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

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local and visiting societies in search of

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or on their own distri ct s i n particular .

students seeking da t a on the county g enerally

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and ancient monuments .

material relating to it s historical background

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Riots in Armagh, 1717

Armagh Dissenters, 1775

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Presbyterianism in Armagh City

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Parish of St. Saviour's Parish of Tynan

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Parish of Mullavilly

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Parish of Loughgall

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LOUGHGALL.

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It is usual when dealing with the history of a district

to begin with the story of its geological formation, and to

Tonight, however, owing to the lack of time at

in the area.

carry on from that point to the first proof of human settlement

For the same reason we cannot

bearing on soil and plant life.

our disposal, we must omit the geological survey despite its

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relics within the Barony of 0 1 Nailland that may be ascribed to

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Loughgall is one of the older parishes of the county - the

The earliest name for the parish

Ulster in the year 802.

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place-name actually appears in its present form in the Annals of

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seems, however, to have been 0 1 Neillan, which pre-supposes the

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district to have been originally the home or headquarters of the

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Ua Niallan; the tribe or family that gave name to the barony.

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which no doubt you are all familiar.

It simply means the

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the church is also described as Levallyeglish, a name with

In ancient documents

relating to the parishes of our county.

At anyrate the name is so shown in a taxation of 1302-1306

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church and graveyard are situate.

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uchurch half town", and is the townland\in which the old parish

survey of the parish.

·pre-Christian times - we shall, therefore, begin with a brief

discuss the legendary events associated with the region, nor

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The parish in pre-Reformation days was held by the Prior of the Culdee Abbey of Armagh, a body responsible for the choral

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services in Armagh Cathedral, some of whose endowments still help

to support the present choir.

Lists of rectors and vicars from

the year 1450 onwards survive, but there are many gaps in the

succession between then and the beginning of the 17th century. Those of you

From that date to the present they are complete.

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source of information.

Armagh Clergy and Parishes 11 a useful and fascinating

The parish seems to have been greatly neglected in the reign

Leslie 1 s

who may care to read short biographies of past rectors will find

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The Regal Visitation of 1622 records the

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immediately rebuilt.

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Following the Plantation 0£ Ulster the parish church was almost

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fact that the rector was then resident and the church well repaired.

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The then rector was the Rev. John Richardson,

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necessary housing.

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It also mentions a sufficient parsonage house with an orchard and

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whose brothe~ Zachary Richardson came to. Ireland about that time,

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The Rev. John Richardson died in 1634

of Moyallon and Bessbrook.

settled in the parish, and was the ancestor of the Richardson's

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Fullerton.

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and his widow afterwards married his successor, the Rev. William

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In the Civil War of 1641, Mr. Fullerton was murdered though

he had a pass or certificak of safety from Sir Phelim 0 1 Neill • .According to a deposition made by his widow, Sir Phelim owed her

A number of parishioners met a

late husband'a sum of £600.

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of Elizabeth I - that was·largely due to the wars with O'Neill.

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similar fate at that time, amongst them John Richardson, son of the previous rector.

.Another member of that family, a cousin in

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fact, one Jonathan Richardson, was imprisoned in "Gregg's Mills 11 •

He, however, was subsequently set free.

The depositions of that

unhappy period have been preserved, and are extremely interesting

In passing I should perhaps mention that the

for the year 1630.

especially when checked against the Muster Roll of the Cope estate

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In 1657 it was still out of repair but it is evident

burned.

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The parish church was used as a prison in 1641 and later

grossly exaggerated.

number of people reputed slain during that tragic episode has been

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as an Inquisition taken in that year by Cromwell found "Loughgall

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to be a fit place for a schooln - there was, to use the words of

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the investigating parties, "a great want of a schoolmaster".

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At anyrate the church was soon afterwards

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quickly remedied.

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can, however, be sure that the lack of educational facilities was

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But to return to the older church - unfortunately we

were built.

a gallery was added in 1822, and in 1863 a chancel and transepts

That church has, of course, been enlarged -

church was erected.

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repaired and remained in use until 1795, in which year the present

have no evidence as to how much of the earlier churches may have

The small bell-tower surmounting the west 11

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gable bears a date-stone inscribed

That, however, must

now used for burials.

No architecturaJ. features remain and the interior is

medieval.

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been incorporated in the present ruin, but what remains is

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that many of the tenants on the Cope estate had by then returned,

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refer to repairs or renovations. Friar O'Mellan in his

burned in May 1642.

states that Loughgall was

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A list of the inhabitants of the parish, or

rather of those people who paid Hearth Money in 1664, survives. It

is a useful guide to the older families, native and plantation,

though amongst the latter there are then many new names indicating

settlers of the Cromwellian period.

During the time of the Williamite War a party of that -

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monarch's army was quartered in the village and accounts due to

The parish is fortunate also in

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that registers beginning in 1706 are still available.

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believe, complete.

that there are some gaps, but from 1779 onwards they are, I

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Williamite army by six years.

1683 predates the

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Loughgall

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chalice and paten inscribed

The chief treasure of the parish, a fine old silver

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survive.

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the inhabitants for provender, et~. supplied in the years 1689-96

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The churchyard contains many interesting stones, one of the

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oldest legible memorials being .that erected in 1706 to the

Near the Taylor memorial a slab

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settlers on the Cope estate.

memory of Richard Taylor, a descendant of one of the original

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commemorates Patrick Sheals who died in i848, descendant of a very

Longevity

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and Ballyshielmore in the adjoining barony of Orior.

old native family who gave name to the townlands of Ballyshielbeg

seems to be a feature of the parish - for instance, Andrew Wilson

died in 1926, aged 100 years, and James Mc_Crea in 1928, aged 109.

Such records suggest a healthy parish or it may be that certain

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,. people disliked leaving it, even for a better world.

There is one stone in the churchyard with a pathetic It bears an inscription to the memory of

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historical interest.

William Marshall of Derrycrew, Private in the Loyal Company of

We are told that he was ua youth of

Loughgall Volunteers

unexampled piety and sweetness of disposition, who on Thursday,

27th July, 1780, exchanged this frail life for a blessed That is a reminder of

immortality in ye 21st year of his age 11 •

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in war with the French, Spaniards and Americans, and when fears

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were entertained that Ireland might indeed be invaded.

a critical period in our history - a time when Britain was involved

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in the forefront in raising a force for local security and indeed

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for the defence of the country in general.

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It saw the rise of various

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in the history of the village.

The last quarter of the 18th ~entury was an exciting period

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Boys, Defenders, etc.

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associations of disaffected persons - Hearts of Oak, Peep of Day

The closing days of that century saw the

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in pitched battles.

parties began at cockfights, were continued at wakes, and ended

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formation of the United Irishmen in 1791, a local battle at the

year.

Diamond in 1795, and the formation of the Orange Order in the same

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Those, however, are matters that we cannot investigate

The parish at one time contained a considerable Quaker colony.

Many of them refused to pay tythes for which we cannot blame them

Corps were then formed in almost every parish, and Loughgall was

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unduly as we stopped doing so ourselves at the first opportunity. Humphrey Pett, rector of the parish from 1658 until 1667, is said

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to have come to a sudden end in consequence of having imprisoned

The Quakers thought otherwise.

than a Christian.

Probably he was more of a Quaker

a Quaker preacher - but possibly he would have died then anyhow.

I forgot to mention that the Cope family was granted a

licence for fairs and markets in 1629, and that a Friday market

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The troubles, consequent on

century, besides two fairs annually.

the disturbed state of the district towards the end of the preceding

was held weekly in the village down to the beginning of the 19th

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Defenders whom we are told

brought great injury to the town and

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In 1795 the fairs were much disturbed by the

amenities.

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century, resulted however in a gradual disappearance of those

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And speaking of fairs and markets, I should say that on or before

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Mrs. Cope,

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pennyworth of refreshment at Loughgall Coffee Tavern

It is inscribed "one

anything of was circulated about 1885.

The latest Loughgall token that I know

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which are still extant.

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--1671 Edward Bennett of Loughgall issued a token, specimens of

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the then owner of the estate, upon mature consideration,felt that

the thirstiest of mortals might find enjoyment in so fair a

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locality without the added pleasure of the products of brewers or

distillers, so she endeavoured to test the truth of her opinion

Tradition says the die-hards"

Up a coffee Tavern as a substitute.

by buying up the vested rights of the village publicans and setting

walked out to Eagralougher each night and after suitable

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refreshment returned to the village strong in their conviction that coffee was unsuitable to a Loughgall palate, and ballad

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singers were to be heard in the village declaiming a ditty of

which we have now only one verse -

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Anthony Cope of Hanwell in Oxfordshire was

of the Cope family.

I should now like to devote a few minutes to a brief sketch

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"The street of Loughgall has a very steep fall, An 1 the trees at its side are brave an' tall, But the divil a drink there's now in the town at all, at all, An 1 it 1 s all because of the boul Mistress Cope Who in her oul brain had a crazy wee hope That mortals with water should only use soap, should only use soap. 11

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created a baronet in 1611 and in the same year he acquired the

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Report 11 of that year

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and Sele, the original grantee.

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Manors of Derrichreny and Drum.illy by purchase from Lord Saye

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It was situate in

the Manor of Derrichreny in the townland of Ballyrath, so called,

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we may assume, from an ancient earthen-ringed fort nearby.

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building was obtained some eight miles from the place. castle is the ruin we now know as Castle Raw.

Timber for the

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prepared some four or five miles beyond Armagh.

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was then in process of erection, the stone of which had been

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informs us that a fair castle of freestone and other hard stone

The castle was built by Sir Anthony's second son, Anthony,

It was

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and seems to have been of the fortified manor-house type.

very unusual in design, being cruciform in shape with four arms of

of which later.

