him on a cushion

of the Order of St . Patrick, the

and Dean Pa kenham , 1egistrar bore before

scarfs

white

first,

and officials

Deans, Archdeacons , etc . to the number

nt y

Bishops,

of about

baronets

clergy,

and judges,

arched

in dignity

judges

tlie highest

according

Down and Connor, and

t~1e nobility

ou nt y

In the procession

of Gosford and Belmore

us eu m

Limerick

chief

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

tne pall bearers th tho Bishops

17.

us eu

us eu m

the custom should

necessary

to provide

sucl1 a purpose

- the task

can now be

ou n

C held

approval

therein

are daily

welcome the proposal

meet with your

ÂŠ

will

prayers

and I

Dean will

morning

the

of remindin g the inhabitants

that

sure

but would give

city

of the

they

would

an opportunity

I feel hope it

a service,

of the past

cathedral

church

Such an arrangement

restoration.

show appreciation

alone

ÂŠ the

the

ag h

its

of the

as Friends

they

Ar m

would be doing

archives

i n the Kilkenny

his

i'~~e first

to suc'.1 music in Ar lagh of t·Ihich I a .. auare, occurs

r eference

By it

on the

inlor~11.tion

that

true

as we would lD.si1 .

not as detailed

dates

music in the cathedral

nt y

s ubj ect

fro:n 1634 onwards

available

are only

earlier.

considerably

us eu m

ou nt y

1634 - 1963 .

instrumentill

of course,

Organists

and LIST of

of organists

Lists

but,

lh,'RODUCTIOJ. OF Instrumental Music

us eu

us eu m

th e "payre of organa".

and the indifferent

facilities,

the slow transport

or his

journey,

the long and tedious

and we can visualize

sons,

upâ&#x20AC;˘ here by himself

in Kilkenny and "sett

ou nt y

assembled

We may assume that they were

us eu m

ou nt y "1tl

to Armagh

his visit

regarding

Wehave no particulars

roads.

by birth

the

so for many centuries. of Fynes

- probably on the authority

ou n

Ar m

and continued

of Ireland

the A.nglo-Norrnan

came into being following

He was long credited

part of his diocese,

invasion

that

arrangement

in the southern

Ar m

but like and is said to have been learned and discreet, at residence chief his had he period Primates of that Termonfechin,

Octavian to

He was Florentine

the See of Armagh in 1478.

here.

arrival

having been appointed

was then Archbishop,

of the organ or its

commissioning

de Spinellis

to the

they embody no entry relating

year,

for that

exist

registers

though our archiepiscopal

Unfortunately,

nt y

Many days must have been spent on the way and no doubt much hardship was endured.

the archbishop,

that

C h

into Latin verse.

ÂŠ

enough to put his thoughts

upon coming to Armagh and sampling the diet of the citizens, and seeing the nakedness of their womenfolk, was foolish

Moryson asserts

city.

ag h

of the Primatial

ÂŠ

Moryson (who wrote in the early 17th century) with being for a disparaging verse upon the inhabitants responsible

us eu

us eu m

ou nt y

22 .

Armachania,

Civiatas

two and a half

then at least

the Kynton

the burn ine of the Four Courts

may be translated

The satire

tis

a pity

Is now a vain

cityy ,

Armagh

of the church and

bro ught many mi sfortunes

accordin g to the Anna ls,

That he should have found such a state

Ar m

upon him .

wherein he stole

the property

a few

cau ldron,

Ar m

a magnificent

which,

has l ocal ity."

on the city

in a raid

yea rs previously

ou n

had reduced

t o pove rt y and want .

vie can be sure that

at least

a century .

de Spinellis

would with care have lasted

ÂŠ

of the pa ir of

by Lawl ess durin g the

Pri macy of Archbishop

to the story

built

or gana - the instruments

return

We must , however,

the

ants

that

inhabit

rava ges of war, a condition

affairs

ag h

in Armagh at tha t time was , of cour se, due to th e

pr olonged

ÂŠ

there

The meat I s taken cru de

was an Anglo - Norman and had been concerned

Tyrrell

they

Deprivedd of all common moral it y , The women go nude, And pove rty

as fo ll ows:-

until

1922.

in Dublin

Papers

nt y

on Hay 10, 1200, and surVived amonst

Tyrrell

Hugh

by a certain

were written

lines,

in circulation,

cen turies

us eu m

Toe wretched

ou nt y

' Mulieres nudae Carnes crudae,' Paupertas in aed ibus.

Vana Civiatas Absque bonis moribus

us eu

us eu m

O'Mellan ' s Journal,

nt y

day - "Armagh was burnt,

and glass

windows, and

times

that

M ty

Margetson ' s time an

selected

, a statement

both were wanting

from

and an organist

our supposition

of Armagh Cathedral

in Archbishop

was erected

confirming

descri p tion

would have been

to function .

tells

in 1748) that

ÂŠ

organ

us in his

ÂŠ

Harris (wr itten

and choir

for the organist

impossible

that

endowment so drastically

the

the value of the

would have diminished

unsettled

and Commonwealth

we know that

ag h

took char ge , and at anyrate

Archbishop

ou n

the country

ministers

original

which the then Primate,

was for ced to flee

Ar m

Jame s Ussher

of the Cromwellian

ag during

due to the calamities

a fact

choir,

War and the hardships

the Civil

occupation,

been any proper

does not seem to have

1660 there

date until

From that

Ar m

the Cathedral".

reached

wind so that

was an east

The weathe r was very war!Il and there

the flames

the learned

Logic and Philoso phy .

on Divinity,

books of the English

with all

library,

with the fine

the whole city

with its

bell s, organs

and with its

steeple

that

the Cathedral

on that

dated May 6, 1642 , stating

Friar

eight

of the city

we have a record

episode

Of that

us eu m

afterwards

years

Sir Phelim O Neill ' s destruction .

remained in use

That instru:nent

until

up.

ou nt y crops

again

ou nt y year

From then

1634, in which

of an organ until

is no mention

there

burned the

it self.

same time the cathedral

town and at the

onwards

in 1566 when o Neill

they perished

may be that

23.

us eu m

us eu

to Armagh. As regards

us eu m

by the old people who were able to tell

nt y

We have

stood in the war between

of how things

thus a picture

of ÂŁ25 per annum.

he had a salary

by report

account

William and James, and are given a circumstantial

was already

when Archbishop Lindsay,

an organ in the

about 1721, added a That organ seems

ag h

Cathedral

there

ou n

Ar m

At anyrate

second organ and a peal of six bells.

Richard

as 1765, in which year Dr .

Robinson then Bishop of Kildare

ÂŠ

to have been in use as late

the

was nominated

as a new organist

replaced

organ was quickly

of the Boyne we may assume that

the Battle

After

but the font."

nothing

commonly

the pews, and sparing

destroying

in it and used it

the organ,

do, demolishing

Ar m

kept garrison

to the Cathedral

ceremony and decency as garrisons

with as little

security,

Church for their

betook themselves

of how "the Protestants

him

and that

was Claxton,

the name of the then organist

that

remenbered

ou nt y

of 16BB, and was still

the Revolution

being until

it was in

that

states

by him, Harris

the organ installed

at which

the ~estoration

ou nt y

after

years

three

until

tilne Dr. Margetson was translated

was translated

his appointment

as archbishop

h ag

with those of the See of Armagh".

his family arms quartered

ÂŠ

encased 1n dark oak and bearing

Immediately after J.rmagh. he ~presented the Dean and Chapter with a fine toned organ

us eu

us eu m

ou nt y

one

were two organs in the Cathedral,

In l836 there

Said to have been made by a Father Smith and seldom the other

ou nt y

a superior

us eu m

nt y

in storage.

fate was most tragic.

subsequent

to the •rmagh Tontine Rooms

but unfortunately

performance .

first

on the evening of its

Ar m

consumed by fire

and was unluckily

Church in Belfast

sold to a Methodist

.hereupon it was

some few years after

dissolved

the Society

for the use of the Armagh Musical Society,

ou n

gratefully

That particular

instrument

to supply

an offer

by the Dean and Chapter .

h ag

Choirs and the Ecclesiastical See the Musical Libraries r Great Britain and Irelandi Vol . VI 1 1836. Another Drogheda, organ by Snetzler was instal ed at St. Peter's in 1775 and there is still an instrument of his now in Hillsborough Church. surviving in Ireland,

(l)

with a new organ,

the Cathedral accepted

a desire

of the Vicars Choral intimated

College

ag h

In the meantime, in the year 1839, the Corporation

was transferred

In 1840 it

It was not, however, re-erected

and its

the Cathedral

dismantled and

placed

of the church began it was carefully

fabric

of the

renovation

wan the actual

afterwards

and that

of the Cathedral,

Cottingham •s restoration

in 1834 at the time of

condition

organ was in excellent

of the Father Smith

as to the history

but we do know that the Archbishop Robinson

instrument,

Ar m

the organ given by Archbishop Robinson.

eVidently

have no information

shortly

by Snetzler (1) and

instrument

played,

by Messrs.

Walker and Sons, was played at the re -

of the Cathedral

in ex1 stence.

- for instance,

The last

year and in January the organist

M.V.O. , Organist,

and Master of the Choir and Choristers

I should perhaps mention that

the Walker instrument

but that position

set up stood under the window of the south

ou C h

ou n

ag h

Ar ©

(1n 1842)

under the north arch of the to wer

Ar m

crossing .

situation

present

to its

Ar m

from the Choir so it was removed two years later

was found to be too far distant

ag transept

Westminster Abbey.

when first

1955 a Re-dedication

being Sir William McKie

took place,

was,

The work was completed

by the end of that

restoration

of all .

nt y

the most important

us eu m

however,

in 1888 and 1899, and as recently

as 1921, 1941 and 1954.

1n January 1840, and 1• still

It has been added to and re stored on many

ou nt y occasions

Service

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y built

opening

us eu

ou nt y

SUCCE$&ION LISTOFORGANISTS OF THEcathedral OFST, PATRICK, Armagh

us eu m

ou nt y

Richard Gallwy. Date of appointment

uncertain,

but on or before May 23,

us eu m

27 ,

1634 , on -which day he handed in the Patent for the creation

and an organist

He is

of 1688.

the Revolution

of Armagh in appointed in

Margetson ' s time whose name was Claxton.

said to have remained until

According to the

to "the Cathedral

1748" an organ was erected

relating

1667,

after

ou n

ag h

Ar m

Date of appointment

Primate

Church which

1685, dying in 1695,

III • - Claxton.

Manuscript

of Christ

became organist

he held until

of the

the John

Ar m

Hawkshaw -who later

Harris

1661. Probably the same

in 1646, and possibly

two Dublin Cathedrals

office

after

as the John Hawkshaw who was Vicar-Choral

Date of appointment person

John Hawkshaw.

gh II.

Church of

nt y

of the College of King Charles in the Cathedral

Armagh.

us eu

us eu m

M y

of St.

ou n

Died 1758.

organist

Resigned in 1774 on February 1759. Appears in Armagh Census of 1770

h ag

Church."

- l man and 1 maid).

( Servants

- Robert Barnes and wife, organist,

as - "Pound Hill

becoming Vicar Choral.

Previously

ag h

Ar m

Robert Barnes.

Appointed

daughter.

of St. Werburgh's

Ar m

John Woffinton.

Appointed May 4, 1752.

Werburgh ' s, Dublin.

VIII.

Organist

Dublin 1715-1720 .

and St. John's

Appointed May 26, 1722.

VII.

Organi st at Cork

Resigned 1722.

Samuel Beltridge.

VI.

us eu m

December 11, 1711.

1703-1711.

nt y

Appointed

ou nt y

Toole.

William

St. Patrick's,

Vicar Choral, June 27, 1695. 16 93, and of Christ Church in 1695.

Appointed

Dublin,

ou nt y

bert Hodge Robert

IV.

,,;8.

us eu

Doyle, Mus, Doc,

Appointed July 4, 1776,

Master of the Choristers Church, Dublin, 1780,

and of Christ

Vicar-Choral

Richard Langdon.

an office .

in the two Dublin Cathedrals,

Vicar Choral.

ÂŠ

Armagh,

Tombstone St . Mark1 s

Died March 21, 1820, aged 53,

year

Resigned in 1816.

he had been installed

In June of preceding

1797 .

Appointed

Churchyard,

ou n

Mus. Doc.

ÂŠ

ll I. John Jones,

of Music in Cambridge University

ag h

Ar m

Professor

of Hereford Cathedral.

which he gave up on becoming organist Subsequently

In 1797 became Master

1794,

Appointed

of the Choristers

John Clarke

(Afterwards

Ar m

Whitfeld),

Mus. Doc,

John Clarke,

XI.

Author of some hymns

1782.

Had a pension from 1794 until

and chants.

Appointed

Dublin.

nt y

of St, Patrick's,

us eu m

Resigned Armagh in 1781 on being appointed

ou nt y

of St. Patrick's

Langrishe

us eu m

ou nt y IX.

29,

us eu

William Horncastle.

Fredrick

was

Appointed 1816.

us eu m

ou nt y XIII.

30.

JCI:V.Robert Turle

bury Died Salisbury

Born Taunton 1804.

Tablet in Cathedral.

Ar m

1873.

Pensioned

March 29, 1877,

Younger Appointed and installed March 23, 1823. brother of James Turle organist of Westminster

nt y

etc.

Glees,

ou nt y

organi st of several

us eu m

a chorister in the Chapel Royal in London before coming to places a a Gentleman of the Appointed 1823. Dismissed Armagh. Chapel Royal in 1826. Composer of a Mass, Died 185'0. nd

XV. Thomas Osborne Marks, Mus, Doc. of Armagh and pupil of Turle whomhe A chorister Hember of local musical family and succeeded in 1873 .

h ag

m Ar

ÂŠ

as Dr. Laurence Walker, Dr . Charles Wood, afterwards

ÂŠ

Bachelor of Music Deputy organist 1860. Cathedral. Was teacher Doctor of Music a few years later. 1872. such world musical the in high to several men who rose

ag h

ou n

Ar m

of J.C. Marks, Mus. Doc., organist of Cork who predeceased him in 1903 having bald that post for 44 years. Dr. Marks was for over 60 years connected with the brother

us eu

ou nt y

31.

us eu m

nt y

ou nt y

us eu m

ckian of th e of Music at Cambridge, Barton McGu ia sang Alban me Mada When Carl Rosa Opera Company, etc. him, ed iment compl ly in the Cathedral in 1891 she public so sed gh posses saying that if she had known that Arma her not have brought a ccomplished a musician she would Tablet 12, 1916 , ber Septem died Ha o;m accompanist. . dral in Cathe

Professor

M ty

ou C h

ou n

ag h

It(;,te Whi

Martin

F. R.C. 0 .

XIX. F, G, Carter,

ReginaldWest

Ar m

XVIII.

(II II {o,....._

Ar m

XVII. Edred M, Chaundy. Appointed 1920.

Mus. Doc. XVI. George Henry Philip Hewson, B.A., Became organist of St . Patrick's, Appointed 1917 , Dublin, 1920 .

us eu

ou nt y

us eu m

STERS THECHOIRANDCHQRI

nt y

there

is well known, and indeed is shown in a

site

on a pictorial

condition

Ar m

1236.

a thorough-

erected

map of the city drawn i n

Its

in that part

Street,

we now know as Castle

name from a stronghold

its

deriving

of the

with the history

It was situate

of Armagh.

that

of the city

with the music they

I am sorry wa cannot on

work.

deal in any detail

Culdee Priory

in the economy

constituent

assisting

of the church , for besides engaged in educational

circumstances

Under those

function.

they formed a very important

occasion

us eu m

special

been their

ou nt y

of choral worship seems to have

the practice

particular,

ruinous

and, in

of Divine Service in the Cathedral

maintenance

fare

for the

days the Culdees were responsible

In early

this

32.

year the Annals record the plunder

of the city

the houses of prayer took place

on the Saturday before

that

their

made power

invaders , who from 836 until

ruthless

ÂŠ

by those

St. Martin ' s

This is a contras t to the many other raids

festival.

"he

with the Culdees and the sick" ,

an event

that

spared

ÂŠ

Godfrey , son of Ivor the Dane, by which we learn

in wich

of the Culdee

but it was in being in 919

somewhat uncertain

ag h

date for the foundation

Ar m

Priory

cartographer

the celebrated

The actual

ou n

by Rocque,

1602 and also marked on a plan of the town made in 1760

us eu

of t he inhabitants.

us eu m

and making prisoners

slaying the clergy To th at particular

a wealth

off church plate,

carrying

material,

ou nt y

of manuscript

us eu m

the city

destroying

churches,

and its

ou nt y

broken by Brian Boru in 1014, re peatedly

was finally attacked

33.

era belongs the famous Book of Armagh,

fact

of bis

the community acted as choir , the

whilst

old functions

ou n

ln actual

under another name.

of the Culdees continued in the exercise

ÂŠ

the Prior

was

because that office

in existence

already

admitted.