The builder of Castle Raw

contrast to Drumilly

It offers a great

that could never have been very defensive.

equal width and length, and was enclqsed by a square entrenchment

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8. died in 1634 and in the Civil War of 1641-42 the castle was taken by native troops who damaged it considerably.

It does not seem to

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have been repaired, or, if so, was deserted before 1670, in which

year probate of the will of Henry Cope, eldest son and heir of the

In it he was described

above Anthony, was granted to his widow.

as of Loughgall instead of Ballyrath, the designation given to his

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fa~her respectively of the two members of the family whom I have

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mentioned died in 1614, leaving issue:-

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1. William, who succeeded him in the baronetcy and the

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English property as well as an estate in Co; Tyrone.

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2. Anthony of Ballyrath or Castle Raw, ancestor of the

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Cape's of the Manor, in which branch when the English

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line of the Cope 1 s failed in 1851, an heir to the

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Cope 1 s widow lives in the ancient mansion of Drumilly

3. Richard of Drum.illy, whose descendant the late Mr. R.O.

the older portions of which are believed to date back to

This Richard acquired the Powell estate at

about 1664.

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Portadown by purchase but sold half the property almost immediately to Michael Obins.

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descendant of Anthony Cope above.

baronetcy was found in the Rev. William Cope, a direct

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Sir Anthony Cope, Bart., of Hanwell, the father and grand-

father in like documents.

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I am sure most of you have visited the Drumilly Bawn. pynnar in his "Survey" of 1619 describes it as a building of lime

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and stone, one hundred and eighty feet square, fourteen feet high, He states that in three of them there were good

lodgings, three stories high.

By that time two watermills and one

with flankers.

windmill had also been erected, as well as fourteen houses of Those

timber, all of which were inhabited by English families.

old timbered houses have, of course, long since disappeared but

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The Bawn is situate on the side

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Castle Raw but it may have been constructed by Richard Cope, the ancestor of the Drumilly branch.

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It is an interesting example of such enclosures

The entrance is by a gateway and

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and is now in use as a garden.

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of Ballytyrone.

of the lake that gives name to the village and in the townland

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the bawn is enclosed by a ramparted walk defended by a trench.

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Richard Cope, the first Cope of Drumilly, suffered severely

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imprisoned in Carrickmacross Castle.

in the troubles of 1641, and with his wife and two sons was

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The account survives

he was visited by Archbishop Oliver Plunkett.

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have been residing within the Drumilly Bawn in 1673, in which year

He found the Archbishop

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Downham, D.D., the then Dean of Armagh.

in a letter from Cope to his father-in-law, the Very Rev. James

Na man of gentle birth and much learning" and was so impressed With his excellent qualities that he toyed with the idea of then at the Armagh Royal Sohool, ~s a pupil

sending a "dull son"

to tbe .Arohbishop's famous academy at Drogheda.

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It is probable that this bawn was erected by the builder of

the present village is believed to occupy their site.

We are left in

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doubt as to which of the sons the

dull boyu was and, incidentally,

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amount of variance regarding the there seems to be a consf'erable ~ If the family tradition

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actual house to which the visit took place.

is correct as to the building of a house in 1664, on the site now

To that branch of the family

have been a guest in the bawn.

occupied by Drumilly House, the Archbishop could not very well

belonged the Right Rev. Walter Cope, D.D., Bishop of Leighlin and

Ferns, who despite powerful family influence was for twenty years a When a curate

curate before he obtained promotion in the church.

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he sported a coach and four splendid black horses and was known far

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when his attention was drawn to the matter, to say -

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Yes, and a

Primates do not,

curate he shall be so long as I am in power 11 •

however, reign for ever so eventually the curacy became a bishopric.

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and wide as "the proud curate 11 , a title that caused the then Primate,

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The Bishop is buried in Loughgall churchyard with his wife, Anne

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the Bishop and his wife at Drumilly.

There are portraits of

Archibald Acheson, first Viscount Gosford.

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Acheson, daughter of Sir Archibald Acheson, Bart., and sister of

Robert Cope of Loughgall, M.P. for Co. Armagh 1713-1714, 1727He

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perhaps the best remembered member of the Loughgall family.

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-1753, through his associations with the famous Dean Swift, is

The Dean is In 1720 he

supposed to have first visited Loughgall in 1717.

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Both she and her father were also friends of Swift.

married Elizabeth Fownes, daughter of Sir William Fownes, Bart.

wrote •you need not take so much pains to invite me to Loughgall.

I am grown so peevish that I can bear no other country place in

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I quarrel everywhere else and sour the people I go

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this kingdom.

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Mrs. Robert Cope and her father also appear Cope and Fownes Street in

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frequently in the Swift letters.

Dublin commemorate the connection of Robert Cope and his father-in-

law with that city.

Another member of the Loughgall family, Robert Camden Cope,

In 1782 he raised a troop of Volunteers for whom

Armagh Militia.

was a Member of Parliament for Armagh, and Lieut.-Colonel of the

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Lodge.

Some fifteen years later this became the banner of a local Orange

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Manor House 11 in which Swift stayed is believed to

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The old

Unfortunately the banner cannot now be found.

have been situated on the east side of the present house - a modern

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There is a very

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avenue remaining, a relic of the older house,

magnificent yew-tree

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structure erected less than a century ago.

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along which no doubt Swift and his host often passed in conversation,

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gay or serious according to the humour of the eccentric Dean.

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The water level was at one time

visited the crannoge in the lake.

I wonder whether any of you have ever

in the local landscape.

In conclusion I should like to briefly discuss two features

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considerably higher and the island was approached by a causeway of

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brush-wood laid upon logs below water lev~ access by wading being Now the space

comparatively easy for those who knew the path.

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between the crannoge and the mainland has become a marsh consequent

upon the lowering of the water, with the result that in the summer

months it is pQssible to get across dryshod by carefully selecting

dl'J patches, oon11wt1ng of tufts of rushes or grasses and hopping

his daughter made a flag of silk, embroidered with the Royal Arms.

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from one to another.

Certain excavations were carried out on the crannoge by

Holes were sunk in different parts of

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Colonel R.G. Berry in 1921.

the structure and the log and brushwood foundation on which it Layers of ashes a foot deep in places, where

rests were exposed.

cooking fires had been in use, were also uncovered during the Amongst the many things found whilst the work was in

excavations.

progress were the bones of wild boar and antlers of red deer.

Mixed with

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the bones were many fragments of pottery, both plain and ornamented.

Curious stone walls, almost like foundation walls were found

bronze pin was also discovered - it is now in Dublin.

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Other stones iri little circles seem to have been

A short account of the dig -

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foundations for mud and wattle huts.

determined.

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winding through the crannoge but their particular function was not

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October, 1921.

the only one published appeared in the "Armagh Guardian 11 of 14th

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in May 1642 but was captured and made prisoner.

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George Littlefield of Loughgall took refuge on the crannoge

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That is the only historica+ reference we

have to the crannoge.

He, however, escaped out of

got the money refused to let him go. their hands that night.

received £19 from him for safe convoy towards Dublin but when they

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The same townland contains a fine single-ringed earthen fort,

If you have not visited that particular earthwork

and two parks.

trom which there is an excellent view of Drumilly, the Manor House

You have indeed a great pleasure before you, and I shall let you

13. In the adjoining townland within a very short

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into a secret.

distance of the fort you will find the oldest and largest apple

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tree in the north and, incidentally, receive a very warm welcome

from its owner who is well versed in local lore.

I have mentioned a Muster Roll of 1630 and later, if time I shall, however, here and now

following the Civil War of 1641.

permits, I may read a few depositions made by Loughgall parishioners

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In early times the parish was of much greater extent than

The earliest list of its townlands that I am aware of

at present.

order of the celebrated Oliver Cromwell.

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devote a few minutes to a survey made of the parish in 1657 by

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Loughgall alias Levelleglysh 11 was found

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and by it the parish of

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It is, in reality, a survey of the parishes of the county

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occurs in a Cromwellian Inquisition of 1657 preserved in the Armagh

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Clonmain Eagralougher Coragh Fernagreevagh Annaghmore Drumharriff Ballytyrone. Ballygasey Mullagh bane Rathdrumgran Altaturk Muckery Foymore Breagh Timakeel Timulkenny Cannagola More Drumharriff Drumlellum

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Clemayne Agrilogher Corah Taunagriver Annaghmore Drumheriffe Ballyturone Ballygassey Mullabane Roderam Greenay Alturke Ballymuckery Nayvore Breagh Taunaghkile Temulcany Cannegolahmore Drumheriff Drumlellan

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Annasamry Cloven Eden Causanagh Derycrewe Derry crew Ardresse Ardress Ballemaghon Ballymagerny Tullyard Tull yard Drummulley Drum.illy Turkharry Turcarra Druminsough Drumnasoo Mullanesilly Mullanasilla Drumeny Drumman Deryall Derryall Naybeg beg FoyFoybeg Farragh Farra Roughan Rough an Camunell Canoneill Cannagolahbeg Cannogola Beg Deryletty Derryletiff

Annaghsauery Clevaneden Causonah

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thus shown were in adjoining parishes.

to consist of the undernoted townlands though in actual fact some

Ballygassoon Drumogher Drummenagh Kincon Creenagh Tirnascobe

Ardrea Drum.art Tullymore Greenan Ballyknick Derryloughan Cloghan

Ardray Dromart Tullamore Greenan Ballyknick Deryloghan Claghan Clantegola

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Ballygasoone Drummahor Drommenah Kinkon Creenah Tyrnascope Raonealane Killymeny

In the above list three townlands appear - Raeonealane,

Killymeny and Clantegolan - whose identifications I have been

At this time it was decided to erect certain townlands into

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There was a chapel attached to the

to be taken from Loughgall.

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a proposed parish of Charlemont, some of which were undoubtedly

unable to decide satisfactorily.