ÂŠ

was, however, appointed

Precentor

it was thought

ag h

its

after

. Treasurer , Archdeacon and Prebendaries

presently

shortly

more importance

This must have taken dignitaries . the Anglo-Norman invasion of 'Which A Dean was then created, and a Chancellor ,

to multiply

Ar m

fit

choral.

worship 'Which was principally

'WhenArmagh acquired

place

and

They had charge of the services

public

superintended

and numbered about

Ar m

over by a Prior

twelve individuals

of 'Which later.

country parishes

and of various

They were presided

Later

ag cathedral

they grouped themselves around the "Great Church" a site now covered by the nave of our 13th century cathedral. Eventually they became the standing ministers of the

of the town churches but by degrees

clergy

officiating

seem to have been the

period

The Culdees of that

nt y

a work compiled in one of the monastic houses of our city in the year 807 .

us eu

us eu m

next to the Dean in the same sequence as the

now holds that dignity.

definitely

date the change-over

ou nt y

Precentor

Dean of Armagh, is shown in the

nt y

from ecclesiastical

1262.

151+1 the CUldee community was wrongly and, indeed,

more than an appendage of the cathedral endowment and government,

however, did not seize or dispose

a property

ag h

and certain

accompanied by the ancient

For which see Appendix I•

parts

It is well known as

Book of the Armagh Cathedral

and shows the choral

survives .

or Service

the Antiphonary

in Armagh city . Cl)

- still

century

preceding

holdings

of a

- it may indeed belong to the

period

of that

A relic

number of parishes

of seven townlands

named as the "Seven Towns") the rectorships

( still

(2)

consisting

ou n

the Culdee lands,

own special

time,

their

The Crown at that

though possessing

Ar m

members were nothing

Ar m

its

though in reality

e stablishment,

as a monastic

regarded

unjustly

At the dissolution

houses in Ireland

of religious

Church it is

records

was in use from about 1256 until

that

eVident

the seal of a of the ancient

the precincts

and that

of St . Brigid,

that

"+ S. IOSEB DECANIARDMACHANI"

Dean inscribed

later

slightly

was found in 1832 within

as then in being ,

the office

state

I should perhaps

In passing

under date

4, 1238, we can accept

April

to Ireland"

of Documents relating

knowing that Marcus, "Calendar

It is difficult

from the old system, but

us eu m

ranking

ou nt y Prior

us eu m

us eu

It fonned part of the Archbishop

notation.

ou nt y musical

ou nt y

of Armagh Culdees

obits

and contains Ussher Collection from 1549 until 1574 •

of the Deanery of Armagh in

for his acquisition

other

and on Septembe_r 30, 1605, upon

to Dublin from the North, they stated

Ar m

by King James I to enquire into the state

of the Church in Ireland return

Commissione r s

period.

now move to the Plantation

were appointed their

of which he held at the QUeen•s death.

all

Ar m

shall

parishes,

1588, the Archdeaconry of Meath in 1595 and various

that

account

which may

chaplains

he was one of Elizabeth's

nobleman to be imprisoned in the Tower.

unfortunate

Incidentally

be was one of the friends

seems certain

to Essex

disposed

That be was friendly

- at anyrate

McGirr.

to Prior

nt y

the Lord Deputy, and that he had sold the Priory

Essex,

that

us eu m

In 1596 the Earl of Tyrone complained that OwenWood, th e then Dean of Annagh, was an attendant and friend of

ou n

the

and devote them to the

of the college

any lawful authority"

the Primate sequester

and profits

tythes

that

Mr. Wood, the then Dean, without

whereupon they ordered

of twenty-two

Church had been demised in lease by

choral

of that

vicars

to support a college

value intended

great

ag h

they found "the church at Ardmagh much ruined and fallen of They also reported "that certain tythes [tithe] into decay" .

us eu

us eu m

of some poor scholars of the Province at the near Dublin so th at ministers might be provided.

ou nt y support college

36.

ou nt y

The Culdee lands were, we know, in the possession

Maxwell (ancestor

us eu m

Archbishop Ussher from 1605 until 1609 and only brought in £20 a year. Later they were managed by Dean Lord Farnham) for a

o~ the present

and during that time were set apart for the

provision

of some Vicars Choral.

nt y

few years

of St . Patrick

and Vicars Choral of the Cathedral

the lands belonging to the

that

of the Vicars Choral, and in 1619

and re-continuing

King James ordered Prior

In 1610 the Privy Council suggested the replacing

to the Dean for the upkeep of a grammar

should be leased

a sum devoted to the repair

in the Cathedral

four stalls

Church of Armagh".

per annum for

and, out of the money received,

in "erecting

e:icpended part

to the Rev. John Symonds in 1623

under 1'/hose care they brought in £56 . 6s.0d. a couple of years

They had,

of the Cathedral.

produced £47 per year,

ag h

Primacy ( 1613-1624) the property

been leased

came to nought .

that during Archbishop Hampton• s

ou n

Ar m

We know, for instance,

however,

monarch ' s good intentions

able reason that

and gaol both

For some unexplain-

in Market Street.

built

subsequently

for a market-house

a portion

reserving

Ar m

school and a choir of singing men in the cathedral,

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

37.

e same Year an order was made stating that the "Church of Ardrnagh had an endowment of Vicars Choral which and commanding that the said had lately been discontinued"

to the Church of Armagh was entitled reached Westminster and on

ag h

ou n

Ar m

by >ihich in a deed of 1628 he signs as Church of Armagh on behalf of the

a title

of the Cathedral

"Prior

the lands had previously

to remedy the defective

title

became necessary

a groom of the bedchamber ,

to one George Kirke,

been passed It then

so a

h ag

ÂŠ

Kirke complied surrender was demanded from both parties , held on to Choral Vicars and very quickly, but the Prior

that

was discovered

Choral and Colledians of same". Two months after the foundation of the College it

ÂŠ

Vicars

Ar m

"Prior",

was issued confirming the church the College of King Charles I founding and in possession, - that body to consist Armagh in the Cathedral Church of Orders to perform Holy of ua Prior and five Vicars in Divine Service therein for ever", naming Edward Burton as 7, 1627, a charter

April

In 1626 the matter

was proved that

the lands.

at which

duly held,

and an inquisition

resisted

strongly

nt y

behalf

C James,

and in 1625, the year of the death of King his successor King Charles I claimed the lands on The demand was, however, of himself and the Crown.

their

This provision

endo;,ment.

to grief,

in said church and sustained in also seems to have come

Choral be replaced

Vicars

us eu m

ou nt y

us eu m

ou nt y

us eu

38.

and extend-

of Prior

the office

but omitting

description,

us eu m

ou nt y

Charter until March 1633. e original They were rest anew on May 23, 1634, the later in ated and incorporated the College under the same document re-instituting - two of them

ing the number of Vicars Choral to eight

of boys to the choir.

of the

of 1660 the profits

the Restoration

Following

Cromwellian occupation.

War of 1641-42 and later

due to the events of the Civil

some time afterwards

for

body

of the re-organized

as to the progress

information

We have no

introduction

nt y

were to be in Holy Orders - and adding four choristers and an organist. This seems to have brought about the

Patent

from George I in

by Letters

obtained

><ho, having found the revenues

Lindsay,

Ar m

inadequate,

Archbishop

the coming of

until

re-established

was not properly

Ar m

lands of the "Seven Towns" again became available. It is said that after those tragic years the choir

C about increased

and better

Choral and Organist

founder.

for the Vicars

The

of the royal

of George I brought

charter

the lands of the Culdee

I vere insufficient

by Charles

the intention

supplementary salaries

ag h

as granted

preserve

that

is clear

Priory

From the Archbishop ' s petition

income of £200.

to the King it

a yearly

ou n

1724, leave to purchase lands in Co. Down, bringing in

us eu

us eu m

ou nt y

39.

some of whom were induced for the choristers, over from England by the Archbishop when he here and possibly boarded and lodged with the

ou nt y

(1724-1742)

and Hoadley

Archbishop Stone was succeeded

Lord

and especially

Ar m

set about restoring in "the singing

quickly

himself

the cathedral

boys".

benefactor

of Armagh

of Armagh city , who

and interesting

generally

Rokeby of Armagh in 1777, and a great

in 1765 by the Rev. Richard Robinson, D.D., created

diocese

uses.

to other

diverted

(1742 - 1747), and in the early part of Primate Stone's primacy . however, neglected the affairs The latter, the choir and before his death in 1764 its funds were

Under his beneficent

rule

Precentor

ou n

from 1775 until

C h

of whomlater.

Allott

Precentor

his

Dr. Allott

in church music and was the father

skill

for his

in 1795 for the Deanery of Raphoe,

ÂŠ

of another

etc.

ÂŠ

was noted

and

Robinson ' s time the choir was under the charge

of Dr . Richard Allott,

res i gnation

a free education

in apprenticeships,

assistance

acquiring

Archbishop

receiving

ag h

with the organist,

residing

Ar m

they were well cared for , those who came from a distance

Boulter

of Archbishops

during the

maintained

was suitably

nt y

The choir

primacies

19th

us eu m

as was the custom in the 18th and early organist centuries.

settled

to travel

provision

ou nt y

Two volumes of accounts

choristers.

for the Vicars

Choral and

Library,

collection

in the manuscript

are preserved

They cover the period 1785-1870

nt y

and prospective

us eu m

for the choristers

Armagh Public

in Archbishop Robinson's

a school was set up in the Music

tenancy of the See that

Organist

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

that

It has been stated

Hall

4o.

and Choristers

during those years.

Richard

In 1785,

we are given the names of six choir boys. was Master of the Langdon, the then organist,

for instance,

Organists

proviaing

much data as to income and e:xpenditure besides of Vicars Choral, us with a record of salaries

and contain

in the music hall

was a harpsichord

and

Ar m

there

Ar m

date

also.

of the boys a source of some profit

clothing

that

which brought him in £40 per an. , besides his salary as organist from which he derived a such as He had, of course, other perquisites like sum. and boarding Vicar £5, and probably found the Chanter's Choir Boys, an office

the choir boys in the ,

in the

the clarionet

were taught

figu:red in choir practices

instruments

ag h

of the 18th century

Music Hall.

that

quarter

and stringed

last

same source we learn

From the

ou n

show and name a number of writing-masters, who later obtained amongst them John Jones, a chorister, from 1797-1816. organist a Musical Doctorship and was then tbe accounts

us eu

us eu m

Choral

ou nt y

"Memoir relating

a note in a manuscript

Fro

Vicars

41. to the

Church of St,

of the Cathedral

and Organist

for small

1'ho "now give assistance

ou n

the boys were made at various

regarding

ag h

Those drawn up by Archbishop Hugh Boulter

times.

1'ho received

Choristers"

Regulations

supplementary

Ar m

•

upon

were other boys usually

there

and choirboys 11

Ar m

&alaries

1870 -

until

lasted

Apart from the four boys quartered

known as "Stipendary

choristers

salaries

fees were paid to choristers

1788, and such assistance

and maybe later, the organist

apprentice

them we gather

- from

to the Vicar Choral accounts

that

from at least

a sum he enjoyed

nt y

of his life.

But to return

the then organist

of £70 per an,,

a Vicar Choralship

for the rest

inducing

boys,

the singing

revived

a new organist,

procured

us eu m

aavings and renewal fines,

ou nt y

Patrick in Arnagh", written in the year 1800, it appears th at 4rchbishop Robinson found the Vicars Choral "absent and out of so reduced their salaries and insufficient"

in 1731

of Vicars

with all

in his house,

nd be supplied

clothing

in reading,

take care that they should be kept in

decent

and singing,

due instruction

writing

for seeing

was responsible

By then the organist

"the four boys received

that

Library,

are to be found in the "Acts of the Corporation another manuscript in the Public

Choral and Organist",

us eu

which in any resp ect he should

nec e ss1 ri es, failing

to a fine acc ording to the

the boys and be liable

lose

us eu m

ou nt y proper

42.

le a sur e of the archbishopâ&#x20AC;˘ ,

nt y

and a most rigid

the old composers.

ou C

ag m

See Appendix II,

was made by him and sent to the

from which a selection

ÂŠ

works of Handel

For the convenience

most of the music was kept at his house,

of the Precentor

of music, vocal and

of the entire

all

collection

consisting

and,

ou n

very valuable

instrumental,

there was a large

the rule.

19th century

This is

is still

and unfortunately

ag h

Ar m

In the early

much to be regretted

lay Vicars Choral,

Ar m

figure,

and in his time he managed to evade tbe

old custom of appointing

and nearly

The second Richard Allott

1795\3)

was a somewhat autocratic

disciplinarian

ÂŠ

who held the precentor-

mentioned Richard Allott

ship from 1775 until

indeed,

and the son of the

musician

He was an accomplished previously

improved,

(1 834-1858) the choir was greatly

precentorship

of the Rev. Richard Allott's

During the period

amendments were made between 1731 and

of course , several 1861.

( 3)

us eu m

ou nt y

In 1819 it was, however , decided that "the choir boys should in future be lodged in th e houses of their parents or in such houses as might were passed and, Further regulations be thought proper",

us eu

as required.

was cl aimed by his high prices.

The famous Thackeray

demolished

lived

and now replaced

Hall.

Allott

cathedral,

when

He had

and if

stride

in the

since

Alexander

• s long

when occupying

• s stall

and coughing

Precentor

of snorting

The

old mansion

was very characteristic

walking up Abbey Street

Thomas

iDick".

by the Archbishop

The Rev . Richard

a habit

in an interesting

then

His next door iJG.1.g1.1 bour,

the

any humble

Evans family

and sp l endo ur" ,

nan i n Holy

spoke of him as "Fiddling

ag h

Evans always

ornament

cathedral.

i n the

and t,ie~:· chief , sta lls

the most eminent

in the

Memorial

for their

was then

Ar m

Kelly

curious

clergy

quite

Mr . Allott

Orders

the

and thrones

as my lord ' s own seat

and for

Ar m

church;

and

every pew pew

and cushioned

country

of the 13th century.

as smart

style

and na1 dso,ne - almost

and span •ilding

work in the

neat

spick

the

carved

- covered •with

to.m,

than in any ui ·lish

as smaJ.l, but extremely

too handsome

U,43 , and

in his Irish Sketch Skot ch

he "found the cathed r al servi ce

performed

church

Armagh circa

of the chair

us that

more completely

found in

ou n

He tells

Visited

impressions

~.id sold

his

nt y

recorded Book.

dosc:ription

executors

us eu m

London at very

on tr,e

t,1at upon

house

in his

ntary

CuJ

colleagues

music of whatever

ou nt y

in 1858 all

a sad

death

cathedral

his

by his

us eu m

superVision

lax

ou nt y

Music Hall

43 ,

us eu

to pass the choir stalls

us eu m

M spectacles

ou nt y

that

and so retraced

his steps.

nt y useful

times.

We are given a list

them in a Chancery Inquisition

Enoghsegart.

h ag

Aghavilla,

and .

ÂŠ

Lisvonowe. Magherrall Leslegh.

in spellin ,gs etc C and of Chancery Inquisition ~!m~;~~h ~625 vti~~~ 1n~;rporates an earlier inquisition of 13 June, 33, Henry VIII, 1542. See A endix I for variations

ior a8 c~Y

(4)

ou n

ag h

Ar m

of Cannadisse . <4 )

Killenure

taken at Armagh, March 24th,

They were the townlands

ÂŠ

several

the "Seven Towns" held by the Prior

of the Culdees

in the cathedral.

Born in 1845, he died in 1916

Ar m

I have mentioned

years

was for over sixty

with the choir.

and Organist,

and is comwemorated by a tablet

1625.

Orchestral

course for some 80 years,

the death of Dr. Marks, who as Chorister,

Deputy Organist, connected

he always

He founded the Cathedral

which ran its

indeed up until

we al'&

on the Friday evening practices

on which occasions

the violin.

Society

on forbidden

He was,

in forme d, at his happiest in the Old Music Hall, played

he was treading

ground,

ran k,

snort and

loo k over his

from the Rev. Richard's

he qui c.uy realized

in search

to his social

ventured

us eu m

ou nt y

worshipper

of a seat beyond the space allotted

us eu m

and two enclosed

of ..hich in

curacy of Aghavilly ,

having been conveyed

in the

M ty

ou n

ag h

h ag

ag m

ÂŠ

Ar m

!t:ollow:Lng year .

Choral of Armagh and consecrated

the Vicars

Ar m

of the perpetual

for the church and graveyard

the site ~

some townlands

of Derrynoose,

841 became part

They also

nt y

to Creggan.

to Kilmore and the Treasureship

held the parish

four ancient

the Chancellorship

to Killevy,

was attached

frecentorship

~t the same time the

diocese.

in this

us eu m

ou nt y

arishes

and Ballymore,

Tynan, Lougbgall

Mullabrack

were

needs of the prebends

for the spiritual

responsible

courtyards.

and Brethern

the Prior

Before the Reformation

the Great

including

survived

still

of the Culdee Priory

Hall of the main building

re.,ains

,l,st, otial

At the date of the Inquisition

ou nt y

us eu

li5.

us eu

APPE,'Dl,,{I.

us eu m

ou nt y

46.

Chancery Inquisition,

County Armagh, No.

James I,

aken at Armagh 24 March 1625, before(5)

ou nt y

Sir Archibald

us eu m

Acheson, Knt.

Anthony Cope, Esq.

March 1 Car. I and Jury,

nt y

William Peirson .

Henry Pilkington.

Neal McCoddan.

viz.-

Gregory Jackson.

der Commission dated~

Lord .

ag h

William Workman.

ou n

Radulph Grindall.

there

incorporated

by name of

persons

religious

of Armagh town was in Armagh County and that

ere then certain

&ldorsed 26th April 16:e5' & May 1626. Reeves ' s "Armagh Papers" No. 72 vol. 26, pages 212-216; Lodge ' s "Evidences of the See of Armagh" and page 6:.8, Stuart • s "Armagh".

( 5)

33, Henry, 8 and 1542, the Priory or

William Barnham.

o find That on 13 June,

Nathaniel

Gregg .

Pat Cartan.

Ar m

Nicholas

Donogh Oge McMurphy.

Henry Grindall.

Pat Hannay.

us eu

ou nt y

47.

Aghavillie

of land in County Armagh.

parcels

lying part

20 acres,

ÂŠ

close or park of Roger Russell

the

near Armagh and the part

of Ballynehoane,

by the mill

occupied

as above, within

of Mullocloughan

ou n

of Rosemere, 3 acres

ag h

one parcel

Ar m

Chapell .

One parcel

amongst the Demesne land of the Archbishop

of Armagh near Armagh town, but now in occupation Richard

Tenonoayhan als Tenorheaghan,

called

lying

C h

Ar m

viz. -

One parcel

Lisleagh

Ennoghsegert Magherarrall

nt y

Cannadisse

Lisvonnowe

Killenure

5 acres,

us eu m

in Armagh Barony in Armagh

the seven towns or balliboes

and also of the several

or Collodei

and ambit and also of

whole site

of Armagh, with its County, viz.-

the Priory

House called

or Religious

ou nt y

Priory

us eu m

the Prior and Colledei of Armagh als the Prior and Vicars Choral of Armagh, and that the said Prior was then (1542) owner in right of his said House of said

the residue

within

Gurdan stands.

ÂŠ

or park of Thomas Crant, Clk. 20 One parcel of Lessegall and Mullaghdromgallon, Thomas of acres lying in Ballenhoanmore in occupation Dawson gent, in \tlich messuage house or mansion of Sandye

the close

us eu

lying near the

now in occupation

lying near the

1+acres,

Cook Knt.,

Golworth 60 acres,

called

lying

3 acres,

Ussher gent.

Ar m

of Richard

of Thomas Crant.

Lacmulik,

called

of the said Francis

One parcel

us eu m

Lessagh-herrall

in occupation

near Moneysharge,

Arthur

1+acres lying

in occupation

nt y

called

One parcel

or Oliver Parker.

Lannegly als Giltnegloy

near Farranekurgan

Southurch.

mill

us eu m

ou nt y

in occupation Ballynehonebeg One parcel

lying in

Brodonoghan, 20 acres

called

One parcel

of Francis

ou nt y

n o.Z Mullaghmore in occupation

Cooke, Knt.

beside

3 acres , ly i ng

Brughneseggart

called

une parcel

1+8.

10 acres part of the lands

amongst the demesne

also owned

now in possession

Clk.

of Mullaghbrack

of John Harte,

the said Prior

the rectory

ÂŠ

as before,

also say that

in Balleherelan

of the Lord Primate.

4nd the jury

20 acres now in

containing

Le Band lying

ÂŠ lands

Tawnaghvillan

One parcel

called

of William Heyes of Armagh.

ag h

occupation

ou n

Ar m

One parcel

of Richard Chappell .

in occupation

and 20 acres

of John Medoyle

or Thomas Raven, 20 acres in possession

townland of Cavanakagh of which ~O acres are in occupation

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

The Rectory and vicarage of Creggan now in possession of Theophilus Buckworth, Bishop of Dromore.

ou nt y

of Munterheny als Tawnaghglie .

part of which lies

both rectorial

and

als Feighth

the 7 towns of Killnesegart

No. l,

~~,

rectory

of Tynan and Toaghy als Derrenuse

ag h

ty C

to and occupied

ÂŠ

with said messuage .

within

constructed

belonging

or backside

courtyard

Magdalen Hall,

a messuage,

widow, now possesses another

or great backside 1

to said house in which a certain

ÂŠ

belonging

or Religiot.ll

of said Friary

courtyard

one great

the precincts

That within

ou n

with a cause of union and dispensation House are the Hall,

to hold for life

Ar m

Chas.I.

gave to Robert Maxwell, Clk., M.A., the aforesaid

Patent,

That King Charles I by Letters

of the 9 towns of

and rectory

All the tythes

Tomachbrien .

of David Watson Clk.

in possession

C within

vicarial

of Clonfeacle

The rectory

County Armagh with all the tythes

of Doneahmore, County Tyrone.

of Leballe-Egliese.

'l'he vicarage

of Tynan.

'l'he rectory

nt y

'l'he rectory

Ar m

us eu m

of the 24 towns of Toaghy als Derrenoose

'l'he rectory Church .

us eu

us eu m

That Robert Judson had another

precincts

of said Priory

Savage - all

formerly

ou nt y

to the said Priory

That the following

do.

last

do. Dermot boy McAbrey.

do.

do. Bryan McRory.

do.

do. Manus McGarvey.

do. Caell O O'Managhan,

do.

One messuage

side of the Great Hall of said Priory . on said date owned in fee -

do.

John

do.

ÂŠ

A messuage

McCoddan.

of Henry

and shop in Armagh in occupation

ÂŠ

That the said Prior

A tenement

ou n

in the south-west

belonging

of which messuages

ag h

Ar m

of Thady Crawley, all

in possession

cartilage

A cowhouse and byre with the

One messuage

of said Thady Crawley.

do.

One messuage

named messuage in possession

now in possession

A stable

O'Heyre

Crawley.

A shop adjoining

Elicei

do.

of Pat Oge

nt y

viz.

One

Daveys.

of the said possessions

One messuage now in possession

of Thady Crawley.

Ar m

houses or tenements

were part

lie

33 Henry 8

or Colodei of Armagh.

frOl!l of old and on the said 13 June 33 Henry 8

Armagh,

separate

the

by Donal

on which said 13th day of June,

and 1542 belonged

house within

occupied

us eu m

ou nt y

,o.

nt y

of James McMayer,

and rents

the profits

ou n

ag h

of the lands lay

Robert Maxwell then Dean

afterwards,

and

both of the said balliboes

the rents

part

sum of

waste and uncultivated.

That about 2 years

yearly

£20, and not more, because a great

for

of said archbishop

amounted to the clear

which rents

But which of them

of land for the use of Henry Ussher then

of Armagh as Seneschal

of Armagh, received

so that

are dead,

now Lord Caulfeild

ago received

years,

Ar m

Archbishop

Knt.,

about 20 years

of said balliboes

the last

to the judgement of the law.

the jury refer

That Toby Caulfeild Charlemont,

survive.

or Colledeius

said

from their

and forsook

and all the Colledei

survivor

Ar m

any Prior

was last

relin4uished

deserted,

and Collodei

about 25 years ago, and that

of said Priory

neither

of John Redworth

removed themselves

or Priory

domicile

Prior

of Robert Galway,

in possession

That the Popish Prior and completely

O'Cassedus,

of Teage

in possession

late

a tenement

us eu m

ou nt y

and the third

now in possession

three

of Edmond o Neale.

in possession

late

Monastery

Abbey viz.-

the Franciscan

in possession

Williams

Pierce

the dissolved

besides

or Abbey in Armagh called One late

of Donald bane

do.

waste tenements

Another

in occupation

and cartilage

A tenement

a nd three

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

A tenenent McCrawley

us eu m

us eu

the houses and tenements in Armagh town belonging

for 2 years and maintained

and Collodei

to the said Prior

Vicars Choral with said rents.

ou nt y

eertain

Christopher

years the late

said~

That after

and received

of Armagh, gavisus fuit,

il.tchbishop

Hampton,

us eu m

ou nt y of all

the rents

Ar m

and that the rents

of said 7 towns

of the said tenements in Armagh were of the

Church ot

in the erection

m Ar

stalls

and that the said

sterling,

of said rents

in the choir of the said Cathedral

four

~rmagh.

John Symonds expended part

value of £8.6.0

yearly

clear

to the clear yearly value of £46, and

ag h

the rents

that

ou n

for the whole time during which they were in occupation John Symonds attained

Inquisition

of said 7

the rants

Saints 1623 to date of

towns and said tenements from ill

That John Symonds, Clk. received this

shewn

which writing

of the late King James.

taking

of said archbishop,

and defence to the Commissioners of Irish

was his reply

Affairs

the said

and building

church as appears to Jury by a writing

them in the handwriting

Ar m

cathedral

for the whole of

value and that the profits

tel'!ll were spent on repairing

that

term worth £47

were for the whole of that

clear

yearly

for 10 years,

to his temporalities

time of his restoration

which rents

nt y

of said 7 towns and said tenements in Armagh town from the

ou nt y

us eu

53.

Pat Hannay

William Peirson

Donogh Oge

Neal McCoddan

Henry Grindall

Anthony Cope

O'Murphy Nathaniel Lord

nt y

Ralph Grindall

Nicholas Gregg

Gregor Jackson

William Workman

Henry Pilkinton

Arthur Acheson.

us eu m

ou nt y

of 2/- Yearly for each acre of them. Signed.

Pat Cartan

William Barnam.

us eu m

That the tollow.l.ng above-named parcels in County f.rmagh Viz. Teneleaghhan etc. are for the annual rent

which is said to mean "the appears in 17th century records

"the church of

- now Killynure

the wood of the yew''•

etc.

Killenure,

for Kennedys, a name that may

a head abode .

for the other five towns -

indicate

ou n

exist

Ceanannus, Cennadus, etc.,

Killynyawor

priest .

suggests variants

The following

kind but "saggart"

or assembly place of some

"Enagh" suggests

prefix

a fair

ag h

Ar m

Aghaville, Aghevilly, whilst the townland as Enagh is shown as Enoghseiart, and know that we now The The meaning is somewhat obscure. Ballyanenay as Aghavilla,

tree"

Aghavilly

of the ancient

field

out .

For instance

Ar m

carried

The Seven Towns mentioned in the above Inquisition as regards spelling in 1835 the year in were standardized which the first Ordnance Survey of the County of Armagh was

us eu

us eu m

Aghercrovill,

ou nt y

Magayrearnill

I, ,~.

ate - now

Mahriaarvill,

nt y

us M y

ou C h

ou n

ag h Ar

ÂŠ

Ar m

now Lisbanoe possibly

etc.,

Lisbonna,

of the milk or cows.

the fort

Lisvonoe , Lisbono,

us eu m

ou nt y

Magheeryarvill the plain df the old tree . ,s , etc. - now Lislea, the grey fort .

us eu

us eu m

ou nt y

55.

us eu m

ou nt y

The Great Office of Ulster for County Armagh taken 12 August 1609 and 7 James I at Armagh That the Master of the Works of the Archbishop of

Armagh has held time out of mind at a yearly

nt y Leatmoilt,

called

Aghoetiggeny

ag h

of Cre ggan

Tynan, Munterheny, Mullaghbragh

ÂŠ

in the Fews and of Derryneas,

as rector

in right

one mutton and

of butter

of his place

one losset

of the Vicars Choral

of Armagh from the townland of Drumgagh 6/-,

was paid to the Prior

ÂŠ

near Armagh.

called

one sessiogh

An acre

ou n

Half of Lisohirrill,

That there

Coolnegappolle,

in all

y nt

of Gwaltwegh otra

Part

ou .

Also Tirecwanyny-gilliynae,

and

Bally-Killynyawoyr

Ar m

Cennadus,

Bally

Bally-anenay,

Bally-Liosbonowe,

Maghayrearnill

Bally-

Balliaghybyly,

of Bally-liosliagh,

and 2 sessioghs

of the 6 townlands

office

of their

own in fee in right

and Vicars Choral of Armagh Cathedral

That the Prior

near Armagh.

payable

rent of ll/4

of Ballynahowna

the half-town

to the Archbishop,

Barony.< 6 )

us eu m

in O Neiland

with roots

family

from an old Yorkshire

nt y

ou n

and was invited

James I, p.374.

of Killevy

Pat . Rolls,

his parish

in the prehistoric

within

was interested

Cal.

with

was later

but has since become the

of St. Mark's .

cairns

Allott

ÂŠ

(6)

son Richard

ÂŠ

The elder

burial

The house in question

This

circumstances

of being accused of "non-residence"

of the rectors

residence

of Killevy .

the parish

ag h

by his

for a

Ar m

fear

to Killevy.

occupied

within

in Armagh under agreeable

him to live

and without regard

Act of Council

he built

as situate

legalized enabled

and by a special

his influence

through

a house which was

wereon

h ag

in Armagh city

Ar m

site

he managed to make

becoming Precentor

of the Glebe lands of Killevy

of part

after

his promotion

to the Deanery of Raphoe in 1795 . Two years

for the Precentorship

which he held until

Armagh in 1775, an office

an exchange

in 1774 he reached

later

of Tynan and Vicar Choral of Armagh,

which he relinqUished

dignities

branch

of Faldown in Tuam

Three years

Armagh as Prebendary

of the senior

as Prebendary

when he came to Ireland in 1771.

us eu m

note was the representative

of this

Diocese

of whom the subject

B.L.G.)

Grange and Hague Hall,

ou nt y

going back to the days of Henry VI (see the Allotts

Bentley

Descended

us eu

ou nt y

Vicar of Leegloyse

56.

us eu

ou nt y

the Royal Society of Antiquaries

.l+o9.

The examination of the monumenttook place in to an account written in 1815 p.205-206.

ditch whereon

it within a circular

as he tried

interest

special

it by enclosing

preserve

lt would seel!llthat Precentor

of view.

point

was aware of its

.Allott

of great importance from the archae-

and therefore

Qlogical

This particular type to be eJ<alllinedin

of its

monument was the first

see Newry Magazine, Vol.I,

nt y

September 1791 according

Ireland

of London) see Vol.XV,

us eu m

ou nt y

us eu m

b) Sir Walter Synott of Ballymore to exanine one such at Annaghcloghmullin ,tructure His account of the (the Journal of Archaeologia in excavation was published

ou n

h ag

ag h m

Given to me by Mr. Alan Chambre of Hawthorn Hill and with his consent deposited in the Northern Ireland Record Office.

ÂŠ

(7)

Ordnance Survey shows a pear-

marked "Cave" - see Armagh, Sheet 25, 1835,

ÂŠ

shaped enclosure

Ring" and portrayed

Ar m

1'/hereas the first

Ar m

1827'7) shows it marked as "The Giant's as a circle

forest trees, see Vallancey, Val.VI, p.461-465. The bast drawing of Annaghcloghmullin will be found in the A map of the Barony of Orior dated Newry Magazine, Vol.I. he planted

us eu

ou nt y

5'8.

us eu m

STERS s PATAONChoristers F.Ou BCELV,N

School ANDliA§TERsOF THEGrammarSCHOOL

Ball,

p,130,

Vol,III .

ou nt y

Elrington

understanding

and upon the whole he is a good choir

nt y

to say he has a

but I will venture

Queen so much admired,

greater man.

us eu m

The Rev. Andrew Snape, Windsor, to Swift, April ~3, 1722, "I recommend to Your favour the bearer Mr. Elford, who upon the encoura gement of your Worthy Primate is going to settle at .lrmagh . I cannot pretend to say that he has the same compass of Voice as his late brother, whomthe good

The other that bears him company was a very useful to us. Chorister His voice since its breaking is somewhat harsh but I believe will grow mellower.

~magh

to which diocese

ou n

At above date Hugh Lindsay,

Ar m

ag h

Ar m

either of them for your purpose especially when you have a vacancy in your church, I shall be much obliged to you for any favour you are pleased to show". ( Snape evidently then a Canon of Windsor) . If you find

the bearer,

D.D., was Archbishop of in 1714.

he had been translated

Stuart ' s Armagh, p.395'.

from the point interest He died in 1724 and 1s of particular See Bells. Cathedral the and Choir Cathedral the of view of

us eu

us eu m

ou nt y

p.80, Vol.IV .

Ball,

Elrington

from John Arthbutnot

Letter

59.

to Swift.

London, May B, 1729,

ou nt y

"I recommended on Mr. Mason, son of Mason, gentleman

get a better.