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Fort of Charlemont which, previous to the Civil War of 1641, seems

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to have been under the jurisdiction of the rector of Loughgall.

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It probably remained so as ·the then plans for a new parish did not

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materialize until 1830, in which year a Perpetual Curacy came into

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being, an arrangement whereby the rectors of Loughgall had the

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right of nomination during the period of the Perpetual Curacies.

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part of Loughgall and recites its townlands.

Lislasly

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Kinnegoe

Mullaghmore

Tirmacrannon

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Kishaboy

Keenaghan

Corr and Dunvally

Borough ·of Charlemont

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They.were:-

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the parishes of the county compiled in 1897 shows Charlemont as

An abstract _of valuation of

with the mother church of Loughgall.

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The parish became united to Moy in 1925 and thus ended the link

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None of them was listed under Loughgall in 1657 but tlreY, are, of course, shown in that Inquisition under the proposed new

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parish of Charlemont.

This connection binds Loughgall up with the foundation of

the famous Fort of Charlemont in the opening days of the 17th

century, and provides the parish with the distinction of having

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Loughgall lost further townlands at the founding of Kildarton

in 1840 and Annaghmore in 1854-.

Sources for parish history are plentiful, one of the most

representatives to the old Irish Parliament.

had at one time within its borders a Borough sending two

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In his Armagh you will find lists of

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Canon J.B. Leslie.

such Diocesan histories compiled by the late

first of a number

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useful authorities being Leslie's Armagh Clergy and Parishes, the

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, after which the rectorship became

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of the Church of Ireland in 18

prebendaries of Loughgall from 1456 down to the Disestablishment

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separated from the prebend - both offices now continuing separately.

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Records for 70 years are, however, missing.

The Vestry Book gives - Churchwardens 1773 to date.

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Townlands of the parish in 1774.

Lists of seatholders 1775.

Lists of seatholders 1803.

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Registers survive for the period 1706-1729 and 1779-1785.

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data relating to the story of the parish.

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A Presbyterian Church is said to have been founded in the

parish in 1704 but I must confess I can find no confirmation of The first note of it that I can

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that particular assertion.

discover appears in the minutes of the General Synod of Ulster,

was presented.

under June 19, 1711, in which year a supplication from "Venni Cash 11

Vinecash came into being shortly after the Battle of the

Boyne and its first minister was the Rev. Alexander Bruce, a

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lineal descendant of David Bruce, King of Scotland (1331-1370).

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one of the lay assessors sent by the Church of

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Earl of Cassilis

Kennedy of Carland Congregation, Co. Tyrone, nephew of the then

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of Faith and the Shorter Cathecism.

Her father came to Ireland

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Scotland to the Westminster Assembly that compiled the Confession

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at the Battle of Benburb in 1646. Royal blood in her veins.

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originally as a chaplain to General Munro's army and was present

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He died 16th April, 1704, and I have a feeling

congregation.

objected on the grounds that it would weaken the latter

Clare congregation applied for leave to join Vinecash but Clare

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In 1701 during Mr. Bruce's ministry some members of the

as I have said

Vinecash was without

before we have no direct proof as to that.

but

congregation at Loughgall was first mooted,

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that it was immediately after his death that the idea of a new

He retired from active

William McKay on 25th September, 1707.

a minister from April i704 until the ordination of the Rev.

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duties in 1726 and it was during his charge in the year 1711 that the formation of the Loughgall congregation actually too~ place.

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We may with profit look back upon the days when English and Let us consider the

Scotch immigrants settled in Co. Armagh.

countryside then.

There were few bridges and such as were in being

in wet weather.

Roads were few ·and those that did exist were almost impassable

in the area were probably primitive structures made by placing

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branches, stones and clay.

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and bog and great tracts were c.o vered by dense woods, in which

tree trunks across streams and building upon them a surface of

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dishonest men hid by day and sallied forth at night to raid the

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was inconvenient, spancelled or tethered.

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the farm stock from straying.

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possessions of the newcomers.

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or less in common when the last of the crops were gathered in and

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of the 18th century.

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field enclosures as we know them did not mature until the beginning

Carts were solid-

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wheeled and only capable of carrying small loads.

They were not

hand-stick the only threshing tools available.

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sickle was still the chief cutting implement and the flail and

exist were clumsy wooden affairs and mostly dragged by oxen.

Spades were more common than ploughs and such ploughs as did

so common however as the slide-car, a vehicle then and long after

in common use, and indeed still to be found in the Glens of Antrim. Practically all the household utensils were

mostly mud-walled.

Houses were an immediate problem and those erected were

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of wood though horn was used for many purposes also. well-to-do had a certain amount of pewter.

For fuel there was wood

People in those days were very self-supporting.

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and turf.

The more

bought little and sold little and what trade there was, was mostly The really important people ' then were the blacksmiths,

barter.

millers, carpenters and shoemakers.

Gone are the great oaks for which the county

and hedgerows arisen.

Woods have disappeared

The landsoape was very different then.

The latter

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were indeed encouraged in those days and for long afterwards. They

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Stone mortars or

glossy coats ~ng were also considered a tonic.

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value as well.

made tpe best d:cying bushes for the family laundry and had a utility

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the older farmhouses.

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troughs made for that particular purpose may still be found about

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Communication between friends was somewhat difficult with the

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result that they seldom met excepting at the market, fair or church.

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immediate neighbourhood.

aecompany each other when going farther afield than their own

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of civil war before them.

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hard and dangerous years with, from almost the beginning, the threat

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Following the civil war of 1641 and the Cromwellian occupation

others fled the eountry and never returned.

the uprising

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Many lost their lives in

few ot the original families remained.

the Cope estate was praotioally replanted with fresh tenants.

Hearth Money Rolls of 1664 verify that point and provide

was once so notable, but the thorns and whins remain.

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locations for each person paying the tax, and thus for the first

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townlands in which they were resident.

It is not possible no~ to compile a complete list of the

tenants who perished in the dark days of 1641-1642, but the names

of quite a number survive in the depositions of the period.

Many

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It later became a staple food and more quiekly

Ireland.

At that ttme the potato had become established in

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and well.

of them were people of substance who farmed their lands profitably

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The mixture of three nationalities, Irish,

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settle on the estate.

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English and Scotch, has· influenced the folklore of the district.

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It was, for instance, the English settlers who introduced May

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Their ceremonial method of reaping the

knots, long bullets, etc.

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Queens, cockfighting, the Christmas Rhymers, Wren Boys, harvest

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practised by the Irish and Scotch.

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last stocks of oats in harvest time was different to that

barley and wheat were threshed by flails on earthen barn floors,

Shilling Hillsu to this

Flax and wool were spun and woven in the various

very day.

in some places retained their names of

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and the grain winnowed on suitable days on nearby hills that have

households and the travelling tailor and shoemaker went about the

countryside vorking in the houses in which their services were

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carpenter of those days was able to build a cart as well as fashion

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chairs and dressers and the blacksmith produced rushlight candle-

sticks and toasters of artistic design besides shoeing horses and The forge was in

making ploughs and other farming implements.

those days the news centre of the district and, therefore, a place Lime kilns

of importance in the social life of the neighbourhood.

Water-driven corn mills and windmills had, of course,

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tenants.

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been functioning from shortly after the arrival of the first

erected.

began to make their appearance on the property and windmills were

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filled the office of High Sheriff of the county he was in a

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position to secure many personal advantages.

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improvement of old roads on his property and bring new thorough-

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estates, markets, fairs, etc.

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fares into communication, linking up his lands with neighbouring

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settled and farmers began to enclose their farms with thorn hedges,

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fields and life is easier for all of us.

Now it is on the roads and in the There may indeed come

of rail, factory and steamer.

Machinery at first was only thought of in terms

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more comfortable.

living memory that land cultivation became easier and farmhouses

a day when the farmer can, by atomic energy, control from his

bou•e, plough, sow, plant and reap without stirring from his

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fireside chair, and spend holidays on trips to other planets. Apple culture in the district We know that the crab-apple in its wild state is widely

distributed throughout Europe and Western Asia and is actually It is, however, a somewhat

found in high latitudes in Norway.

Its branches spring

different ty-pe of tree to the apple.

upwards whilst those of the apple spread outwards.

One of the

old legends relating to the apple-tree states that its shape is

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its fruit to the Blessed Virgin.

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evidence that apples had been cultivated in England from at least

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introduction to Ireland about the same period.

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the time of the Roman occupation, a theory that assumes an

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record that I know of regarding the planting of an apple tree

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in this district carries the story back to the days of St.

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the choral services at .Armagh, we learn that during the great

festivals the brethren, though not permitted to increase the

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quantity of bread at meals, were allowed certain condiments as an indulgence - among them apples.

when gathered were hoarded up as long as possible and so far as is known were usually eaten uncooked.

Later, in the Annals of

Ceangoba east of the city of Armagh.

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Patrick who is credited with having planted an apple tree at

literature relating to the care of fruit trees.

due to it having been given long branches because it bowed with

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The next local reference crops up in 1155, in which year the head of the Macans,later the ruling sept of o•Neiland but His

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then still on the other side of the Blackwater, died.

obituary has been preserved and in it he is praised for the

Between then and the Plantation of

for orchards in 0 1 Neiland.

That is the first actual historical evidence

in his orchards.

strong drink made for the use of his tribe from apples grown

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unrest.

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"the setting of fruit trees in orchards and gardens

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but such plantings were very likely confined to the free-holding

tenants of whom there were a very limited number on each estate.

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granted by James I to undertakers in 0 1 Neiland.

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apple-culture was being encouraged.

would have given particulars as to the properties on which

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property were being destroyed.

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1641-42 the apple-trees escaped felling when farmhouses and

instance, whether in the destruction caused by the Civil War of

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that is the abundance of apples some forty years later.