This

time a Vicar-Choral

was during the primacy of Hugh

Ar m

and held his place in them for 50

He was also part of that

Armagh Cathedral.

of the audience,"

became a Vicar-Choral

both Dublin Cathedrals years .

times in the King ' s

winter to the satisfaction

son subsequently John Mason

request.

He has a pleasant

mellow voice and has sung several Note:

I renew

vacancy, therefore

you will hardly

Chapel this

us eu m

nt y

is another

there

I believe

of the Queen's Chapel, a baritone voice for the vacancy of a singer in your cathedral. The letter was WTote from Bath last September. The same Mason informs ma that

ou C h

ou n

ag h Ar

ÂŠ

ag in 1656.

Ar m

was buried

D.D., who became Archbishop of Armagh in 1724 and died in 1742 and was buried in Westminster Abbey wherein his famous predecessor Archbishop James Ussher

Boulter,

us eu

ou nt y

us eu m

CH o I R

ou nt y Church, Dublin

famous Dr .

-..!lo was bred under the late

and gentlemen as

in his power, such ladies

ag h

ou n

Armagh May 1, 1758.

B.N.L.

disappointment."

Ar m

can to prevent

to employ him, would oblige him if they would command as early as they conveniently

him with their

favour

but very few and do them

the justice

are willing

teaching

As he intends

Ar m

all

ag N,B.

thorough bass or composition together with singing in the most concise and elegant manner by their commands to him will be waited upon or directing answered with the utmost respect. their letters Viz. lessons,

the harpsichord

or gentlemen who are desirous of learning or spinnet, in all or any of its branches,

Any ladies

organist and composer to His Majestyâ&#x20AC;˘s Chapel St, James's Westminster 1s now come to reside at

nt y

Croft's

Royal, .Armagh,

of St . Michan 's

organist

late

Mr, John Woffington,

us eu m

1758.

"kay ,,

60.

- has taken

m Ar

commands, that he has been in the

of tuning instruments

ÂŠ

habit,

ÂŠ

bonor him with their constant

from Dublin and now Vicar Choral of AroaagJ1. etc. Tunes and regulates Piano Fortes, Harpsichords, Mr. w. begs leave to inform those ladies who ma:, "Lately

us eu

us eu m

the various methods, but

and scarcely

to him at .Armagh will be punctually

nt y

card which owed its

eu us

M y ty

ou n

ag h

ag m

ÂŠ

Ar m

recipe . )

household

that it bore on the back a

to the fact

preservation

(Copied from undated business

to ."

attended

to the

known in this

ou nt y country .

Col!IIllands, addressed

adds a brilliancy

all others,

Chords of the instrument

us eu m

excells

exactness,

Ar m

which for

the German method of tuning,

tarticularly

ou nt y

pains in acquiring

considerable

61.

ou nt y

us eu

62.

LINKED WITH THE

Notabilities

us eu m

CHOIR CATHEDRAL

William Ware

1756, and became a choir boy under In the year 1774 he

(1759-1774).

stated

"that

ou n -

volume of anthems.

and in 1808 another

and

Armacjhian as pupil

hymns and psalms performed in the

church,

1825.

ln 1820 he published

Edward Bunting .

of anthems,

parish

distinguished

the celebrated

aalection

of St.

of music in Belfast

the father

had another

there

until

movement as a musician.

ag h

Ar m

vhilst

organist

in that position

the Volunteer

Ware may be considered

and teaches

In the same year he was appointed

Ann's Church and continued In 1778 he joined

We are

he tunes Harpsichords

as usual" .

the country

and

half -a-guinea

"that

Guitar,

the twelve lessons".

and half - a-guinea

informed

Ar m

the twelve lessons;

half-a-guinea

time" and that his

a guinea entrance

for the Harpsichord,

terms were

Dublin where he had been a considerable

entrance

from

in the County of Down was then returning

!listinction

also

ha had been

of the first

•mployed for two years by many families

year,

2 of that

of July

Letter

News-

in the Belfast

an advertisement

about

in Belfast

He seems to have settled

At anyrate

1776.

nt y

music teacher .

removed to Co, Down where he commenced his profession

organist

Barnes,

us eu m

ou nt y

Born Armagh circa

Robert

us eu as organist

as a choir boy in Armagh and

of Dungannon Church.

remained

in charge of the organ until

1926, aged 6o.

Died Cambridge 12 July,

was born in 4rmagh and at an early

..tlich were to win for him a place

years

of age when he proved his ability

Ar m

composer and applied

Royal College

for a foundation

as a

scholarship

in the

of Music, London, ..tlich he duly received

sixteen

He was only

of his day.

He also took his B.A.,

examination .

of the talents

amongst the foremost musicians

possession

Charles Wood

age gave evidence of the

Charles Wood

where he

1847.

nt y

went to St, Anne's Church, Belfast,

He later

career

Began his musical

at the age of 12 years became organist

ou nt y

John Willis

in March 1825, and died

us eu m

6, 1826,

January

us eu m

ou nt y

his position

fesigned

63,

and Mus. Bae.

M.A.,

days each week at the Royal College,

of Music, a position

Stanford

being

h ag

were

son Patrick

the eldest

of the marriage,

which he attained He married Miss to his death,

Wills Sandford of Co. Longford and there

children

ÂŠ

five

some twelve months previous

Charlotte

His final

London.

to Sir Charles

the Professorship

ÂŠ

was his succession

appointment

ou n

ag h

Ar m

He was for many years at Cambridge , degrees in dlle course. He also lectured on Harmony at the University and on three

us eu

Wood, was well-known in Armagh,

Bank in that

ou nt y

town.

Wood died at Cambridge 12 July 1926, aged

60 years.

us eu m

Professor

Mr. Evelyn Wood, was 1n 1926 manager of

Wecond brother, the Provincial

Mr. Walter Wood, a

in the Great War.

of Professor

brother

us eu m

ou nt y

1n Italy

killed

64.

M ty

ou C h

ou n

ag h m

Ar ©

C h

Ar m

nt ou

h ag

Ar m

sum in 1870.

per an. and Charles £75, a sum increased in 1861 to £85 He was still receiving the same and in 1866 to £100,

nt y

Accounts of 1858 show a William Wood and Charles William was then in receipt of £100 Wood as lay Vicars.

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

M ty

C h

ou n

ag h

ÂŠ

Ar m

choir it must I f Edward was also for a time in the and at the 1773 in born was he have been circa 1782, as at Drogheda, y Anthon r brothe ag e of nine years joined his Presumably death. s ' a change brought about by his father ng includi , family the the mother with other members of maiden the know We do not John, remain ad in Armagh, an entry in the parish registers but g Buntin . Mrs of e surnam I t reads "4 March, 17'4, gives the Christian name of Mary.

from 1782 to 1794,

Ar m

from 1759 until Barnes was organist of the cathedral ing a Lay Vicar 177li, in -which year he resigned upon becom instructed Choral. He could not therefore very well have he continued to take any of tbe Bunting children unless Anthony Choral. pri vate pupils after becolDing a Vicar him but John 1'ho ( born 1765) may have been coached by s ( they begin appears in 1786 and 1787 in choir record Langdon, organist d Richar of pupil a been 1785) would have

us eu m

nt y

of Armagh

ou nt y

have been a The Bunting falDily of Armagh seems to for one than other record no large one though we have all John, and d, Edwar y, and three sons, Anthon iaugbter Annals Fox'ss n Milliga tte of whom, according to Charlo Robert Barnes of the Irish Harpers, were trained under

us eu m

us eu

How many other

wife Mary,

and his

were born to

children

registers

The parish

ou nt y

Edward and Mary we do not know. other entries disclose lroUld possibly of the Irish

From the Annals

searched.

us eu m

un ty

of Edward Bunting

Sarah, daughter laptized" . ( 8)

66.

we learn

Harpers

that

and his

ran a fashion-

a lady of good family,

Ashe,

"wife, a Miss

o:f music in Belfast

beca!D.e a teacher

.informed,

nt y

an was afterwards Anthony was born in Armagh in 1765, more his survived and Dublin and a in Droghed organist Edward by some years. John, wa are brother ltelebrated

M ty

of Armagh CathedraJ.a

Robert

1826.

that assistant

Barnes

(1759-17'7;1

h ag

m Ar

1770.

/ five children "Edward Bunton / & wife / carpenter city for year Scotch St / Church " - sea Census of

and died

chorister

under

organist

trained

(8)

then

in 1756,

ÂŠ

ÂŠ the

was born

Ware, a former

to Mr. William

.no

to Belfast

ag h

fame spread

where he was appointed

Ar m

There he remained two years his

Anthony in Drogheda .

brother

and made such progress

ou n

at an early

father

with his

whereupon

age,

his

he lost

that

he took up residence

by Edward Bunting

learn

compiled

In an autobiography

Ar m

in Dublin.

school

in that city. Curiously enough Edward n, daughter of a Mrs. Chapma Anne Mary Miss a married and later in Belfast school wn well-kno a had wo n Chapma able

About 1819 he married

ag h

Mount Jerome)

us ty

and

leaVi ng

Armachian

an engineer who died young. Sarah who married R, Macro r y of Belfast s and Dublin by whom she had a son , Dr . Loui r sea, London . Macrory of Battersea Anthony,

ou another

Johnston,

ou n

Francis

and in 1827

George ' s Church near Mountjoy Square,

. conte mporar y , had been architect He died December , 1843 (buried

issue

where he was

of whic h bUilding

of St.

Ar m

became organist

in Dublin

of St . Stephen• s Chapel,

•})pointe d organist

Miss Chapman and almost

settled

afterwards

!llmnediately

published

collections

1800 and 184o.

to do

Eventually

three

for

remembered.

Ar m

1796,

still

travelling

people

or employing

a work for

which he is

he &cqUi re d material

us eu m

nt y

collecting

ove r Ireland

so,

them,

ou nt y

all

down old Irish

noting

and afterwards

airs,

company

harp festival

the great

families

and soon his

of the neighbourhood

In 1792 he organized

in that

became

Belfast

developed

in music quickly

was cour ted by the gentry

Belfast

and thus

- both notable

the Joys

e with

intimat

His ab ility

living

Whilst

same city.

the McCrackens

w1 th

town he stayed

of St.

and later

Belfast,

Church,

George' s Church in the

of the Rosemary

became organist

subsequently

Presbyterian

Street

us eu m

us eu

un ty

:Bunting

67 .

in Lurgan parish,

o C

ou n

C m Ar

ag h

Ar m

to acquire

settled

to England

in which case he probably

branch

to the

working,

had

had been sent

the Buntings

may well be that

belonged

of the Tyrone Coal that

in Co. Armagh so h

in coalmine

Bunting

believed

elder

experience

Bunting

settled

himself

been long

at the opening

nt y

to assist

Bunting

Harpers

who came from Sottle

engineer

Derbyshire

Mines.

to "Annals of the Irish

was a mining

us eu m

.lccording

Ar m

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

un ty

3. Mary Anne who married James Wright of Dublin who had a daughter Florence who married Sir Thomas Deane, a well-known Dublin architect, son of Sir Thomas Newenham Deane •

father

the

68.

us eu m

us eu

un ty

ou nt y

James Groves

James Groves had an elder

nt y

becoming Prebendary

his

which he held from 1875 until

issue

in 1903, leaving

later

Diocese,

in Clogher

a dignity

sons and two daughters

three

ou n is

of the school

of the building

ÂŠ

was pro babl y dead . The actual date

1858, by which t ime he

date until

a gap from that

1834, but unfor t unatel y

from 1828 until

there

Grammar School

Choral

ÂŠ

the Vicars

in the accounts of

the cathedral

and figures

master of

said to have been the first

ag h

James Groves is

Ar m

Kildarton

well !mown in Armagh, and dying here in 1938 was buried

Groves son Arthur Groves, Tenisonwas son, Tenison

of whom the eldest

and Kilmore and Perpetual

death

Ar m

of Donacavey,

in which year be resigned

1858-1872,

Cur ate of Mullavilly f o r Donaghmoine

Dictionary

the Rev. Henry Charles Groves, was

of Mullabrack

in succession

curate

His cousin,

Groves,

Records Comnission and co-

with Lewis or the Topographical

compiler ;Ireland.

member of the Irish

a valuable

John, a surgeon

brother,

the Rev. Edward Kelly

in the army, and an uncle,

soon after.

in 1796 and ordained

Bar

to the Irish

\o/howas called

of Caledon,

us eu m

Second son of the Rev. John Kelly Groves, BA

former curate

SCHOOL MASTERSOF THE GRAMMAR

us eu

us eu m

un ty

uncertain,

70 ,

y nt

ou n

and the

A portrait

on the subject,

papers

of many important

in 193lt.

entomologist

was a well-known

year

in the

and died at Rostrevor

in .nich He retired

and Louth.

year

Mr . Johnston

Co. Armagh, 1895-1921,

for Killincool

1881-

Grammar School 1882-1895,

ag h

of Acton,

following

Ar m he resigned

Choral qf Armagh Cathedral

Vicar

of the Cathedral

1895 and Master

Incumbent

and an old boy of

School of Armagh at which he was an assistant

1879-1881.

master

of Creggan 1873

Johnson, h ,A,

Son of the Rev. Edmund J. Johnston

the Royal

Rector

in 1885.

death

Fredrick

1871-1873,

Ar m

William

ag his

until

Perpetual

Grammar School 1850-1873,

cathedral

of Aghavilly

Curate

Born Co. Longford.

Schoolmaster.

Son of James Mills,

Head Master

nt y

ou nt y

B.A~

Lewis Georgee Mills

author

us eu m

may well have been as l a t e as Archbishop s Pr•macy, In the year of .,_ h1 s coming to Arma h th 8 boys were being 11tutored 11 by Hr. g of the Mall Scarlett built School, Armagh ( an institution Stuart 1 18 by Uchbishop 18), but accounts show salary n paid to Mr. Buchanan 182lt-27 and Mr. Jacob 1827 , both !'J)pearing as schoolmasters. It

Lord John George Beresford

us eu m

M 8th

Died Tuesday,

of the Probate

Fanning , Registrar

who died

Derry,

Robert

James Fanning,

who married fanning] Fanning, Ann Francis [Frances

Kathleen who married E.C. Doogan, Solicitor and Land Agent, Portadown.

Court,

army

ou n

Major in the Indian

John Russell

two sons and two daughters: -

Had issue

Ar m

C ag

h ag

ag h

Mr. firstly Crowe, and secondly Mr. Sandford, and died

Grammar

Ar m

his Golden Wedding 194-0.

195'5'.

of Cathedral

Headmaster

A:rmagh, from which post he retire<l. in 1933.

Celebrated

llarch,

1890,

9th April,

of R. J. Carey, Synone House,

In 1896 appointed

Cashel.

School,

Drogbeda .

Kathleen Anna Carey, daughter

Church, Rathmines,

at Holy Trinity

Xarried

In 1890

of the Blue Coat School,

Headmaster

appointed

Grammar

of the Cathedral

Headmaster

where he was a lay Vicar-Choral.

Cashel,

/ichool,

nt y

Later

Kilkenny.

School and

Gramar

at Enniscorthy

Educated

Co. Wexford

Son of John Fanning of near Enniscorthy,

Born 1865.

1891-1896.

he was President

ou nt y 0 17 • James Fanning

and Philosophical

History

Rooms, or which Society

pcciety

us eu m

us eu

un ty

in the Armagh Natural

hangs

71.

us eu

M I

ANDVICARS Steward

Steward appears in

ou nt y

A Vicars

us eu m

un ty

Registrar

72.

ordGrs and Statutes

us M y

nt ty

h ag

ou n

ag h Ar

ÂŠ

Ar m

of Registrar

Ar m

seems

In the next century , c1roa 1816, the office

to have been combined with that

Armagh,"

of St. Patrick,

to the Cathedral

17, 1731.

July

and dated

nt y

Boy s belonging

us eu m

made by his Grace (Most Rev. Hugh Boulter, D.D.) for the '9verrunent of the Vicars Choral, the organist and the

us eu

us eu m

un ty

An entry

1870.

in July

1866 a tutor

nt y

shows that

circa

in choir

a well-known

later

Barton McGuckan post

figures

Librarian

filled

soloist

in the Choir Records of the violin

was

e us M

y nt ty

o C h

ou n

ag h Ar

ÂŠ

Ar m

for McGuckan w10 was then a choir boy .

provi.ded

Ar m

accounts.

us eu m

ou nt y

Choir Librarian

A Choir

the

73.

us eu

us eu m

ou nt y

were employed to instruct

Writing Masters

of calligraphy,

boys in the art

nt y

They wel'e usually

appear

nbers of the choir

o C h

ou n

nt ou ag h Ar

Ar m

1798,

circa

Samuel Barr held the post 1789-1797 and for instance became organist The latter John Jones ¥768-1788.

the above office

holding

Names of persons

in records.

the

us eu m

un ty

, MASTERS

Writing

choir

74,

us eu

us eu m

un ty

I . Christopher r Hampton .

Was Vice -Chan cell or of Trinity

conferred

t he degree of doctor

on the

successor

the great

bell

of the church,

in t he

to be

recast

During hi s Primacy he caused the cathedral repaired,

renova t ed

of his diocese.

1624.

settl ed at Kilmore on the

the

o C

ou n

C m Ar

ÂŠ

ag h

Ar m

ÂŠ

until

day .

present

See lands and the i r des cendant s remain there

Some of his relatives

at Drogheda in th e southern part

He died 3rd January,

Palace

old Episc opal House of Armagh" and bui l t a handsome

the

Ar m

his

James Ussher,

nt y

scholar,

in 1612 , and

of divinity

celebrated

Archbishopric

College

us eu m

ou nt y

Advanced to t he See of Armagh 1613 .

us eu

us eu m

1567, that

to Dublin 8th August,

financially

province

of Armaghat that

The city

with the British.

by his conflicts

impoverished

pleasing

eloquence .

ou n

surviving.

o C h

sisters

1605.

Ar ÂŠ

of whom seven died young

and eight

brothers

died 5th April,

By his wife

of AdamPurdon of Lurgan Race, Co.

daughter

ÂŠ

leaving

and his family.

Louth, ha had twenty children five

qualities church

caused him to monopolize

that

for himself

ag h

Ar m Jane Purdon,

ag passions

he took an active

and pleasing

by his greed and unbounded

were, however, sOG1ewhatsullied ambition,

Provost

in whose foundation

College,

His great mental attainments

preferments

was Lord Chancellor and first

one of the Lord Justices

of Trinity

part.

twice made Keeper of the Great Seal,

He was

cOG1alyperson and florid

of Ireland,

The Archbishop was a man of sound learning,

manners,

Ar m

and the whole

waste by Shane O'Neill

time had been laid

than the See of Armagh.

nt y

Archbisho pric being then more productive

Trans lated

A Chaplain

Archbishop 15'63-1567.

to Queen Elizabeth.

us eu m

ou nt y

Adam Loftu s .

un ty 2.

71.

us eu

Henry Us sher.

us eu m

un ty 3.

77.

Archbi shop 1595- 1613.

ou nt y

Advanced to the See of Armagh i n 1595.

Dubli n .

us eu m

very a ctive

He was

Col lege,

i n t he fou ndat ion of Trinity

From his ti me onwar ds the Archbi shops of Armagh made He was a

diVine and very highly esteemed.

of Ulster

seems pretty

plan to augment the income of

Dublin by granting

Trinity,

of King J ames the First•s

that be approved

certain

took pl ace, and it

Durin g his term as Primate the Plantation

learned

nt y

Armagh the i r chi ef place of residence.

lands in Counties Armagh and

M ty

ou n C h

p.lt45.

Commission Report See Hill's Plantation

1853, p,274-275,

Dublin University

22,629

(!)

2730

ag h 1745

Colure Aghanample

1052 10665

Ar m

Fellow's s Hall

Dundrum

Derryhaw

Magravatt

acres.

3249 1918 1270

Brootally

Ar m

lilllzabeth

Donegal and Fermanagh as endowments towards the upkeep of the College f ounded in the reign of his predec e ssor

us eu m

us eu

William Alexander .

ou nt y

1896-1911.

from Derry 25th February,

Translated

1896.

Died 1911.

and poet.

~rator,

A great writer,

us eu m

un ty

nt y

was painted by W.F. Osborne,

The Palace portrait

dated 1914.

M ty o C

h ag

ou n

ag h m

Ar ÂŠ

C h

Ar m

nt ou

h ag

ÂŠ

Kathleen Shaw, R.H.A., Sculpture

Ar m

R.H.A., and there is a memorial in the Cathedral by

His wife was the author of many well-known hymns.

us eu m

us eu

un ty

V, Marcus Gervais Beresford .

Translated

1862- 1885 .

ou nt y

from Kilmor e 1862 .

Second son of George Beresford,

us eu m

Bishop of Kilmore and

Ardagh, who was second son of the Right Honble. John

brother,

The Archbishop

and was largely

organization

future

portr ait is a. copy of the portrait

by the Archbis hop ' s son,

ou n

h ag

m Ar

m Ar ÂŠ

Smith, Junior,

collection

ag h

Ar m

ÂŠ

by Catterson

and added to the Palace

Mr. G.D. Beresford.

It was painted

Smith.

The Palace

Catterson

to his memory in the

of Longstone House, Armagh,

Ar m

by Mr John Taylor

There is a handsome altar-tomb

He died 26th December, 1885. Cathedral

at the

concerned in the heavy work

f or its

in 1789.

was head of the Church of Ireland

Disest ablishment of providing

of Waterford

the Earl of Tyrone, was

nt y

advanced t o Marquessate

Beresfor d , whose eldest

us eu m

us eu

nt y

in perfect

Kept the Cathedral

He was not,

during his primacy and at his own expense.

M of £1,000

a bequest

M ty

ou n C ag

h ag m

ag h

1724,

of a conve ni ent house for future

Ar m

Died 13th July,

church at his death with £300 to his next succes sor

to aid in the purchase

primates.

of pounds on Armagh

during his lif etime, he left

Ar m

to that

spending many thousands

h ag

Besides

Marsh, Bramhal l, and Ussher.

predeces sors,

Cathedral

as his

to the dissenters

as fav ourab ly inclined

however,

by Rudhall of Gloucester.

toned bells

A most gene ro u s prelate.

repair

own

a ring of six

ou nt y

cost he er ected a second organ and purchased exquisitely

At his

with £200 per annum.

boys of the cathedral

and

to endow the Vica r s Choral

a licence

I n 1722 procured

singing

1713- 1724 .

Archbishop

from Raphoe 22nd December , 1713 ,

Tr anslated

us eu m

un ty

Thomas Lindsay .

VI ,

Archbishop 1660-1663 .

us eu m

Bramhall laboured indefatigably

to form a perfect

religion,

might

in the country in

HaV1ng determined to reside

in England and then on the continent,

the Restoration

was allowed to return

ou n

h ag

Ar ÂŠ

to Armagh 1st August, 1660, and died 25th

ÂŠ

June, 1663.

but

to the See of

bishop in 1634.

ag h

Ar m

Derry or lihich he was consecrated

vas translated

For many years he was a

of 1641 broke out. first

in Tyrone,

of it when the

after

rebellion

Ar m

but was only a short time possessed

lihich his lot was cast he purchased an estate

fugitive

subscribe.

to faith,

conscientiously

from the established

relative

not solely

that dissenters

1n matters

and

with such

latitude

and England,

of communion expressed

to have the articles

nt y

union between the churches of Ireland

John Bramhall.

us eu m

ou nt y

us eu

un ty 7.

Advanced to Armagh 1660.

nt y

Portrait

us M ty

nt ou

ou n

ag h

o C h

m Ar ÂŠ

ou C h

Ar m

C h ag

ÂŠ

personal-

by Francis

in the church of his day.

Keating.

on Ethics

and one of the leading

1920- 1938,

the world as a writer

Known throughout

Ar m

d'Arcy

from Dublin 1920.

and Moral Philosophy,

ities

us eu m

Fredrick

us eu m

Translated

ou nt y

us eu

un ty

Charles

us eu m

us eu

un ty

I X.

Church, Dublin,

of his per sonal property

in feeding

to flee

nt y

being set

manner until

the

M ty

ou n

ag h

o C h

m Ar ÂŠ

C h

Ar m

Di ed 28th August,

1663.

to Armagh 20t h August,

1678.

ÂŠ

C 1660.

translated

Ar m

seized

Later,

when he was promoted to the See of Dublin on 25th

January,

prison.

he liv ed in London in a retired

Restoration

In 1648 he was

but was there

the Parliament ari ans and thrown into at liberty,

city.

to England for security

been compelled to seek refuge in that obliged

in 1641, and spe nt much

the unhappy fugit i ves who had

Was Dean of Christ

us eu m

ou nt y

James Margetson 1663- 1678 .

Advanced to Armagh 1663.

us eu m

us eu

un ty

James Ussher.

Archbishop 1624-1656.

ou nt y

us eu m

6 24 2 5 h 2 t Advanced to the See f Ar six days before t he deathoof King James raf;h~~m h; ' owed his advancement to the Primacy.

In 1634 the Ar chbis hop of Dublin advanced a claim to the Pr i macy of all Ireland and the point was fully Ussher was called upon for a sta t ement in vesti gat ed. of a rgument on behalf of h i s own See and he supported reasoning and conclusive his cl aim wit h such invincible determined in favour proofs t ha t the matter was finally of Armagh, by the Lord Deput y and Council and ratified b)' t he Ki ng .

Ar m

When Civil War broke out 1n I reland in 1641 he was compelled to ta ke up r e sidence in England where he was much troub l ed by the Puritans , but when he died in 1656 Cromwell or dered a public f un eral and buria l in We stminster His f riends would have liked him t o have be en Abbey. spared the in di gni t y of bei ng attended to the grave by the by their petty very people lolhohad made his l i fe difficult spites, but of course dare not pro t es t.

ty o

h ag

ou n

ag h

ÂŠ

Ar m

It may be of i nter es t now that Trinity is soliciting f or li br ary ext ensio n t o remember that Luk e subscriptions Challoner and he in 1603 wer e deputed to choose and pur chas e books in Englan d f or Tr i nity's t he n newly- forme d li br ary. On this mission he fo:rmed a fr ie nds hip wit h Thomas Bodl ey vho vas at the time col l ecti ng books f or hi s famous lib r ary at Oxford. Archbishop Ussher i ntended to prese nt hi s own l ibrary t o Tri ni t y but owing of nearly 1,000 books and manuscripts to tbe many mis f ortunes which had befall en h i m he was Upon bei ng to bequeath it t o hi s daughte r. -pelled offered tor sale it was purchased by a gr oup of Cromwell 's officers who had served in Irel and , who pr esen ted t hem to f or whi ch they had ori gi nally been dest i ned the University tor b)' their ovner.

nt y

Nephew of Ar chbish op Henry Ussher and a man of His kindness influenced eve rybody imp er ishable fame . and his lea r ning was recognized and known all over the' Chri stian world .

us eu m

us eu

un ty

James Ussher.

us eu m us M y

M ty o C

h ag

ou n

ag h m

Ar ÂŠ

M ou

C h

ÂŠ

Ar m

nt y

ou nt y

The libr ary when brought to Dublin was for a time There many of t he books were deposited in the Castle. At the Restoration Charles II caused purloined or lost. those that remained to be transferred to Trinity.

us eu

us eu m

un ty

~s. 1822-1 862.

Lor d John Geor ge Ber e sford .

ou nt y

XI .

us eu m

Translat ed f r om Dublin 17th June, 1822.

of Waterford.

Thir d son of the 1st Marquis

of Dublin to

bene fa cto r of the University

Restored

of Armagh between the years 1834 and 1840

Both

Smith.

by Catterson

Besides the various

have been engraved.

portraits

there

cathedral

carved by Baron Marochetti

portraits

is a recumbent memorial f i gur e in the

and a fine brass.

18, 1862 and his funera l was a long

years be vas

• faailiar

beloved figure. &Jld1111ob

event in Armagh, where for forty

r••bered

He died July

at Trinity

of the University

in his robes as Chancellor Dublin, painted

ou n

length port r ait of th e Ar chbi shop

ag h

Ar m

There is a full

is said to have been painted

Smith , R,H.A. , son of 6. Catterson

Catterson

Smith, R.H.A,

College,

and

The Palace por trait

by stephen

dur i ng his primacy on works of

and for the advancement of religion is said to have excee ded £280,6 00 ,

Ar m

literature

and othe r i nstitut i ons .

His expenditure

benevolence

lar gel y t o t he Royal School of Armagh,

to the Observatory

Subscribed

His Grace,

of which £24,000 was provided by

at a cost of £34,463,

the Cathedral

nt y

1'hich he donated the famous Book of Armagh.

A great

us eu

un ty

ou nt y

The funeral

us eu m

Lord John George Beresford . ( cont . )

took place from the Palace Chapel Following a

with silver

coachman

- with its

ou n

followed by Marquisses,

attire.

Next the Lord Lieutenant,

the Privy

m Ar

ÂŠ

rank upon rank.

then the bishops,

barons and baronets

viscounts,

Behind them the relatives,

earls,

King of Arms

ÂŠ

1n heraldic

then

After them came the Palace servants,

in gowns followed by the Ulster

led.

ag h

Ar m staves

the clergy

of the Beresfords

and footmen was empty. The Town Commissioners in mourning cloaks and black

with the arms of the See of Armagh

the carriage

and the bearings

- the harness decorated

carriage

The four horses

on Macha's Hill.

tolled

Ar m

mitres,

dignity.

The bells

of the city where it passed in stately

the narrow streets

and his

down the main drive and through

was escorted

the Jewel

and other

of the Order of St. Patrick

of the Prelate decorations

The high crimson

arms, mitre,

with its

sarcophagus,

nt y

King of Arms was capable of.

velveted

the

that Sir Bernard Burke, th e

care and accuracy of detail

Ulster

was formed with all

the procession

service

brief

us eu m

wherein the body had lain in state.

us eu m

us eu

un ty

, the jud ges and the members of Parliament

ou nt y

Councillors

degree.

us eu m

in due array according to their

and Croft on the way into the church and again

generations,

M ty

o C

ou n

ag h m

Ar ÂŠ

C h

Ar m

nt ou

h ag

ÂŠ

and

so dear to earlier

funerals

arranged

took place,

of the great heraldically

so ended the pomp of the last

nt y

pro ceeding to the crypt where the burial

Purcell

Ar m

chanted

gates white robed choristers

At the cathedral

all

(cont.)

Lord John George Beresford,

us eu m

us eu

un ty

Michael Boyle.

XII.

Archbishop 1678- 1702 . 1678.

ou nt y

Advanced to Armagh from Dublin 21st January, of Ireland

to hold that great office.

ecclesiastic

last

and was the

us eu m

In 1665 he was made High Chancellor

as a borough.

his property

succeeded in incorporating

1800.

until

two members to Parliament

He was

11th December, 1702, aged 93 years.

His daughter Ann

Viscount Charlemont,

is a very fine one but the artist

Ar m

The Palace portrait

of the present

the 2nd Viscount Charlamont and was ancestress

married

Ar m

Died

expenditure.

in its

and public-spirited

ag liberal

of wealth but

in the attainment

and rapacious

This Archbishop was a curious mixture.

ambitious

Chancellor .

There is a full

Zoust),

also a portrait

in the

h h

ag m

ÂŠ

County Museum, Armagh.

in the Royal

by David Loggan

(after

and R. Purcell

length portrait

and engraved portraits

Dublin,

ÂŠ

Hospital,

ou n

It shows him holding the purse as Lord

ag h

is unknown.

and in 1669 he

of Blessington

founded the village It returned

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork.

to the celebrated

nt y

Son of Richard Boyle, Archbishop of Tuam and cousin

us eu

us eu m

Michael Boyle. ( cont,)

son Morrogh Boyle was created

The Archbishop's

ou nt y

in 1675, was twice married and had with several

viscount

us eu m

un ty

daughters a son Charles wo succeeded as second viscount

in 1718.

Hi s sister

Ann

Boyle married the second Viscount

nt y

estates

to Lord Hillsborough circa

by fire

was destroyed

1760.

of Blessington

mace of the corporation

ag silver

ancestor

the mansion

Unfortunately

of the Marquisses of Downshire. house of Blessington

fell

The Manor of Blessington

Longford and Devesci.

devolved on the Lords Hillsborough,

The beautiful

He died

in 1778 and under his will his great

without issue

for a short period.

Hillsborough

represented

and also

Dunbar was M.P. for Blessington

Charles

family.

h ag

Ar ÂŠ

ou n

ag h

by the Hill

ÂŠ

See of Armagh is preserved

Ar m

engraved with the arms of the Archbishop Boyle and t he

of the Boyles.

Dunbars became the representatives

however, from the Stewarts in 1769 and the

It passed,

Ar m

the property.

inherited

Mountjoy and her son eventually

us eu m

us eu

Richard Robinson ,

1765- 1794.

1765.

from Kilda r e 19th January,

Translated

to the city of Armagh and t o Armagh

ou nt y

A gr eat benefactor

Di oce se a s a llhole.

us eu m

un ty XIII .

After his promotion to the Primacy he spent some time

and in maturing plans for

nt y

examini ng t he st ate of his diocese

the impr ovement of t he city of Armagh. The Ar chbi shop ' s House he determined

of t he present

sake it is be st to deal with them by

3. Pal ace Obel is k 1782.

2. Palace Chapel 1781.

ou n

ag h

1. Palace 1770.

for so many public bui l di ngs in the

that for brevity's

numbers:-

C etc.