The earliest oounty leases that we are aware of compelling

They date from 1666 and the largest

the Brownlow estate.

tenants to plant fruit trees, are preserved in the records of

orchards consisted of 20 apple, 12 plum, 12 cherry, and 6 pear

a fact due no doubt to the county being in a continued state of

Ulster in the early 17th century there are very few references,

23. The leases covenanted that the fruit-trees should be

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trees.

enclosed by a ditch and quick setts of white-thorn.

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leaseholders planted a lesser number.

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century on the same estate orchard clauses were still in being

and new tenants of the larger farms were being required in some

instances to plant forty -trees.

The Rev. William Brooke who was rector of Drumcree

I know not.

'Whether Cromwell's troops sampled the apples of o•Neiland

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barony in 1682, from which we learn that good cider was then

available in Portadown at 30/- per hogshead.

from 1679 until his death in 1700, wrote an account of the

Some people were

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quantities might be expected when their orchard and new

that the farmers of that district were compelled by their

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plantations came to perfection.

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and in the following year King William's cider-maker,

Seven years later he was attai_nted by James II,

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their land.

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leases to plant apple-trees proportionable to the quantity of

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Lord Drogheda who commanded a regiment stationed at

ment to make cider for the army.

Paul le Harper, arrived in Portadown with the necessary equip-

Tanderagee, part of which seems to have been quartered in

much cider there in the spring of 1690.

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Portadown and its neighbourhood, has recorded that there was

the victory at the Boyne to Portadown cider or the apples of

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manufacturing from 20 to 30 hogsheads per season, and larger

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The beginning of the 18th century was remarkable for the introduction of linen weaving and the consequent neglect of

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agriculture, a feature of local life that did not properly

right itself until more than a century afte~wards when the

Leases for the year 1700 show new tenants on the

to factories.

major part of that particular industry moved from households

Charlemont estate covenanting to enclose a plantation acre and

plant it with fruit trees and similar leases were being

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Down at about the same time.

A Survey of the See Lands of Armagh made in the year 1703

executed on properties in the parish of Tullylish in County

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In Ballygowanoughtra, a

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held by the Archbishop's tenants.

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townland in Drumcree parish now known as Ballynagowan, there

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was'~o the west of the John Atkinson 1 s farmstead a good orchard

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of his own planting and east of the house and stable a very

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pretty young orchard of ·above one hundred trees planted by him

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nursery of crab-trees

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since the late wars, and to the north of the house a ve~y

as trees

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The reference to the "late wars

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the same townland had two orchards, one old and the other young.

We must, therefore, assume

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be described as "young 11 in 1703.

planted following the Civil War of 1641-42 could not very well

Cavan, Ballytrue,

there were orchards attached to farms in

At that time, and according to the same authority,

1688-90.

that the orchards i? question arose after the Revolution of

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provides us with a detailed account of apple culture on farms

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Ballyo ssone, Money, Ballywi ., w...lly

The latter townlan d now commonly called Ballyh eridan was then held by the Graham family and it is recorde d that "there had been a good orchard , near an acre of

II erclan Knocka cone , Ballyh e t c. an, v

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The Grahams were settled there before the Civil War of 1641 - 42 and their homest ead (since several times rebuilt ) and now the

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proper ty of Mr. Menary has still an orchard , which despite many re-plan tings refuses to produce an average quality or quantit y.

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It is a pity that the survey in questio n should only deal with the Archie piscopa l lands, for apart from informa tion on orchard s it provide s descrip tions of farm houses besides much

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traditi onal materi al. In the beginni ng of the next century , in the year 1804, 11 Coote publish ed his "Survey of County Armagh • In his report

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on the county he suggest ed the plantin g of crab-ap ple trees in fences and the use of the fruit for cider. This was quite good

advice as crabs when mellowe d are excelle nt when used with sweet We are i:Ai'ormed by the same author ity that "in the apples . centre of the oounty the houses were remarka bly comfor table

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thrive well though all care imagina ble be taken to preserv e them". That particu lar re.feren ce is of special locaI interes t.

ground , but it was destroy ed in the wars and the tenant has again planted it with near one hundred trees but they don•t

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and surrounded with orchards and neat enclosuresn. Recently whilst working on Place Name Books in

Dublin I

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noted that in 1835 there were large orchards at Derrycrew, Ballytyrone, and Lissheffield and that in Kincon every house

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Thackeray, the novelist, visited Armagh in 1843 and drove He paints a very pleasant picture of

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opened railway station.

from the city to Portadown there to join a train at the newly

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however, so the list must be

considered defective.

search against orchards

Ot her apple townlands were Dresoga, Bocombra, Knock and Ballynaghy. I was not making a

had five or six acres of orchard.

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A few years later Mrs. Hall

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district through which he passed.

orchard which •~pretty adjunct to a .farm was very common11 in the

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and her husband, visiting in the same area, found the farmhouses

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neat, cleanly and comfortable and few of them without orchards.

They also allude to the continual click-clack of the shuttle as

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within.

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betokening industry and affording humble luxuries to those

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regard to the neglect of tillage by farmers who with their sons

published in 1888, states

Bassett in his "County Armagh

and daughters maae money more easily sitting at their looms.

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that fruit-growing was an extensive feature in the districts

of Portadown, Loughgall and Richhill, and that Scotch and

market

English buyers came over every season. That was just before I was born but when I was a boy I remember the great apple

in Portadown with lines of carts on both sides of the

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the countryside and mentions a group under the trees of an

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street from the church down almoS t to the Post Office. There were then conside rable quantiti es of eati ng apples availabl e

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Foxes whelps Red Stroke s Green Russetts Golden Pippits Black Annetts Marygold s Angels Bites

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There are still certain apple customs

now quite obsolete .

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a practice usually carried out under the best bearing tree of the year. It does not seem to have been of native origin and is

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observed , but only in the houses in which there are children . 11 11 At Hallow E'en, for instance , apples are dipped for, in other

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Another apple custom in

secure the apple in either cases.

The hands must not be used to

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by a string from the ceiling.

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words you extract an apple from a tub or crock of water by the use of the mouth only and by the same method apples suspende d

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was the saving of apples for the last night in January, commonly kno'Wil as St. Brigid 1 s Eve, on which occasion oldfashione d griddle apple-ca ke formed part of the Feast followin g

O'Neiland

the tashioni ng of the Brigid's Crosses. Apple dumpling s were sometimes made tor that festival also but they as a rule appeareQ

Strawbe rry Cheeks Half-plu ms Honey Combs Codlings Dockneys Lilyfing ers Winter Glories Quince

There were a few apple customs that lingered up to about half-a-c entury ago, such as drinking a toast to the apple trees,

Widows 'Whelps Canes Red Russett s Barn Hills White Annetts Sugar Sweet Gillyflo wers Beauty of Bath

and by the aid of friends I can.supply you with a list of the "worth while 11 apples of th ose days:-

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on Hallow E'en ' on whi ch evening the man of the house was usually whiskey. allowed a flavouri ng of Sometimes the apples were with d sweetene roasted , sugar, flavoure d with nutmeg, and served with the same beverage in th e f orm of a sauce. On that night apple-p eelings were thrown over the shoulder by boys and girls

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is a tree bearing fruit and flowers together then there will be a death in the family before the next gatherin g of apples, and,

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of course, there is the old belief that a wet St. Swithin 's Day indicate s bumper crops of really large apples.

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Sorrel was gathered and

treatmen t for an ulcerate d wound.

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Some of you, I am sure, know of apple cures. I can only think of one at the moment. It is an old and well-kno wn

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crushed, then mixed with apple juice and plaeed on the wound.

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apple-tr ee and the word enters largely -into townland names. Wicklow there is a place called Aghowle or the field of the

now signifie s both an apple and an

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or Ubhall

Abhall

for certain injuries .

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apples, in Fermanag h Aghyowle, and in Leitrim Aghowla - meaning 11 11 the same thing. In the north generall y, however, Abhall is used in the sense of orchard and thus we have Avelreag h, County Monaghan, the gray orchard .Annahavel, County Tyrone, the

There was, and probably still is, a supersti tion to the effect that if at the time of the pu+ling of the apples there

desirous of discover ing the initials of the person they were likely to marry.

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marsh of the orchard, and in County Armagh Derrylisnahavil, and Drumnahavil, the oakwood of the fort of the apples and the ridge of the orchard or apple tree.

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The more proper

form of the word for an orchard is Oulart which also appears

in County Armagh as the name of a house outside the city.

In conclusion I must say that I feel sorry that the

apple growers of County Armagh refuse to produce a percentage

of decent eating apples so that we might test the old

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Jn. McConell. Downham Cope, Esq. Jas. Bl:ethen Peter Luster Thos. Calvert Eliza Chambers

Regiment..

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(Dunva lly and corr ( Char lemont ( Annagh Mcllane s (Keena ghan (Kinigo e ( Agb.enl ig ( Slispla sh ( Mullagb more ( Tyrenc rannon (Anasam ry ( Clenma in Cloven eden cawsen agh Turnag reva Derrycr ew Ardres s Annagbm ore Dremar t·

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Hames of tb.e townlan ds of the Parish as shown in 1774 at. an applotn ient of Bye Road cess. 8 Dec. 1774.

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et of Seat-ho lders in 21st August,

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No.22. No.23. No.24. No.25.

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(Note: There is an account of a dispute relating to Seat No.2O in Vestry of 8th December, 1774, regardin g which an affidav it was sworn by Letitia O'Neil alias McDonal and Mary Bridget before Mr. Simpson , Curate, and - Alford, Parish Clerk).

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(AboTe dispute was the cause of above List of Seat-Ho lders being

No.2. No.3. No.4. No.5. No.6. No.7. No.8. No.9. No.lo. No.11. No. US. No.13. No.14. No.15. No.16. No.17. No.18. No .19. No•20.

Samuel Pean, Joseph McKee, Alexand er McKitte rick. Alexand er Hayes and Thomas Ryan. Col. Graham. Thomas Peel, William Wier, Thomas Filly. Dr. Disney. In 1776 Dr. Woodward. Henry .Hall, James Robinson , James Woods. James Mcclatch ey, Thomas Orr, James Trelford . John Hardy. William Compton and Robert and Joseph Compton. James Todd, Humphrey Todd and Samuel Hutches on. Mr. Clarke of Ardress and Mr. Clarke of Anasame ry. William James and· Henry Preston . Sir Cape~ ·Molyneu x. Arthur Cope, Esq. Bishop Gope. Newtons and Marks. Thomas McDowell and John Carrick . George Spencer . . James Corry. William McDonald, George, Robert, John and George Davison . William Brother s, Joseph Jackson , McConnells and Cherry's and Richard Allen. The -Clarke 's and Thomas Cardle. John · Elliott and William Wilson. Robert Cherry and Richard Taylor. Isaac Robinso n, Thomas Robinso n, James Brother s, John Kertland and Thomas Robinso n, Jun • .John Mehaffey and Mark Barnes. William Robinso n, John Richards on, Robert Kidd.

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A List of Seat-Holders in Loug~all Church, 11 April, 1803.

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Alexander Hanly, John Hyde, John Jackson, Wm. Addy. Wm. Running. Mr. George Spencer, Loughgall. Mr. Hugh Eccles and Robert Cherry. Rev. Wm.· Bissett, Rector. Sir Capel Molyneux, Baronet. Robert Campden Cope.

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16. 17.

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Jas. Irwine, Jas. Aston. Mr. Robert Atkinson. Richard Loney, Jas. Proctor, Jo.hn Patterson and others. Jae. Robinson, John Robinson and Joseph Robinson.

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John O'Donell, Esq., Hardy, Esq. George Ensor, Esq. Wm. Gray, Thos. Peane, Jas. Sloan, Jas. Kilpatrick, Simon Hazelton, _Joseph Hall, William Winter. John Running, James McCatchey. Wm. Preston. John James. Jas. Spence, Wm. Spence, Geo. Mills, Wm. Mills, Wm. Hanna.

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19. 20. 21. 22.

N.A. Cope, Esq.,

2. 3.

No.1.

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CHURCHWARDENS OF LOUGHGALL.

Mr. Hall and Mr. Paine

1774.

George Addy Joseph Jackson

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12th April·, · 1784.

Thos. Hays of Clenmain. Robert Compton of Lissneeny.

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Cromwell Newton of Cloveden. Jacob Barrett of Altaturk.

9th April., 1787. •. Joseph Newton ot Clonmain. Henry Jackson of Ballymagerny.

Robert. Cherry of Drumheriff. James Iryine of Cloveden.

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17th April, 1786.

Wm. Grey of Annasamry. James Robinson of TullygreTa.

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Samuel Hutcheson of Mullansilly. George Ensor of Ardress.

24th March, 1788.

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21st .April, 1783.

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Geo. Spencer, Junior, of Coragh. John Jackson of Ballymagerny.

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3rd April, 1782.

Robert Gillaspy of Aghinligg. Wm. Preston of Derrycrew.

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· 23rd April, 1781.

Thomas Clarke ot Summer Island. James Sloan of Loughgall.

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28t.h April, 1780.

John Blachall, Esq. ot the Hill. John Farlow ot Coragh.

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5th April, 1779.

William Hardy of LeTaleglisn. William Marks ot Cloveden.

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Moses Todd of Keenagha. Thomas Ha.tcheson ot Mullanasilly

20th April, 1778.

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31st March, 1777.

Nicholas Whitelock ot Segwooly. John Cooper of Cloveden

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Thomas Pilly James Hutchinson

9it.h April, 1776.

1775.

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13th April, 1789.

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Alexander Hanley of Ballymagerny. William White of Cawsnagh.

5th April 1 1790.

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Benjamin Henry of Lough.gall. Johll Vogan of Cloveden.

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Hugh Eccles of Lougbgall. John Compton of Keenaghan.

14th April, 1800.

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William Murray of Mullabawn. Robert Rolston of Aghinligg.

Richard Whitelock of Segwooly. John Stothers of Turnagrevah.

25th March, 1799.

6th April, 1801.

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James McKitterick of Derrycrew. John Running of Mullanasilly.

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9th April, 1798.

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John Gilaspy of Altaturk. James Stothers of _Tullygreva.

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17th. April, 1797.

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29th March, 1796.

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R.C. Cope, Esq., of Lougbgall. William Clarke of Anasamry.

James Stothers, Tullygreva. Robert Campden Cope of Lougllga~l.

6th. April, 1795.

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Chicheater Bickerstaffe of Lisb.sb.efield. John Brown of Aughinligg •William Bryars of Charlemont. William Compton of Ballymagerny.

21st April, 1794.

11th April, 1803.

Sir capel Molyneux, Bart. John O'Donnell, Esq.

John O'Donnell, Esq., of Summer Island. Robert Shields of Turkarry. Esq.

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1st April, 1793.

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9th April, 1792.

Simon Hazelton of Mullagb.more. Patrick Marshall of Tullynagreevab..

25th April, 1791.

Barry Lee of Derrycrew. Robert Atkinson of Clonmine.

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William Hanna of Coragb.. R~bert Watson of Lisheffield .

15th April, 1805.

John Walker of Ballytyrone . Thos. Pean of 9oragh.

7th April, 1806.

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John Hardy, Loughgall. Edward Clarke, Charlemont.

12tb Apr 11, 1819.

Jackson Bryars) re-elected. Richard Long )

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23rd March, 1818.

Jackson Bryars, Charlemont. Richard Long, Eagerloughe r.

Alexander Preston, Derrycrew. John McCullagh, Rathdrumgra na.

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Thos. Walker, Ballytyrone . John Young, Senior, Charlemont.

7t.b. April, 1817.

3rd April, 1820.

John Running (son of Wm.) Mull~nsilly . John Jackson of Charlemont.

15th April, 1816.

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Benjamin Marks, Cloveden. Abraham Walker, Loughgall.

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Robert Cardwell of Cloveden. Thomas Todd, Drumnasoo.

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19th April, 1813.

George Hutcheson, Turkarry. Thomas Datison, Ardress •

3.oth March, 1812.

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Robert Thompson, Derrycrew. Samuel Pilly, Mullabawn.

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15th April, 1811.

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Richard Wilson of cawsnagh. Samuel Pilly of Mullabawn.

3rd April, 1809. 23rd April, . 1810.

Wm. Newton or Cloveden. Drumnasoo. John Johnston

18th April, 1800.

Jobn Hyde of Ballymagern y. Joseph Clarke of Du.nvally.

30th March., 1807.

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Silliam Mills of Dunvally.

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William B. Picknell, Cloveden. John Fair, Altaturk.

3th April, 1822.

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John Hyde Cardwell, Loughgall. Thomas Walker, Ballytyrone.

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20th April, 1835.

Thomas McPowell, Ballygawsey. William He1ferty, Drumnasoo.

la1ter Monday, 1836.William Orr, Ballymagerny. William Jenkinson of Rathdrumere. ·

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21st April, 1834.

Thomas Proctor, Coragh. Hugh Kimlahan, Leveleglish.

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8th April, 1833.

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Philip Redmond, _Coragh. Richard Jones, Altaturk.

23rd April, 1832.

Benjamin Barrett, Altaturk. William Jackson, Ballymagerny.

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12th .April, 1830.

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John Barrett' Al Altaturk Joseph Jackson, Ballymagerny.

John Jenkinson of Mullanasilly. Robert Jackson, Ballymagerny.

20th April, 1829.

Jacob Orr, Ballymagerny. John Deacon, Alta.turk.

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James Marshall, Derrycrew. William Birch, Mullanasilly.

16th April, 1827.

John Whitford. Henry Jackson of Drumb.eriff.

27th April, 1826.

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Robert Orr, Ardress. John Whitford, . Senior, Mullanasilly.

4th Apr i1, 1825.

Thomas Pillow, Mullabawn; Robert Orr, Ardress.

12th April, 1824.

Henry Pillow, Altaturk. Wm. Robinson, Coragh.

31st March, 1823.

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Dobbin Barrett, Aitaturk • . George Wilson, Cawsnagh.

16th April, 1838.

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Richard Cherry. John Wrigllt.

21st, Jlarcb., 1853.

Robert Cope, Esq., William Robert Cardwell.

12th April, 1852.

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John Hardy, Esq., L~veleglish. William Hutcheson, Creenagh.

21st April, 1851.

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John Robinson, Corag~. John Walker, Ballytyrone.

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William Orr, Drumheriff. James Davison.

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Jac::ob Orr. Bo~ert Addy.

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5th April, 1848.

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Jacob Orr. Robert Addy.

Sth· April, 1847.

1st April, 1850.

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William Hardy, Esq., Simon Jackson, Drumherrif.

13th April, 1846.

William Halligan, Cloveden. Hugh McWade, Ballymag~rny.

8th April, 1844.

9th April, 18491

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Philip Redmond, Coragh. · Thomas Davidson, Jun., Ardress.

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Thomas Spencer, cawsnagh. Sinclair Orr, Loughgall.

17th April, 1843.

Forbes Redmond, cawsnagh • .George Walker, Loughgall.

2oth March, 1842.

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20th April, i841.

C. Ensor, Esq., Cloveden. John Davidson, Ardress.

20th April, 1840.

Thomas Sinclair, Loughgall. William Preston, Mullabawn.

Easter Monday, 1839.

John Running, Mullansilly. William Addy, Lissamey.

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17th April, 1854.

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William Halligan. John Proctor.