~. Repairs to the cathedral,

Desig ned by Franci s Johnston. or at es th e Archbi shop's friendship With the Commem Duke of Northumber l and; compl eted in 1783 it prov ide d loc al st one ma sons with work i a a 119:riod or di str ess .

ÂŠ

ag pupil.

He was r es ponsible

Ar m

city

I t was planned by

Johnston , his equally

Cooley but completed by Francis di stinguished

of the Ionic order.

church with

Ar m

portico

1781 he erect ed the Palace Chapel , a ~harming little a pleasing

palace in the year 1770,

the cel ebrat ed Thoma s Cooley .

architect

He was the builder and had for his

the town.

being t hen in poor repair,

Street

a new build i ng on the See Lands and in the vicinity

erect

in English

us eu m

us eu

un ty

Bishard Robinson (cont'd),

5. I n 1766 he was concerned in impl ementing the Act

us eu m

ou nt y

f or t he provision of County hospitals and was a l iberal subscriber to the Armagh County Infirmar y ,

6. About the same time built two Vicars• houses and fi ve more in the year 1780, also a repository for wills of the diocese .

nt y

9. The Observato r y er ected i n 1790, of its foundation dated 1789.

Medal commemorative

of the pr ese rv ati on of r el ics

stone from its

walls to enclose his garden.

old hou ses in the to their

they agreed to build new fronts

Ar m

unless

main streets

by using

He re f use d leases

interesting

who possessed

tenants

to certain

He dis f i gured the Fran ci scan Friary

Ar m

of the past.

careless

He was, however,

the diocese.

such improvements he erec t ed a number of churches

Besides throughout

8. In 1773 responsible for the removal of the Royal School from its congested sit e i n Abbey Street to its pr esent pleasant sit uat i on.

and records

7 . The Public Library in 1771 to designs by Thomas Cooley .

in their

melegant lights

beautiful

and substituted

ou n

at renovations

he .removed the really

tracery

of the

windows

In his attempts

the same streets. Cathedral

ag h

homes and so bring them into alignment with new buildings

place.

in t he Pal ace is by Sir Joshua Reynolds by the same artist

i n t he Deanery ir.ua.,

The portrait

There is another

Ther e is a bust to hi s memory

by Nolleken s i n the sout h ai sle .

Cat hedra l Crypt.

sculptured

~gh

He died tt Bri sto l in December 1794 and was buried 1n

in walking dress was formerly

ou nt y

us eu m

at Armagh).

o C h

ou n

ag h m

Ar ÂŠ

ou C h

Ar m

y nt

C h ag

ÂŠ

of a university

Ar m

a bequest for

(In his will Archbishop Robinson left

nt y

the Bi rmingham Art Gallery.

the foundation

sold to

Co. Louth, but was recently

at Beaulieu,

preserved

in Rokeby

It was later

the Primate ' s County Louth estate.

Hall,

and a third

Dublin,

us eu m

us eu

un ty

Richard RobinsonCcont1 a2,

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

Earl of Bute, and

Youngest son of John Stuart"

is by W. Owen R,A.

in the County Museum.

There is a copy of the portrait

the

School,

ou n

ag h

h ag m

ÂŠ

now the Technical

in 1815.

centre,

rebuilding

of the civic

to the Sovereign and Burge s ses of the city following

hung in the Market House having been presented

It formerly

Ar m

It was

Col, the Honble.

in 1892 by his grandson,

Knox.

He died 6 May, 1822.

The Palace portrait

of prayer (by Chantrey) in the north aisle

the attitude

of the cathedral.

restored

of the Archbishop in

length figure

There is a full

a Market House in 1815 .

on the old site

nt y

of the 1st Marquess of Bute.

He rebuilt

Stuart

us eu m

un ty

from St , David's in Wales 22nd Nove~ber ,

Translated

1800.

brother

1800-1 822 ,

The Honbl e , William Stua r t .

XIV.

us eu m

us eu

un ty

XV.

1795- 1800.

William Newcome.

in Ely.

us eu m Pembroke

He was born April 10, 1730, matriculated

Oxford 31st Oct., 1745 aged 16.

nt y

in 1765 as Chaplain to the Earl

wom he was made Bishop of Dromore in

an arm.

was the cause of his losing

Came to Ireland

to his literary

ÂŠ

firstly

ou n

affairs

He was twice married,

studies.

in 1767 to Maria,

public

and was happy to withdraw from state

ag h

( by 'ohomhe had a

of Sir Thomas D Oyley Bart.

daughter

only) and secondly to Anna Maria daughter

and

of Edward Smith of Callow, Co. Fermanagh by

C h

ÂŠ

whoa be bad tour sons and ten daughters.

beireH

daughter

and

some repute and was assiduous in his great office.

was not a politician

sums

He was an author of

Ar m

and spent large

fortune

and the Palace.

He had a considerable

to Armagh by George III in 1795.

and was appointed

on the cathedral

Became Bishop of Waterford and Lismore in 1779

1776.

Ar m

Charles James

being the celebrated

Fox who by accident

of Hartford

repute,

and a Tutor of considerable

Was a Vice-Principal one of his pupils

B.A. 1749.

B.D. & D.D. 1759.

College 1753.

College,

M.A. from Hartford

ou nt y

The Archbishop was a descendant of the Revd. Stephen Newcomewho in 1590 was resident

us eu

constantly

him the respect

Died Januar y 1800.

(For his descendants

nt y

see Newcome

was painted

Dublin artist

engraved in stipple

by Hugh Douglas

in 1798 and later

by Charles Knight.

There is also

The Palace portrait

Hamilton a notable

a portrait

and benevolence

of the citizens.

Co. Norfolk in B.L.G.).

in Pembroke College.

us M y

o C h

ou n

ag h Ar

ÂŠ

Ar m

of Rockwood Hall,

and affection

us eu m

ou nt y

of the Sea where his gentleness

secured

Ar m

in Armagh during his

He resided

tenure

us eu m

un ty

William Newcome. (cont.)

us eu m

us eu

John Hoadley .

Translated

ou nt y

from Dublin 6th October,

This Archb i shop was a skilled

1742.

agriculturist

us eu m

who delighted

farming and was beloved by his tenantry

la nd holders

of the country in whomhe excited

nt y

author of various

castle.

nt ou

o C h

ou n

ag h Ar

ÂŠ

Ar m

where he had

from the ruins of the ancient

erec ted a palace

works.

1746, aged 68, at Tallaght

and

Died 19th July,

a strong desire

A man of talent

lands.

and the

to improve their

in practical

1742-171+6.

un ty

XVI.

us eu m

us eu

Robert Samuel Gregg,

1893-1896.

from Cork 14th December, 1893,

Son of John Gregg, Bishop of

Cork, whomhe

o h

ou n

ag h m

nt ou

h Ar ÂŠ

subscription,

out by public

Ar m

ÂŠ

glass memorial window in

th e cathedral. Both carried

by Robert Ponsonby Staples.

There is also a stained

1896,

painted

Palace portrait

Died 10th January,

to the disestablished

chur ch .

Ar m

bishop whose financial

proved of great service

and energetic

nt y

An active

skill

succeeded in that diocese in 1878.

ou nt y

Translated

us eu m

un ty

XVII .

us eu m

us eu

un ty

George Stone 1746- 1761+.

1746-47 .

and one of the handsomes t

men of his day .

nt y

A keen poli t ic ian but friendly

of Ir el and.

towards the

disposed

He thought the laws against them with success in

Popery severe and f ought against

Roman Catholics

us eu m

ou nt y

Transl at ed frOlll Derry 28th February,

A man of unbounded ambition

Parliament .

XVIII .

a Councillor .

power, so he was l ater reinstated

of political

be divested

Ar m

and more interested

in the

than divine

than in Church affairs.

pr elates

was more politician

Like many other a spiring

passions.

his ruling

Ambition and love of power see m, however, to have been

Ar m

and infl uen ce that he could not

of so much talent

possessed

State

He was removed from the Privy Council in 1755 but was

ou n

h ag

Ar ÂŠ

Abbey,

ÂŠ

in Westminster

ag h

He died in London 19th December, 1761+, and was buried

Robert Knox, 1886,

1886-18 93 •

ou nt y

During his Primacy the Palace and its

danger of passing

a sum of money was raised

nt y

and the palace preserved

He had strong views on National from the majority

a certain

amount of opposition

he obtained

1893 .

painted

of the cathedral

following

h ag m

his death.

by public

ou n

in the north aisle

subscription

ag h

Ar m

A marble bust by Whitehead was erected

and by public

lifetime

by Mrs. Way (Miss Batt of

in the archbishop's

subscription

He was

portrait

Ar m

Purd ysburn)

the

rule.

writer and speaker and a model chairman.

He died 23rd October, Palace

clergy,

res pect of his flock by his wise and vigorous an effective

for

and differed

of the Irish

Despite

Education

ou thereon

rut ur e archbishops,

in opinion

as a residence

us eu m

from the Church (under the Disestablishment)

but owing to his exertions subscription

lands were in

Translated

us eu m

us eu

un ty

XIX.

us eu m

us eu

personality,

e M

nt ty

o C h

ou n

ag h m

Ar ©

ou C h

Ar m

and

y nt

C h

and an

of heart.

Ar m

a born leader,

He had a genius for friendship

nt y

speaker.

great kindness

19ll-1920.

us eu m

A man of vivid

eloquent

Crozier.

fr •om Down, Connor and Dromore 1911.

ou nt y

John Baptist

Translated

un ty XX.

ag h

us eu m

us eu

un ty

us eu m

ou nt y

nt y

M e

h ou

ou n

Ar m

ag h

Ar m

10} .

us eu m

us eu

1703-1 713.

Marsh.

Narcissus

XXII .

from Dublin 26th January,

Tran slated

Dublin.

ou nt y

Founder of Marsh's Library,

See House of Armagh.

Founded homes for widows of clergymen, piety and benevolence,and

of great learning,

nt y

A prelate

of Armagh Diocese in Drogheda. author of various

1702/3.

Repaired the old

us eu m

un ty

102.

works.

Dublin, ~

y ty

o C h

ou n

ag h m

Ar ©

C h

Ar m

~A~ ~~ Syno

Ar m

College,

~'4-.f~ 1¼ .~~w.l 4' .;i...__ ~

there is another in the

House at Trinity

Besides the Palace portrait Provost's

Died 2nd November, 1713, aged 76 years.

Hugh Boulte r.

us eu m

us eu

un ty

XXIII.

Archbishop 1724- 1742 . in local affairs.

Encour a ged

us eu m

ou nt y

Trans l at ed from Bris t ol 12th August, 1724 .

Was gre at ly interested

the design of forming a canal from Newry to the River Bann

nt y

Built

four houses in Drogheda for widows of clergymen. His charitable

to Trinity

donat i ons in Ireland

y nt

amounted to over £40,0 00.

at his

alone

own expense.

Sent the sons of many of th e poorer clergy

to open up comm unic ation with Lough Neagh.

widows.

he dis tr i buted and all

of grain to the poor of Ireland

quantities

Ar m

large

Dublin Alms Houses and fed at his personal

Ar m

He was also a friend

the

expense.

homeless wanderers were by his orders r eceiv ed into

of the Presbyteri ans of Ulster

ou n

ag h

whomhe recommended to the King.

He was a member of the Linen Board and instrumental a sum of £30,000,

of which a cambric manufactory was established

excited

the to

Swift who misrepresented

the

a popular clamour ag&1nat the

and the government .

In St. Patrick's

cathedral

to the nation

archbishop

currency .

matter

a standard

establish

in Dundalk.

and incurred

of the famous Dean Swift through his efforts

displeasure

part in State affairs

He took an active

by means

by volun.tary subscription,

raising

of clergyman's

In 1727 and 1728 two years of gre at dearth

In Armagh he buil t a Market House and four houses for

the reception

nt y

they were disfranch i sed .

t o the Archbisho pric of Armagh in 1723 and

the event by a year) .

Ar ©

(The date given

1742".

to Armagh antedates

from thence to Heaven September 27th, for his translation

1742,

Abbey where hi s monument states

"he was translated

London, 22nd September,

in Westminster

ag h

Ar m

He died at St. James• Palace, and was buried

by whi ch

for regulat ing el ections

ou n

the promoters

of t he Bill

of Roman Catholi ci sm and was one of

He was not a friend

Ar m

and hon our.

with integrity

Governors of Ir el and, an of f i ce t hat he fulfilled

soon

and the

or Chief

times one of the Lords Justices

subsided.

He was thirteen

uproar

of trade

for the purposes

appe ar ed in suf f ici ent plenty

of misery ,

Money, however,

and fami ne had been fed by his bounty .

who in a period

house to save him

nec essar y to place a guard on the Primate's f rom the fury of the very people,

being muffed,

It was found

from the tower.

and a bl a ck flag displayed

ou nt y

of the bells

a dumb pea l was rung - the clappers

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

HughBoulter (cont'd}~

us eu

us eu m

nt y

ou n C ag

h ag

ag h

nt ou C

h ag ©

ou C h

Ar m

ou nt y

C ag

ou nt y

Resigned March 1959.

1939,

from Dublin 1st January,

Translated

Ar m

Gregg.

John Allen Fitzgerald

XXIV,

10~-

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

PORTRAI TS IN THEHALL

us eu m

of Archbis hops not re prese nte d:

Hugh Goodacre, 1552-1553,

Appointed by King Edward VI O~t. 28, 1552, In his order confe rri ng the archbishopr i c, t he Ki ng stated that Armagh was one of t he chi ef est Sees in t he real m and t hat Hugh Goodacr e of 'Whomhe "had a r ig ht good opinion becaus e of his virtuous l i fe " was a very sui table person for the post.

List

nt y

This coll ect ion i s sai d to i nclu de all the Archbi shops of Armagh f rom the days of the Reformati on dovn to th e pr esent , but t he re ar e some missing portraits in th e sequence,

ou n

1581+.

ag h

John Long, 1581+ - 1589, Appointed Archbishop of Armagh July ll, Died 1589,

o C

h ag

John Garvey, 1589-1595, Born Kilkenny '.rranslated from Kilmore to Armagh May 11, 1589. Reputed to have been a very benevolent and hospitable man, Died March 2, 1595.

l+.

Consecrated June 13, 1568, by Archbisho p Adam Loftus who by then had vacated Armagh f or Dublin, He died in 1581+. Duri ng hi s term of office the See of Armagh, owing to the troubles of the times, was greatly impoverished .

ÂŠ

1568-1581+.

Thomas Lancaster,

Ar m

He was consecrated Feb. 2, 15?3 and died on May 1, 1553, His frien d , King Edward VI di ed July t> of same year .

us eu

ou nt y

,07.

Dining Room

ou nt y

us eu m

PORTRAITS, PALACE

of Hanover,

us eu m

Sophia, Electress

nt y

was the daughter of Elizabeth Queen The Electress of Bohemia, daughter of James I and sister of Charles I the connecting link with the present Royal and therefore Elizabeth was born in Scotland in House of England. 1,96 about seven years previous to her father becoming She married in 1613 Frederic V James I of England. They seemed to have been Count Palatine of the Rhine. very fond of each other and their mar.ried life was a model union.

Later the Count Palatine was offered the Crown of an event brought about Bohemia then l ar gely Protestant, of Ferdinand II who attempted to , through the intolerance upon all his subjects. religion Catholic force the Roman

ou n

ag h

share.

Ar m

Fredric and his wife in 1619 proceeded almost without opposition to Prague and were there crowned King and Queen The Their reign, however, was short. of Bohemia. dominions of his l!lnperor Ferdinand attacked the hereditary opponent so that Fredric and his wife were forced after a They were not, however, reign of twelve months to flee. allowed to go to England as they indeed wished, so took up their residence at the Hague where they lived for the rest Fredric died in 1632 and for the of their joint lives. next 29 years Elizabeth continued to live at the Hague. her poverty which was at times extreme, Notwithstanding she seems on the whole to have been cheerful under misfortune of 'Which indeed the poor lady had more than her

ÂŠ

In May 1661 she paid a visit to England and in the She was the mother of 13 following year died in London. in the Princess children of whom we are only interested Sophia who was born in 1630.

h ag

ÂŠ

Sophia the ,th daughter and 12th child of the Queen of Bohemia married Ernest brother of George Duke of Hanover Elector Ernest of Hanover died in 1698 and was in 1658.

us eu

ou nt y

10~ .

us eu m

Sophia Electress of Hanover

us eu m

ou nt y

and in the Duchy of Hanover succeeded in the Electorate by his eldest son George who on the death of his uncle had already become Duke of Zel l and thus afterwards King George I of England.

nt y

Kings George I, George II and George III remained Electors of Hanover after they had become British Sovereigns 1 but as is well known, in 1814 the Electorate was erected into a kingdom of which George III became first king, due to a Treaty signed by the allied Kings The new kingdom, however, after their entry into Paris. in •he male was by a special provision only inheritable line.