9th Apr 11, 1855.

George Curran. T~omas Proctor.

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William Hardy. Jacob Orr.

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18th April, 1870.

As in 1868.

J.A.M. Cope, Esq., Drumilly House. Thomas wr ight.

29th March, 1869.

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Joseph Nickelson. John Robinson.

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Robert B. Templer, Esq. J .H. Cardwell. ·

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13th April, 1868.

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Jacob Orr Wi 11..1 am Hardy.

17th April, 1865.

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As above.

28th April, 1864.

27th April, 1867.

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William Hardy, Esq., Jacob orr, Laurel Hill.

5th April, 1863.

2nd April, 1866.

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Richard Cberry. Tbomas Proctor • . William orr., Drumheriff. John Walker.

21st April, 1862.

Hobson Proctor, Drumilly.

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T.W. Doubleday, Cloveden.

1st April, 1861.

Robert McWade, Ballymagerny. John Wright, of Drumilly.

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25th April, 1859.

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John McDowell, Ballygawsey. John Kincaid, Ballytyrone.

5tb April, 1858.

9th April, 1860.

Thomas Ross, Lissheffield. Thomas Proctor, Coragh.

13th April, 1857.

James Lonsdale, Coragh. Jobn Walker, · Ballytyrone.

23rd Aprii, 1856.

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1st. April, 1872.

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J.A.M. Cope, Esq., F.J. Walker.

14th April, 1873.

Capt. Robinson. Thomas Walker, Ballytyrone.

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J.A.M. Cope. George Albin.

6th .April, 1885.

J.A.M. Cope. Thos. Hall.

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Northern

Books 1774-1885. Karch 1929.

' liet should be checked against signatures as I Thi•

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Samuel Orr, J.unior. Thomas Fowler Hall.

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Arthur Cope. Thomas Hall.

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T. Hall. George Cope.

26th March, 1883.

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in 1879.;

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17th. April, 1881.

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· J.A.M. Cope John Walker.

14t.h April, 1879.

22nd April, 1880.

John Walker Capt. Robinson.

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22nd April, 1878.

Sergeant Beattie. Capt. Robinson.

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17th. April, 1876.

Falls Walker. Capt. Robinson.

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29t.h March., 1875.

6th. April, 1874.

As in 1872.

only ab•tracted the names of the c h~rcb. · wardens chosen at

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eacn Easter Vestry and it is probable that a cnurchwarden may have died in hie year of office or as sometimes happens

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Ar have refused to Act. -8-

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Dublin Gazette No.1541 for March 27-30, 1742.

Dublin March 30.

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News of a fire at Omagh, Co.Tyrone, which consumed whole town except the public buildings as Jail, Corthouse, Church etc. Damage £20poo.

Dublin Gazette No.1551, for May 4-8, 1742.

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On her coming into this harbour her guns were fired thereby giving a joyful notice to the inhabitants of this city of the supply of our own kingdom's produce brought in her. The Coals are said to be as good as any brought from England and as they will come much cheaper will n~t only relieve the consumer, but will also save vast sums of money annually carried out of the Kingdom for that commodity.

Sunday evening last arrived here the "Cope of Lough Neagh 11 Simple Master with 50 tons of Irish Coals from Newry being the first ship leaden the·re since the new Canal was finished.

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MullavillJ 11 a daughter of the ancient parish of

Kil.Dlore and tor that reason you must forgive me i t I devote

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rradition asserts that st. Patrick visited Kil.Dlore on

that name.

a few minutes to the venerable ecclesiastical foundation of

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his way to Armagh in the year l+ltlt- A.D., but there is good

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We must, therefore, assume that Patrick's excursion

to Kilmore was ot later date, possibly contemporaJ7 with

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the establishment or a church at Maghon, a townl.and near

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rb.at church has, of course, long since

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Christian usage.

Portadown where he converted a well of pagan origin to

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d11appeared, but the spring, commonly called "St. Patrick's

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11 still in existence.

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Well", remained a plaoe ot pilgrimage to recent times and

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lt22 and was the first church erected in Ireland.

It is quite \

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ArmachJ that as a religious centre it dates back to the year

It has been said that Kilmore was 1n being before

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true that Christianity had penetrated to Ireland before the 1t1 dedication to his triend st. Aidan

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evidence t'hat the saint approached Armagh from the south-

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It is very doubtful. whether either of

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more probable that in reality it was consecrated in honour

ot St. Aidan ot Doi~ Bl't\cha1a1 1 a native of the illlllediate Conaequentl.7 we must suppose a church sub1equent district.

to Armagh rather than betore, a theory borne out bf the taot

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that the earlle st entry in Irish Annals relating to the

.From then

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pre sent day.

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onwards its h11tor1 can be traced in datable sequence to the

death ot an Abbot of Itilmore occurs in

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Armagh religious houses raided by the Vikings who seem to have reached the parish 1n the year 872, considerably later

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than in Armagh city where they ravaged the churches, abbeys and schools many times' in that and the succeeding century.

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9th centurJ and records ot vicars and rectors exist from 1367 to date. It. was earl}' linked with Armagh, the reotor-

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Kilmore is one ot the best documented parishes in the county. Lists ot its abbots begin in the first halt ot the

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ahip being vested 1n the Dean and the vicarship 1n the Chancellor, two dignitaries of the Cathedral ot st. Patrick

ot Armagh. In 1627 the parish was attached to the Chancellorby lhip and ~',.....:notor1 of Killllore became Chancellors ot Armagh Yirtue ot their ottioe until 1871, but f'ollov1ng the

DiH1ta'blilbment that practice was discontinued.

The little Christian settlement was one ot the County

Untortunatel.7

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~ 1paoe does not pemt a study in detail ot events trom the

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coaing ot -the Anglo-lormans in the 12th centuey down to the Reformation.

The present church 11!1 believed to ocaupy the old site •

Like other County Armagh churches it had its Holy Well,

possibly assigned to st. Aidan but aoco:rding to the Ordnance

is shown on the -Plantation Maps of

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It did not sutter

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A church

l'°9t and in 1622 a new edifice was built.

to 8.DJ great· extent in the Civil War ot 161+1-1+2 and did not

Kl"Jlle-na-gort.

survey Place-name ·Books ot 1835 then associated with a St.

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was taken down with the exoept1on of the tower, a massive

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pleasing feature in the landscape.

greatly enhanced the charm of the church and was a most

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octagonal copper spire ( since dismantled) was added that

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In 1825 a handsome

spiral staircase leading to the belt?7.

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medieval structure with walls nine feet thiok enclosing a

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church escaped destruction 1n the Civil War the reotor and a

ln pa11ing we should perhaps mention that though the

number of parishioners lost their 11ns in that tragio period.

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Shortly afterwards Cromwellian soldiers arrived and on an

8111nence on the road trom Vineoash to Stonebridge that famous

or infamous commander is still OOIIID8II01'ated by Oliver's Hill.

le became Comaander-<hm•nl in Ireland in 16lt9 and in 1657 he

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require rebuilding until 1811+, at which time the old ohuroh

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authorised a Commia~1on to examine the working and incomes ot parish•• 1n the county, a body whose findings are of interest It was then decided that the

trom the local point ot view.

church shoUld be removed f'rom ~lmore to Leggacorry (now R1chh111) as it was f'elt that such a change would be more

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and dividing Armagh parishea oame to nought and so K11more still sta~ds proudlf on the hilltop site it has oooupied for

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roughly 1;00 rears. As a parish Ul.Jlore was at one time of' great extent, comprising the present parishes of' Mullavilly (formed 17;0),

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Richhill (1837), ~t. Savi.our•s (18;6) and Diamond (circa 1867). We shall now investigate that part of' the parish which we

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her plaoe 1n the list.

as the eldest daughter Mul.lavill.7 demands the respect due to

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%he first allusion to a church at Mul.lavi.117 of' which I am aware 11 contained in the Vestry Book of ltilmore under date 3l'd-Oct_o ber, 1750, wherein there is a note regarding the

then in being or at least nearing

OOllpletion.

wa1

J'rom that we may take it f'or granted

the new church".

that the building

Hpairing "of' the road f'l'OII Br,an .reran•s to the great road ~

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know so well as Mullavi.117, bearing in mind, ot course, that

'.rhree years that "Robert Smyth be appointed sohoolllaster". later came the Restoration and Cromwell's plans tor uniting

At the same time it was convenient for the parishioner•• suggested that Leggaoor17 was a tit plaoe for a school and

the same souoe we learn that "Bl•ents",

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5o that 11 bread and wine tor communion, ware charges against •the new church" in August 1752.

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niat presumes a church in

being in the previous year, a tact confirmed b7 a rather

nte ancient tont is no longer 1n use,

saw it last in 1927.

quaint old font dated 11,1, which I hope still survives - I

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1111st haYe been 1111ch appreciated by the people

and

to Kilmore,

Mullavilly church wame into existence as a Chapel ot Ease

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ot the eleven townlands concerned, In the middle ot the 18th

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It was a

long ~ourney by indifferent road.1, from say Mullahead or

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Vnshinagh to Kil.more, so the new ohuroh 111Ust have been a

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oonsideration.

welcome addition to the amenities ot the district under

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At that time the rector was the Rev. John Brandath, M.A.,

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the parish ot Kil.more,

and

tor the Chanoallorship ot Armash

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a fol'1111r Dean ot .Armagh, who had resigned the deanery 1n 1736

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both ot which he held until his death 1n 1764. Be was the

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built the ohuroh at his own expense.

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founder ot Mul.laY:1111 and according to a Rural Deanery Report

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Vntortunatel7 we have no knowledge ot the first pastor Lodge's Obituarie1 give the death ot the Rev.

appointed.

ot Mul.laVilly but we can be certain a curate ot Kilmore was

ldward SiDCleton, Curate ot Mullav1117, 1n June 1767. He Hc1 to haft been ,uoaeeded b7 the Rev. William Campbell.

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century transport tacillties were of a simple type,

was re-coloured and restored externall7.

it was replaced by a new one 1n 1885, 1n which year the church

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51.

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BJ an entry in Killlore Ve1t17 Books he appears to have been curate ot MUl.la'fi.117 tor some tim.. previous to .ru111769. Leslie's "Armagh _Cle:r17 and Parishes" gives a complete

list ot the Perpetual Curates trom 1807 to 1872 and Incumbents from 1872 to 19lt8, but I shall not worry 7ou

with their names and dates interesting though they may be.

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dnelopedt and by

had

1769 root troul)le

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1773, owing -t o inonas1ng Wol'shippers, a gallery became fhe same authority tells us that necessary and was erected.

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in 1778 the root was of shingles, some slight renovations being nece11ary in that and the follo~ year. '.L'he church

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another hundred years at least.

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exterior was originall.J white-washed and indeed stqed so tor

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ln 1790 the Rev. wa, Lodge became Chancellor ot Armagh A manusol':lpt in his writing is and Rector ot Ul.Jlore. preserved in the Armagh Public Library, It is thought "to

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1790 in which case it would

be a1 early as

1796•, but u.7

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have been compiled between 1795 and 1800, but po181bl7 in

It 1s a rather curious

the new church at Mullavill.J.

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17SO to

agree with the information in the Kilmore Vestry Book in

dooaent and emphasises the luit7 that then existed in P&l'Oahial attairs. ror instanoe, the ground on which the

lbuoh had been built bad never been legallJ impleunted,

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we learn that in

We shall now br1etl7 consider the church itself• The first reference crops up in 17;0. Frc:a lilmore Vestry Books

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nor the church oonseorated though in use tor near]¥ forty lt does, however, describe the church as it was then,

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stating that • ·

11-fhe seats are open and in good order as is the entire

The curate resides at Mo7allen in the county

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ot Down, about 2 miles t:rom the churah, not being able to procure proper aoo01111lodat1on in the parish, but having latel7 taken a tal'lll trom Lord Sandwich proposes

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to build and settle there without dalq".

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You will notice that the crurate is not named.

It seems

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probable that he was the same person as the author ot tvo

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brought along to show 7ou.

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pamphlets published 1n Newey 1n 179lt, one ot which I have

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parish was legalized bf a oonve7ance tram Jercae, Count de

hav1ng been entrusted to the Churchwardens tor the use ot the

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In the

Salis, ot whOIR and his predecessors in the manor ot famnaghYeltoDt X shall have a taw words to sq later.

following 7ear the ~uroh was at long last consecrated by

the Lord Primate, Al'chbishop William Stuart, brother ot the

In 1812 a glebe-houae or nctoey was built 1n an4 oont1me4 in use until recently.

.Bal.l.tJa»oJc

then Barl ot Bate, but so tar as ia known it yet awaits 4e4ioation.

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In 1809 the matter of the church and burial ground not

The bUJ.71ng ground contains about 3 rood •

and is well fenced and has wooden gates hung on brick

piers.

aemce •

church, tower, etc. with eveey necess&1"7 tor cliVine

Eight

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5'3 . )'ears later, in 1820, the ohuroh was again enlarged, and

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aopper beggars _• badges inscribed "Mullan.117 Precinct• were At the same

adopted tor regulating vagranta in the pariah.

the persona receiving suah badges

Parishioners were requested not to assist

should be issued.

bearing desoript1on1

time it was decreed at the relevant Ve;try that licences

beggars unless they were thus equipped and possessed

such

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In 1823 it was decided to build a new gallery at the

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Jlurther 1.Dlprovements took plaae 1n 1812 and, ot course,

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use.

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vest end ot the ohuroh - possibly the earlier gall•1"1 was taken awa7 during the enlargement ot 1820. By 182lt- it was in

beautitul and best turnished churches in Count:, Armagh.

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century resulting in Hullavill.7 becoming one or the most

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great aah1evements haft been accomplished within the last

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Hours could be spent on the Vestry Books ot the parish.

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vare responsible tor the up-keep ot roads, the nliet ot the

In the days when it was first carved out ot ICilmore, vestries

poor, the care ot toundlings, etc. Mullan.117 Vestry Minutes

to tilling the gap 'between that date and 17~0.

war

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are onlJ available troa 18llt but Kilm.ore records go a long

Ve 11111t now discuss the earlier historical background

It 11, aa JOU know, chiefly sited in the

ot the parish.

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neighbous.

certitioates ' ot poverty, signed bf two ot their respeotable

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anoient baZ'ODf ot Orior, heritage of' the o•Ban1ons, Lords

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of Orior, a family descended trom the princely Daire who

granted St. Patrick, over 1~00 years ago, the site on which »own the oenturie s the old cathedral ot Armagh now stands,

trom that date until the plantation of' Ulster they were

supreme in Or1or - now, alas, they are al.most torgotten.

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ot the latter period have been

A tev weapons

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found and are in private possesaion - like a ,wo~d &Del spearhead found in Braokagh townland and long cared tor at Carrick-

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that family,

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blacker and still in the ownership of' the present head ot

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rhere are a number of rather badly damaged single-ringed B.~. to as late as

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iall.Jknock, Kullahead, tamnaghmore, '.ramnaghvelton, Braokagh and Lisavague, and mal'J1 ot them are traditionally associated

With the fairies despite the tact that in reality the7 were tort1t1ed hoae 1teads, I well r811811lber an aacount of' tairy

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reve11 at Li1avague tormlng the basis ot an interesting

article in the Portadown iiae1 of Haroh 1930, Rad it been

Vl'itten earlier in the daJ• when there ware st~ll eleven Plll»Uo hou1e1 betwen Hulla'Yill)' rums on the Portado'IIDRoad and Derl'Jhal• Gomer and whiskey three

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• edieval times. Bxamples are easily traceable still in

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some of' which may date from about

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earthworks ot the type commonly called torts still surviving,

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Bronze Age.

The parish is not of great interest archaeologica].]y. There are no prehistoric burial places ot the Baollthic or

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half•penoe a naggin, it would have been even more entertaining.

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~• lands that comprise the parish were .tortei ted bf the o•Hanlona in the alosing yeara ot the reign ot Elizabeth the

Pirat, and were granted in 1610 bf James the First to Sir Jchn

Bouchier, Kni~ht, who a couple ot years later purchased the

ad~oining Manor ot Clare from Sir Francis Cooke, another local

Sir John Bouohier died 1n 1611+ (having been

grantee.

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Henry Bouohier, Earl ot Ba:th.

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Lord Bath died in 16s>t, but betol'8 his death conveyed the She died 1n

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two manors to his wlte, Raohel Countess ot Bath.

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1680 and by will bequeathed them to her brother, Sir Henry

Pane, third son ot Francis Fane, Earl of Westmoreland,

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had iasue •

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who was created Viscount Fane 1n 1718 and died 11"- having

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Sir HenJ7 died 1n 110; lea't'ing an only son Charles Fane

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Count de Salis, by

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Jlary who married 1n 173; Jerome,

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11ho• she had an elder son Jerome who, in 1807 1

moaeeded his tather as Count de 8al1s, and in

1lhe

the 1Dller1tor ot

1831 obtained a Royal lioenoe pel'lllitting him to u1e the DalD8 ot ,ane in addition to de Salis, as

e1tates and being the next

11&1• npl'81entative ot Charles, last Viscount Fane.

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11. Dorothy who married in l'AO John, Earl ot Sandwich,

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1166,

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l, aharl••• 2nd Viscount Fane, who died without issue

issue, 'Whereupon the two properties passed to his brother,

elected M.P. tor County Armagh in the previous year) without

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Jerome, Count de Salis (1807-1836) and his son Peter John Fane de Salis, Count de Salis (1836-

) were the

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two members ot the family most interested in MUl.lavillY•

The former had a lease of ?anderagee Castle for a short

period but his son built a cottage at Ballyknock which was

Both served as High Sheriffs of County Armagh,

19th century.

in use occasionally up to the end of the last half of the

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Carew• s Survey ot 1611 narrates that Sir John Bouchier

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had then provided material tor building a bawn or castle on

the former in 1810, the latter in 1a,3.

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At anyrate DJ 1619 a castle enclosed by

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place of residence.

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successor looked upon the Manor of Clare as a more convenient

a bawn and a mill had been erected there - laoth are referred

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destroyed but afterwards rebuilt.

For instance, a

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that I would like to discuss with you.

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I fear I have been very tedious - there 1 s still much

Muster Roll ot the British tenants on the two Manors for

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the year 1630 and with it a Poll Tax of 16;9 giving the

numbers of the Irish and English tenants ot the various More interesting still is a Hearth Money Roll

tovn1aru11.

ot 1661t, the 1arlie1t oensus we have ot the names of the illbabitant1 ot the townl.ands toning the present parish.

The castle and mill were later

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imprisoned therein.

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in which unhappy time certain British settlers were

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to in the Depositions relating to the Civil War ot 161t-1-1t-2,

his Manor ot Tamnaghvelton, but it is evident that his

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811111&1" uterial 11 extant tor the 18th and 19th oentun••• I had hoped to deal with the st. Johna ot fanderaa••

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and their linlal vith MullaV111J but that 11111t wait until a

later ocoaaion, daapit! the taot that Hullahead formed part w1 th the re 1t

ot the Manor ot · Bal].J1Dore and

ot the at. l chn

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ot Mancha ~tar•

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Irilh estates de1cended through the Sparrov1 to the Montague•,

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all armed appeared

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later, 1n Deoember_17911-, 1n the dqs ot the Peep ot I>q Bo71 and the I>etanders, a bod)r ot the latter

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, Xilitia were than stationed.