George III of England was succeeded as King of Hanover by his sons George IV and William IV but upon the the Crown of &gland passed to his death of the latter, niece Queen Victoria and the Crown of Hanover to Prince Ernest fifth son of George III who on the 24th April, 1799 was created Earl of Armagh and 20th June, 1837 became King of Hanover as heir male of the kingdoms of Hanover and Brunswick.

ou n

C o C h ag

ag h

(Arti-st unknown).

Ar ©

Ar m

Sophia survived her husband for over The Electress By the Act of Succession she was declared sixteen years. heiress to the Throne of Great Britain and her position She importance. became at once of the greatest political If she had lived 38 days died suddenly June 8, 1714 . longer she would have become Queen of England on the death of Queen Anne.

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y 2.

ou nt y

GeorgeI,I King of England

nt y

us eu m

With the accession of George I commenced the sixth dynasty (omitting the short period of the Danes) The Saxon 'Which has ruled since the time of Egbert. to an end wit h Edward the l1J:1JIcame practically The four NormanKings reigned from Confessor in 1056. 1056 until 1154 . ,Jfe Plantagenets from the accession of Henry II in 11 until the death of Richard III in 1485; the Tudors from 1485 until 1603 and the Stuarts may be said to have ended with the death of Queen Anne. speaking, however, Mary II and Anne woul d each Strictly of them, if her line had been per petuated, have introduced into England a new rei gning family, in the case of Mary, that of the Prince of Orange and in the case of Anne that of the reigning family of Denmark,

M ty

ou n

Ar m

when he became Elector of George I was thirty-six death in 1697 and was in his Hanover on his father's He year when he became King of England, fifty-sixth died in Hanover 11th June, 1727, and was succeeded by He married his only son George, afterwards George II. 21st Nov. 1682, his cousin Sophia daughter of his brother Duke George of Zell. father's

Ar m

George I was born in Hanover in 1660, and as a youth was se.nt to England as a suitor for the hand of the Princess Anne (later Queen) but the visit did not result in the proposed marriage.

ag m

ÂŠ

by James Thornhill).

ÂŠ

(Portrait

ag h

King George was buried in Hanover and his wife at

Zell.

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

11 0 ·

ou nt y

The Elect or of Hanover

daughter of James I of

us M

ou n o C h ag

ag h Ar

by Nicholas Maas, born 1632, (Portrait die d 1693).

Ar m

nt y

England in 1613,

Pr i n cess Elizabeth

married

us eu m

Fr edr ic V, Count Pal at ine of the Rhine .

us eu

us eu m

ou nt y

Queen Anne

us eu m

ou nt y

I I I.

31 yaars.

ou n

ag h

C ag

h ag

(Port ra i t by Michael Dahl, born 1656, die d 1743).

ÂŠ

Ar m

In temperament she was Queen Anne died in 1714. She is credited with ea sy goi ng and good humoured. Some of the children were ha vin g ha d a large family. Five others lived still-b orn, others died at birth. Of these Prince William born long enough to be named. in 1689 , commonly called the Duke of Glouceste r , was He predece a sed his t he only one t o survive infancy. mother where upon under the Act of Succes sio n , passed in 1701 , the Crown went to the Elector of Hanover who thus be came King George I of England.

Ar m

This Queen was commonly spoken of as"good Queen Anne we are told had not in her youth any Anne". t o be aut y and being addicted to good living pretensions she bec ame at an earl y age very fat and gross in She mar ried in 1683 Prince George of appeara nce. She was t hen aged 19 years and her husband Dem ar k.

nt y

She was just turned Anne was born in 1665. 23 yea rs when Wi lliam and Mary were proclaimed King and Queen in 1688l and in her 38th year when King Wil l i am died in 1/ 02,

us eu

us eu m

ou nt y 5.

11'2..

us eu m

ou nt y

K:JnrGeorgeIl..

nt y

Ar m

George II married 1n 1705 Caroline daughter of As a John Fredrick, Margrave of Bradenburg Anspach. wife, she maintained the upper hand with her husband, moderation. and but exercised her power with wisdom She died in 1737 and her husband in 1760.

Both George I and George II were to all intents German in their habits, and purposes foreigners . strongly attached to their own country and little to accept the English nation at its own inclined They were also devoid of the Royal dignity estimation . They were, with English Sovereigns. associated matters honest and straightforward however, in political and both were gallant soldiers.

Only son of George I was born in Hanover in 1683 and was in his twenty - eight year when he first came to England on the accession of his father. On that occasion he was created Prince of Wales, but in 1706 he had been created Duke of Cambridge by year when he He was in his forty-fourth Queen Anne. became King in 1727.

h ag m

ÂŠ

unknown).

(Artist

ou n

ag h

Ar m

King George and his wife had nine children of whom four were born in Hanover and the five younger in Of these Fredric Prince of Wales, born 1707 England . was the father of George III.

us eu

us eu m

ou nt y

daughter of Charles Louis ,

Charlotte

Pr incess

wean Charlotte

us eu m

ou nt y 6.

113

was born in 1744 and

nt y

Duke of Me ckle nburgh Strelitz

not merely

and affection,

friends

f rom her personal

and obtained

She was a woman of many virtues

large measure of respect

but from the nation at large.

seve nt eenth year.

at t he date of her mar ria ge in 1761 was in her

M ty o C

ou n

ag h

Ar ÂŠ

by Allan Ramsay in 1762).

ÂŠ

Ar m

(Portrait

Died 1818.

C h

Ar m

was cr owned with him 22nd September, 1761.

She married George III 8th September, 1761 and

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y 7.

Prince

of Christian V as suitor for that he was willing

George was the brother

us eu m

ou nt y

Prince Georgeof Denmark

King of Denmark, and owed his position

the hand of Queen Anne to the fact to settle in England.

M ty

born 1656,

o C h

ou n

ag h Ar

ÂŠ

C h

by Wilhelm Wissing, (Portrait died 1687),

Ar m

Following t he accession of William and Mary he was created Duke of Cumberland but \lb.en his wife became Queen it does not seem to have occurred to her or indeed to any of her friends to advance his social so he remained Duke and as far as can be position, inf l uence over his "1.fe ascer tained exercised little or social. or her subjects in any matter, political He died in 1708 aged 56 years.

nt y

He arrived in England July 19th, 1683 and was In the married to Princess Anne nine days later. a British following September he was naturalized subject.

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

Klng George III

us eu m

ou nt y 8.

t l S:

nt y

Sincerely religious and honestly patriotic he was gracious and kindly in his manners and very lovable and in return much loved by the majority of his subjects. He was indeed for over fifty years the most faithful and devoted of husbands.

Eldest son of Fredric Prince of Wales, was born in 1738 and was aged twenty-three years when he became King in 1760. In 1761 he married Princess Charlotte daughter of Charles Louis, Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz. He died in 1820 in his eightysecond year having reigned for over fifty-nine years.

M ty

o C h

ou n

ag h Ar

ÂŠ

by Allan Ramsay

(Portrait

Ar m

King George and Queen Charlotte were blessed with a family of fifteen children of whom seven sons and six daughters lived to maturity. George the eldest son born 1762 succeeded his father in 1820 as George IV.

us eu

us eu m

ou nt y 9.

11h

ou nt y

.The Duke of Schomberg

the

y nt

In the list of pictures bequeathed by Archbishop Robinson to his successors in the See of Armagh there is no mention of Schomberg but a portrait of the Duke of Zell appears instead.

The Duchy of Zell.

Ar m

In the 16th century William Duke of Brunswick Luneberg had six sons but owing to earlier divisions of the duchy it was impossible to give those sons each As a result they determined to suitable territories. draw lots as to wich should marry and succeed his fathe r the others to remain unmarried or go out into the world. The lot fell upon a younger son George and as his brothers loyally kept the agreement he duly became Duke of Brunswick Luneberg.

nt y

It is much more probable that it represents Duke of Zell.

us eu m

This picture though lab ell ed as the Duke of Schomberg does not seem to be a portrait of King William's famous general.

ou n

ag h

Ar m

Duke George who died in 1641 left four sons George, John and Ernest who afterwards became Christian, the husband of Sophia the Electress of Hanover.

m Ar

ÂŠ

On the death of Duke George a somewhat complicated family arrangement was arrived at by virtue of which the Duchy of Brunswick Luneberg was divided into two smaller Duchies the Duchy of Zell of which Christian the eldest son of Duke George became vested and the Duchy of Hanover, which though the smaller contained the important town of This town afterwards gave name to the Electorate Hanover. and then to the Kingdom into which the whole Duchy of Brunswick Luneberg was ultimately erected .

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y 10.

ou nt y

King Charles I

us eu m

King James I by his wife had seven children of whomthe fourth was Charles I born November 19th 1600. Most of the family died young excepting Elizabeth, of Palatine and Titular Queen of Bohemia. Electress

nt y

Charles wed Henrietta Maria of France in May 162,. She was a devout Roman Catholic, but was married in England by the Archbishop of Canterbury in June of the At the time of her marriage she was 16 years same year. Their wedded life was for some years rendered of age, difference but as the years passed stormy by religious sprang up between them into a love the depth an affection of which it is impossible to doubt. and sincerity

ou n

ag h

by William Dobson, a _pupil (Portrait Van Dyck, born 1610, died lolt6l.

ÂŠ

Ar m

By this marriage the King had ten children of whom The fourth son was the second was Charles II born 1630. Mary their sister born 1631, married James II born 1633. Prince William the II of Orange and by him had a son At that time William afterwards William III of England. the Princes of Orange derived their title from a small in the South of France which in the reign of principality Louis XIV was absorbed into that kingdom.

Ar m

King Charles was ambitious and vain and as a and careless in his in politics sovereign unsuccessful This as head of the church and state, responsibilities in the famous trial in Westminster Hall at 11.hich resulted he was found guilty of treason and condemned to death a sentence duly carried into effect on 30th January, 1649.

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

QueenMary

Eldest

daughter of King James II.

Born 1662.

us eu m

ou nt y 11.

I I ',f.

Married William Prince of Orange in 1677 and died

nt y

1691+.

It is not always remembered that when James II

Mary Stuart

M ty

ou n

ag h

o C h

to Kneller).

attributed

Ar ©

and very hand-

resemblance to the

Ar m

(Portrait

Queen Mary in her youth was a tall

some womanwith a strong personal

Stuarts.

daughter

of Kings Charles II and James II.

Ar m

Charles I and sister

eldest

sister,

the

William as the only son of

eldest

Jallles•s

for failing

of James II,

of Orange in the succession,

descendants

Mary and Anne who stood before

the Prince

the Princesses

persons

ascended the Throne in 1685 there were only two living

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y 12.

legitimate

of whom, however, ten died as infants.

nt y

are, however, only concerned with his daughters

and Anne.

Mary

15 years.

campaigns.

in 1688 against

her father

settled

upon them for their

Anne became Queen

ag m

ÂŠ

ag h

whereupon in 1702 Princess

of Bngland.

ou n

Mary died in 169~ and her husband seven

Ar m lives.

years after,

Mary and her husband the Prince or Orange had

Ar m

Following the Revolution

the Throne of England jointly joint

was

both regal and military

and much engaged in continental

Princess

a man of ability

years

undoubtedly

bride and the early

were none too happy.

marriage

seem to have been a willing of their

She does not

She was then aged

Mary born 1662 married in 1677 William Prince

Orange.

children

of England had fourteen

King James II

us eu m

ou nt y

King WilljamIII,

us eu

'2.

0 .

us eu m

un ty 13.

ou nt y

Fredrick Prince of Wales

nt y

us eu m

Fredric Prince of Wales, eldest son of George II was bom in Hanover in 1707 and remained there until 1728 the year after his father 's accession to the Throne Just why his parents left the heir - apparent of England. to the Crown of England to pass his boyhood and youth in explained. a foreign country has never been satisfactorily

twelve

He died in 1751 and his wife in 1772 nearly after her son's accession to the Throne.

years

He is said to have been affable in manner, interested patron of art and the theatre and passionin literature, ately fond of music, and in his personal tastes a man of much greater culture and refinement than either George I In 1736 he married Princess August a, or George II. They youngest daughter of Frederic, Duke of Saxe-Gotha. had nin e children of whomthe eldest son George born 1738 1761. in England of King as grandfather succeededhis

Ar m

The Prince's parents acted towards him with a bitter They allowed him to be brought hatred, and unrelenting up as a stranger to them and neglected no opportunity of him in public as well as in private with contempt treating Indeed they refused his and unconcealed aversion. requests for active employment of any kind and kept him without adequate means for the support of his position.

C C h ag

of door on entering,

FrOlllleft

ou n

ag h

"Here lies Fred imo was alive and was dead. Had it been his father I had much rather Had it been his brother Still better than another Had it been bis sister No one could have missed her Had it been the vhole generation Still better for the nation But since it's only Fred Who was alive and is dead There is no more to be said.

ÂŠ

Ar m

When he died certain doggerel lines were written by the way of mock epitaphs of which this is an example.

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

~dentification of Arms in door in side the porch of the Palace being thos~ of the Archbi shops since the Reformat i on.

M ty

ou C h

ou n

ag h

Ar ©

Ar m

Note by J . R. Garstin on card at Palace. Mr. Garstin accollllt should read Kildare 1761 instead of Killala

Ar m

nt y

us eu m

The arms are uniform down to th e time of Primate Robinson, created Lor d Rokeby of Armagh- in 1777, who b~lt the Palace. His own arms are given in three forms - as Bisho p of Leighlin and Ferns 1759, of Killala in 176l, and as Primate in 17§5. The blank in the fourth row may have had his arms as Bishop of Killala? his first See 1752, or it may have had the arms of his predecessor Primate Stone (15) 1747. Those of his two next successors Newcome and Stuart (18) are wanting as also those of Archbishop M. G. Beresford, but those of Lord John George Beresford (20) and Knox were added and the Royal Arms of Primate Robinson's time were restored by Primate Knox in 1892•. •. ...• The date of succession is under each in Roman nU!lle.rals, those in the top line being wong~

!'2 \ .

us eu

us eu m

ou nt y

I 7,;2• .

nt y

Prince of Wales.

m Ar

of Hanover.

Sophia Electress

The Duke of Zell.

13.

of Hanover.

12.

The Princess

The Elector

11,

Queen Charlotte.

10.

9. King George III.

Fredrick,

ou n

ag h

Ar m

7. King George II.

6. King George I.

Ar m

Prince George of Demark.

4. Queen Anne.

Queen Mary.

William III.

Charles I.

for the use of the

Chapter of 4magh in trust

Primate for the time beingu.

Court.

Prerogative

following to the Dean and

uThe portraits

Will

Robinson's

from archbishop

Abstract

proved 1795 in the Irish

us eu m

ou nt y

II. APPENDIX

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

Christopher

James Ussher

Hampton

1624 - 165'6 1660 - 1663

Michael

Narcissus

John Hoadly

1742 - 1746

h ag

Ar ©

ou n

1765 - 1794

Robinson

Richard

1746 - 1764

ag h

13,

George Stone

12.

1713 - 1724 1724 - 1742

Thomas Lindsay

Hugh Boulter

Ar m

11.

March [Marsh] 1703 - 1713

1663 - 1678 1678 - 1702

Boyle

James Margetson

John Bramhall

10.

1595 - 1613 1613 - 162~

Henry Ussher

1563 - 1567.

Adam Loftus

nt y

Ar m

and my own

by Sir Joshua Reynolds",

of Primates

portraits

us eu m

"Thirteen

portrait

ou nt y

II, {eont, l APPENDIX

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

, n!E PALACE

us eu m

Bui l t by the Most Revd. Richard Robinson, D. D. , his death in 1794.

The Archbishop

built

of Armagh from 176~ until

the Palace in 1770 and

wan

He erected and endowed a public

Street.

in 1771 and an observ atory in 1789.

for the Palace and the Library

was

The architect

library

nt y

English

i t was completed forsook the 17th century residence

Archbishop

Francis Johnston

affection.

The Archbisho p was crea te d Baron Rokeby of Armagh

ou n

but owing to Cooley's

CECHAPEL. PALA

gem of a buildi ng was begun in 1784, death was completed by Fr an cis

ag h

Ar m

;&HE

Thi s little

in 1774 and died 1794.

Ar m

succeeded

his appren t ice the celebrated him in the Primate's

the well-known Thomas Cooley who died in 1784 'Whereupon

C friendship

OBELISK. PALACE Erec t ed to commemorate the Archbishop's

J ohn ston who was wholly res ponsi ble for the inte r ior.

h ag

wit h the then Lord Lieute nant , the Duke of Northumberland to Amagh. land to whomhe owed his translation It 1 ■

us eu

ou nt y

said by Stuart

to have been begun in 1783, but this It was designed by Francis

stated

ADDITION To THEPALACE. storey was added circa 1825 by Lord

us M ty

nt ou

o C h

ou n

ag h m

Ar ÂŠ

ou h

Ar m

ÂŠ

1862,

of Francis

a porch) was eventually

Ar m

from 1822 until

out to his design.

carried

but the work (including

Johnston

archbishop

did not meet vith the approval

The proposal

John George Beresford,

nt y

An additional

Johnston

it was completed in 1789.

us eu m

ou nt y

seems doubttul..

who in a letter

us eu m

- 2 -

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y

THE Palace

us eu m

We can , however,

ou n

particular

an earthen-

was rebuilt

on th•

situate

evidently

ot as the

residence,

we know, for i n

was burned and with

915 the south side of the city the Abbot's

That it

closure.

ag h

as the

In the Annals it is described

ce to have been a wooden house within 83

of God

mansion and

upon the Abbot's

fell

Ar m

ringed

to such an abode

of the Abbot" so we can assume that

Ar m

cor SUllled1 t.

"Fort

in the opening years

reference

historical

the

well after

occurs in the year 822 when the fire

lightning)

(otherwise

until

archbishop

of the 12th century. The earliest

y succeed-

in which localit

seem to have resided of the first

bishops

second church was built,

in our city

gh his

wherei n

enclosure

hill-top

moving to the ancient

appointment

of t h e town,

in the lower part

abode at Templenafertagh later

of bi shops

The line

in the year 444 who t ook up his

nt y

houses of t he city.

with Patrick

begins

home in one of

they made their

be sure 1!bat at first the monastic

residence s of the earl y bishops

Armagh we have lit t le info r mation .

Of the various

ou nt y

earlie r resi dences af the archbi shops.

us eu

"Great house of the Abbot".

year at the

In that

wer e

us eu m

was, however, again reconstru cte d and of

nt y

ag h residence

hat time the Archbishop's

of duties.

seems to have been

of the archbishOJII

h ag alternative

residence

of that

e favourite

its

known locally.

a term still

use as such it derived

ÂŠ

omits

Bishop's Court,

the destruction

remained until

bbey by

ÂŠ

and there

About

oved to the Abbey of Mullynure on the N.E. outskirts

he city

ou n

Ar m

ha Deanery of Armagh and a division

in the foundation

one of ltlhich resulted

stablishment,

In the 13th century

changes in the Armagh ecclesiastical

were certain

in remembrance

C h

times.

to earlier

But to return

Ar m

th e Archbishop's

church called

Court which may have been so called the old residence.

was a pl ac e and building

there

side of that

t he north

as the beginn i n g

a s late

At any rate

of the 17th century

of t he church we now speak of as t he

immediate vicinity

Old Cathedral.

From available

abode was in th e

this

s eems evide nt that

dignity .

mor e exalted

under that

sources

there

on the

then Archbi shop of Armagh and third

Gelasius, list

housed Cardi nal Paparo for a week in 1151 as guest

burned.

as the

it and twenty houses about it

of Let,

ou nt y

beginning

to it

reference

1116 we have a further

us eu m

ou nt y Later '

us eu m

us eu

ou nt y period,

however, was at Dromiskin and Termonfeckin

in the County of Louth in that

part of the Diocese

ou nt y

as the English Armagh as distinguished

Armagh comprising Armagh and part

days Archbishops of Armagh only visited demanded their

nt y

to !mow that

they did

and when they did

adjacent

to the Cathedral.

For instance,

the city lodged in one of the religious

Under those

it is not surprising

into

know that

the city.

with a speciaJ. residence

still,

for themselves principal

Ar m

a new palace in that

the "old Episcopal

house

town and repaired The latter

at Armagh.

ag h

situate

they

abode in 1613, when Archbishop

in the main street

of the town was in

bad order when Dr. Richard Robinson was translated

ÂŠ

Hampton built

established

had their

the archbishops

in Drogheda and there

Later

Cul dee Priory.

a residence

Ar m

in 1460 Archbishop Bole had chambers in the

venture

edifice

and were

circumstances

not trouble

they had to pass before reaching

houses

presence

waylaid by the 0 1Hanlons through whose country

ou n

Armagh when necessity often

of Tyrone.

us eu m

In those

from the

Irish

nouse with which no doubt most of you

,,f

a handsome residence

ear Drogheda to which he gave the name

Rokeby Hall

for himself

At the

date to the present .

same time he erected

from that

ÂŠ

archbishops

Four years later he built the present Armagh in 1765 . paJ.ace and it has been the residence of successive

us eu m

us eu

marsion .

palace 1s a dignified

resent

ou nt y The

by Archbishop Richard Robinson who was a

was ~aised

ou nt y

in building .

interested

wealthy man and greatly

us eu m

was also respo nsi ble for a number of new churches in Armagh and Louth.

For the palace at Ar.nagh he chose

the f amous Thomas Cooley .

nt y

as his architect

The house

the Arch-

benefa ctor to our ci t y .

about this

you more fully

to talk

I may have an opportunity

Later

to th e pee ra ge as Baron Rokeby of

bishop was raised

Armagh.

was completed in 1770 and seven years later

Johnston

in 1782 to

erected

who, in 1828, during the

was respons-

storey

for an additional

ible

in Ireland

obelisks

of Lord John George Beresford,

archbishopric

see one of

the most graceful

ag h

Ar m

In the grounds of the Palace you will

of Armagh.

the desi gn of Francis

, Fr ancis

architect

completed by an even more celebrated

ou n

Ar m

It was, however,

finished.

to see it

but he did not live

private

Johnston

in 1781

chapel erected

little

very beautiful

Apart from the· Palace , Cooley was r esponsi ble for the

to the Palace itself.

the archbishops

c.ays of the Reformation

but Archbishops

Goodacre (

and many of

artists.

of interest

said to

elude all

t e work of distinguished

all

of pictures,

collection

In the Palace you will find a representative

us eu

(156B-84), Long (1584-89) and Garvey (1589-95) Archbishop represented

the earliest

(156J-67), an ecclesiastic

ou nt y

of Dublin.

in the pictures see

You will

to you about them beforehand.

nt y

than twenty children.

I will not spoil your pleasure

of Adam Purdon of Lurgan Race, Co.

by whom he had no less

daughter

talking

Jane

he married a County Louth lady,

grace was that

Louth,

His only saving

Armagh for the fleshpots

Purdon,

as he forsook the austerities

affection

little

us eu m

Adam Loftus

being

for 1'homI have

are missing,

caster

us eu m

ou nt y ~

13 I . Kl ,

Owen,

ou C h

ou n

ag h Ar

ÂŠ

etc.

W. F.

Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples,

Ar m

Osborne,

&nith,

Ar m

Catterson

Allen

like Dobson a pupil of Van Dyck, James Thornhill,

Ramsey, Michael Dahn, Sir Joshua Reynolds,

them all under the guidance of the Archbishop and by eminent painters amongst them you will find portraits

us eu

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v1-,,.

the church fowided by St. Brigid,

hill,

to the throne.

he 's Grace for t. 1e

f Archbishop

sister

Lady Anne was the favourite

and the wonder of Ellropa for the good

looks of him, deserted

carriage

wus an ornament

coachman that

his

till

for he's

she axed for

unlucky for the poor

another" .

ould Primate,

was tarrable

an'

of such a well hev

we in London" says she, "An' wid that "But it

of it

ou n

ag h "The divil

when he went to pay his respects

goes - "An' the queen she hed a glass

then she hed another".

sent some to England with her

upon her accession

Ar m

The story

walls,

the Primate,

to Queen Victoria

Ar m

Lady Anne Beresford

brother,

Irish

It is reputed

is said to be "the best in the land". that

by hundreds

in common with many other

The water,

was

ou breeze.

but according

ills .

of the rainbow fluttered

in the passing

Its

from which rags of

thorns,

overhung by giant

the colours

all

were equally

formerly

good for all

and

of worship

to tradition

on the

origin.

used for eye troubles

were chiefly

waters

a pagan place

nt y

reilaced

said that

the well had a similar

is sometimes paid .

adjoining

is believed

days

in the past

of pilgrimage visit

ou nt y

This was a place

us eu m

St. Brigid's Well

and even yet a secret

well = ~~

N~~ S/ Brigid's

7 ~.u-.

us eu m

ou nt y

,~1.

us eu

She died in 1841.

us eu m

ou nt y

Lord John George Beresford.

and the

This path

from the Friary to the well.

ou nt y

path ~eading

is commemorated by a window in the Cathedral

by Miss Eleanor Alexander

during her father 's primacy.

It leads past

us eu m

gives name to the book written

nt y

us y ty

nt ou

ou C h

ou n

ag h m

Ar ÂŠ

nt ou C

h ag

Ar m

M y

ou C h

ÂŠ

known as

"Lady Anne's Walk".

Ar m

"Lady

but locally

Anne's Garden", now a tennis-court

us eu m

us eu

nt y

are in the

of St. Patrick

friend

Archbishop of Armagh, said that

presided

at Armagh in his lifetime

Malachi,

the intimate

"Patrick

so in death his

of St.

and biographer

Bernard,

ou n

Again, William of Newbridge,

ag h

Ar m

St.

Two hundred years later,

stone tomb at Armagh".

remains repose there."

a 15th century

bar Brec is also mentioned in the ''Lebar

MS -which says the "relics

Ar m

The tomb

the ''Monument of St. Patrick".

called

place

repose at Armagh, in the

of St. Patrick

the relics

states

Calendar of Cashel compiled in the 11th century

that

The

himself.

of the saint

•esting-place

also the last

is one

It is probably

of old Armagh,

stories

chariot

ending under the wheels of her brother's

of the tragic

whose sad

ou nt y

St. Lupita,

place of his sister

and the burial

church in Armagh,

s first

of St. Patrick,

us eu m

ou nt y

the wall of the demesne on the

outside

Immediately

· • E. is the site

who compiled bis work in the reign of Richard I (1189-

whose

Also the "Book of Armagh" (in

there".

saints

and other indigenous

remains rest

"the Primacy was bestowed upon Armagh in

1199) states

honour of St. Patrick

auppor

C h

from the Sar ·i evidences

with many other

these

the "Book of Angels") mentions prayers Day going and returning

us eu

us eu m those relics

us M y

ou C h

ou n

ag h Ar

ÂŠ

Ar m

nt y

have remained in Armagh diocese.

Ar m

woul.d not

as is so often asserted,

had been buried

If St. Patrick

ou nt y

the See of A:rmagh. Down

Book and Staff remained in

Bell,

St. Patrick's

that

is the fact

us eu m

ou nt y

proof of all

, but the most important

A:r

is a landmark from

several

roads leading

Hill

commands a view not surpassed

into

the city.

on Knox's

us eu m

Built

by any other

Armagh, though,

of course,

can be obtained

from the tower of the old cathedral.

The monument, 113 feet

in height,

prospect

was erected

nt y

a more extensive

Lord Rokeby of Armagh, to pe r petuate

Archbishop Richard Robinson who by then had become the memory of

us eu m

us eu

This very handsome obelisk

ou nt y

THE OBELISK

through whose influence

he had been

type and the carving

Ar m

pr opor t ioned example of its

It i s a f in el y

t r ans l ated to Armagh fr om Kildare.

of Ireland,

the Duke of Northumber l and , the then Lord Lieutenant

l ate r he be came Bishop of Kildare

was the celebrated

an Armachian by birth

and a most

Johnston,

Francis

for the obelisk

ÂŠ

Armagh where he di ed i n 1794. The arc hi tect

Two

and in 1765 to

years

as chaplain

and Ferns in 1759.

ag h

and bec ame Bi shop of Leighlin

with the Duke of

of Ireland

Ar m

the then Lord Lieutenant

ou n

The archb i shop came to Ireland

Dorset,

C h

di sti nguis hed member of his profession.

ÂŠ

the in sc ri pti ons and the coats of arms superb.

us eu m

us eu

un ty

was originally

ou nt y

The Friary

by a stro ng

surrounded

are mentioned in the

(these

and deep trench

rampart

us eu m

FRIARY E FRANCISCAN '.!!t!

of the

Annals in 1266) but there are now no traces

for which arose from the Friar y

earthwork , the necessity

days .

but its use as such dates to much later

ou n

ag h

memory of Terence Nugent of Castledillon

, who died 25th

who

1741 and the other commemorating J ohn O'Hara, on December 15th 1757.

the year 1241 and i t woul.d

frOlll at least

which they ceased entireq

seem to have been

ÂŠ

The Franciscans

were er closed in 1770, after

Burial s

t he demesne lands

life

this

the Fr,tary walls continued until

thin

ÂŠ

departed

July,

i n the Primate ' s

of the Friary has also been used

two stones remain within the ruin , one to the

Ar m

At least

already ment i oned, on the south

The interior

garden .

for burials

t he

Thi s cemetery lay

area is now included

Ar m

and its

and east,

on April 14th, 1353 .

the entrenchment

outside

precincts

, Gormlaith , wife of Donnel

who was bur ied within

King of Ulster,

O'Neill,

amongst the latter

otherwise,

and

cl erical

distin guish ed peopl e wer e interred,

many

in whi ch

There was once a bur i al ground attached

the walls of the City .

outside

nt y

being more or l e s s unpr ote cted because of it s sit ua ti on

us eu

fi r st house in the city.

was not their

building

us eu m

foundation

of the Four Masters record its

Galloglagh .

O' Scanlan and buil t by McDonnell

by Primate

This McDonnell was Chi ef of O'Neill

acquainted

and a s such one woUld assume more 1i th the servi ce of arms than the bui l ding of

nt y

Gallowglasses

the work

Accordin g t o the Annal s, though,

speed and was compl eted t wo

with reasonable

progressed

churches.

erected

in t he

it was

fac t that

inte r esting

us eu m

ou nt y

annals

Year 1264 and the rather

It,

The

however, is of quite respe ctab le antiquity

ou nt y • this

Tne masonry, however, i s very poor - it is a wonder that so much of the Friary survives - t h e

to be provided

ag h

ou h

period also belongs

to that

and small doorways in the north

ossibly

up of doors

extra or dina cy

ecesses

for the rather

dews accounts d windows

building

ere to reside".

appointed

of the soldiers

Probably this

and safeguard

housing

for the

muring up of doors and windows of the Friary better

year,

to Lord Deputy Croft in that

ou n

writing

asked for "masons and labourers

Bagenall,

out of possession

for Nicholas

of the friars

certainly

Ar m

By 1551 it was

by Henry VIII in 1542.

suppressed

was amongst those

Friary

It would seem as if this

Ar m

work is so rude.

years later.

Ir 1561

e time divided

" Friary

ou nt y

where he was compelled

which ha greatly

struggle,

of Hugh O'Neill

time between the

to Primate Hampton who

the demesne lands of the See of

this

and General Morris [Norris?]

In 1620 it was granted it within

was again the

Armagh, in which it remains until

scene of a fUrther

In 15'96 it

from

Archbishop Richard Creagh.

resented

nt y

and houses

'.!:his followed his presence

in the Cathedral

to a ser~on,

',corporated

the Cathedral

us eu m

lodge therein.

at a service

troops

apartments.

his excuse being that he would not have

the Joglish

listen

several

was burned by Shane O'Neill,

'Whoat the same time destroyed f the City,

into

us eu m

·as at

us eu

ou nt y

ruin

J.3-

the present

day.

This is mentioned

in his "Memoir of Armagh" who also states was perfect

Creggan

Co.

Brantryco. Tyrone, and the other

from Armagh

one settling

two communities,

were expelled

Arter the Franciscans divided up into

until

1769, in which year it was levelled.

which formerly

and enclosed the building

that

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the east side of the rampart and trench surrounded

purposes.

its

for building

survives,

by the removal in 1765'

ag h

Stuart

building

having been hastened

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of stones

of the original

destruction

fragment

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The years though have brought decay and now only a

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O'Mellan Frlar rHenry ry 'Mellan of Brantry

eserved in the Royal Irish

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of Sir Phelim

The Franciscans though unable

a Friary.

on a site

of Armagh ten times

of Thomas Ogle (Sovereign

stood the famous marble polishing

gardener ' s house,

now occupied b) the

Near the Friary,

maintain

the end of the 18th century

until

at Creggan

a year".

in 1644, but renained

Brantry

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times in half

deserted

thirteen

O'Neill

to Brussels

for whomhe is said "to have journeyed

adlirer

Paul 0' O'Neill a great

mill

Academy.

• at Creggan was the very famous Father

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His

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of 1641

kept a very

with the wars

ealing

diary

interesting

tant

to be seen in

still

"Armagh Marble" fireplaces

fine

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between 1729 and 1763) from whence came most of the

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ag h

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by the

Thomas Macan assisted the City .

in his honour and opened

on 29th September, 1759 Sovreign

"i.n state"

they being so called

Streets,

This Thomas

for the names of Thomas and Ogle

Ogle was responsible

at the same time .

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of the demesne lands , the lake

time of the enclosure nearby being drained

This old mill was removed at the

in Armagh City.

old country mansions and in many of the older houses