1'he7 nad and were pur,ued. bJ

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at night neu Portadovn, 1n whieh ~ovn the Ro7al Publin

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lD oonolu11on I vo1114 like to re111nd you that the school

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Armagh.

CountJ

It vas eatab11ahe4

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w an • et 1n this evening 11 ot reapeotable antiqu1t7 in the U1t ot oount17 1ohool1 1n

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in the 1•u 1818 an4 1n an aooount turnilhed. b7 the then

Beato~ ot ~l.lNt~t Bey. Jrdward Cbiahelter, 1n Apr11 1821f: ve

_.17 qt ~·-~• D081 tor the 7ear1 between ·

aft 11YeD a

. _ . elate•• the deoaent lhov1 that 1n 1818 there vaa a

and ocaaltted to umqh Pri1on.

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Sffa, ~wver, ~ cap~4

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. and again took to

The J)etender1 tirad tl'OII the conoealllent ot a wood

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l.17 here .mere ther had ~ed some aol'D1ng at Hullan_

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nut

the ailitia, a p&J't7 ot vbioh came within range ot tha the

A century

wera quartered 1n Tanderagee, Portadovn, etc.

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We know that W1111am1te troops

James can onl.7 · be gue11ed..

Bov the pariah fared 1n the war between Willian and

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ve•k17 attendance ot llt-9 and that by 1823 it had 1noreaH4 to a,S.. In the latte:r yau the 8uDdq 1ohola:r1 numbered 339.

•al••.&1_14 ~•male, ~th a _11a1ter and 111,treH paid £30

to:r

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ot tvo ,eparate apanaent• At that tille · th• .. . •ohool oolll11te4 I should pe:rhap1 1&7 that

and £20 per annma napaot1vel.J.

the ooapilei• ot the return vaa the tather ot the Rey. Willi•

co,

upon the death 1D

Ch1oheater ot Kullari.117 (1838-181,.,.)

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Alltl'11l1 vithou, 11ne1 beo•e heir-general to the 011e111 Later, 1n 1868,

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1atat11, a11'Ding the 0 11e111 name and u,u.

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01 1dll. LoJ'd ot the prennt ·, I • • .

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he va• o:reate4 ~ron o•lelll. Be d1e4 1n 1883 and va1 anoe1tor

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A P&l'Umentuy Repo:rt on lrilh B4uoat1on p11blllhed 1n

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ot 93

and

21 Roun

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17 Roaan Cathollo1. ~ the _ w lean .tha, tu 1ohool-hou• eod doo and. va1

:tnlu41 It, Pna"7teriau , . . . IOIU'N

Catho1lo1, ~ the Gil'1•• Sotlool had a 1911 ot 'J7 C1burah ot

lidN u to11n'I ·• -

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la 1826 •

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tlaer wn

lhl11aY1117 Pariail of Ill• • -

llaUt bf

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I•--• aoun, 4t lalJ.•• JI VOl&l.4 N iDl1:reniD1 . other • ohool1 ot . to 411ru• tile •

1 Pre11:,J1;erian pupU 1

Churah ot . Ireland p11pll1 1

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Bo7a' Sohoo1 va1 then aa4e up

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ha4 an 1DoJ'8aH and vaa then ill

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noeipt ot 1,27.

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aS.1tn11 1 Ilia Ball,

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1826 1.1 n1 the naae ot _11he ~•ter a1 WUllaa MoAU.ater and ahov, that h11 aal.&17 vaa tha Oto with a Ns14enoe. !be

~SSS of h11 Jd.D.aan V11oount Otleill ot Shane'• Caatle, Co.

.. ii,..

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tu.naghnlton • a thatched oabiD., lt1t pupil•• Kullahead • a poor cabin, 21t- pupil•• A good 1ohool later built bJ Laq Mandeville. Liaavague • Mwl•valled hovel, 21f. pupils,

Cornaac:rNb - thatched oabin, 26 pupils,

Braokagh - thatched oabin, 73 pupils,

About that tiae there va1 al10 a good school in Ba.11Jllak

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alreaq detaimd 7ou tar too long-.

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here tor ho~•, an4 I have

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pre • ent would in it selt keep

!be clevelopment ot the sahools from those d&J• to the

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with a salaried Master and Mistress,

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Fort site on !arm formerly belonging to Auclley Collen.

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Both shown on Maps ot 1835.

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Fairly well preserved single-ringed fort known as 11 !homton• s Fort".

Edmond MoCann

Oilreagh o Lagan

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thomas Watson Conn O DoghertJ°'

Hearth Money Roll 166lt.

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Hearth Money Roll 1664.

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General Valuation ot Co. Armagh - Bal17Uak, Schoolhouse and land.

1839.

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A tine commodious school. Master £30, (o.s. Memoirs). Mistress £22.

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183,.

firlogh McDeele Tirlogh Dutta McDeal Xhomas Marcus Robert MoJennett Patrick McGee

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BRAQQ,GH,

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alias Unab.inagh.

ra:a: 16;9.

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John Horton Pranois Chapman Ralph Stnnger•

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Ralph '.rrueman

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4 good school,

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William I>•ott, Master, Establlsllad Church. Pay :£1~.11.~. Thatched cabin. 60 Established Church, 1 Preeb)"terian and 3 R0111an Catholics. (Irish Education Report 1826).

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(Return ot 182lt).

tor teaching gratis on Bundqs.

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A good school. Number of pupils ui 7ear 1823 on Sundays 135. During the week 61t. Profits ot tuition and £2 per an. tram incumbent

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182~.

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.Brackagh J'ort 1n Reagh Bog - also known as time Kiln ln low-lnng ground and ma7 have been a Port.· crannoge ~t coUld be the site ot Knookball7brian Bo7.

Hearth Money Rolls 1664.

Mr. Orone11 Henry Ogles John Betty

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Poll

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'1PBPJWI AND HPI:I,AilWiX, Cordrain,

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Sunday 8oholars in 1823 - 339,

251+

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School consists ot two separate apartments tor malea and females, Master ~0 par annum, Mistress £20 tram Braanus Smith funds - besides an acre ot land to the master •with the exception of a anall garden to the mistress"• · Also £2 trom incumbent tor teaching on Sunday gratis, (Return ot 1821t compiled bJ Rev. Edward Cluchester, Reotor ot Ulllore 3 April, 182lt).

1826. William Mo.llister, master, Established Church.

Pa7 £l+o and residence. Eliza Hall, 1111.stress, Good school. Jutablj,shed Church. P9Y £27, In Boys• School 93 Established Coit £600. Churoh! 1 Presbyterian, 21 Roman Catholioa. %n Gir •' School 'J7 Established Church, It Pr••bft•nan, 17 Roman Catholics.

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1,9 1J+8 180 236 21+7

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1819 1820 1821 1822 1823

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Bo, ot pupils during week 1n 1818 -

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llul.laY1ll7 -school esiablished,

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Hearth Money Roll 166lt 1 James McGee Richard Pagan William Cornwall firlogh O Hanlon Donnell o Hanlon

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1818.

6 Irish,

J+. English

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Poll Tax 1659.

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Edmond Murphy Patrick Oge O Calter Shane O Calter Donnell O Calter Neale O CroDf feige O Connellan

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U@ertb Money Ball J664,

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John O Neill, Roman Irish Education Report ot 1826. I Bstablished No school or house. Catholic. Pa7 £2. Church, 12 Roman Catholics.

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Liaavague 1oho9l eatablished in 1823. 100 pupils on Su.nd&.71 • 16 during week. Pro.tits o.t tuition and £2 per an, trom incumbent .tor teaching gratis. (Return ot 1821t-).

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Li•••~ cormill milt 183lt- on site ot much earlier aill. (Sea o.s. Memoirs of 1835') •

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A mud-walled hovel.

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Mistre11. Preab)'ter1an. Pay £2.5".6. 2lt- Bst1bliahed Churah • .(Irish Education Report 1821) •

Martha Bond 1

1826.

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Hearth Mone7 Roll 166lt-.

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Babe•s Port - very much destroyed but still traceable. See o.s. Maps ot 183;.

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1835. A school supported by Lord Mandav111e (o.s. Hemoira).

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1826. John Hol>onald Master, Bstablished Church. Pay about £6 - a poor cabin. 1; Protestants 1 _ 9 Roman Catholics. · (Irish Education Report 1~6)

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1821t Hullahead School established 1n the yoar 1823. 162 pupils on Sllndayst 13 during week. Master has profits ot tuition anci £2 per an. from incumbent. Return ot 3 April, 182lt•

John Bamer Alexander We1117 James Cockroger Id.ward ~ornber17 Widow Hales Widow ConwaJ John Clerke William Bartrwa Collowe Mccann William Duke

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Mullahead 20 English.

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ot tour roads on the

Meeting

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Corner• s Grave.

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1835'.

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Fort site on Moffett tan. Sbape still traceable. Maps ot 1835' suggest it was in good condition then. On same tarm there 1a a tradition as to an ancient burial ground but the spot has long been cul.t1Tated.

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Henry Chapman Christopher Hodson John Kearan B1"7an McGee Widow McGee

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James O Hanlon

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The chapel ot ramnaghvelton built in 1717 and rebuilt 182~, holds ,oo (o.s. Memoirs ot 1835).

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1826 Michael Patterson, Master, Established Church. A thatched cabin rented at 2~/- per Pay about £6. 29 Est. Church 12 Pre sbyteriani 3 Roman an. (Irish ~cation Report 826). Catholics.

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Fort much disturbed but still very easily traceable

William Hughston Ardle o Mulcreene John Apleby Robert Haselton William Barneston

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PARISH HI STbRY I

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Introductory,

St. Saviour's is a daughter of the ancient parish of

Kil.more and for that reason our introduction must of necessity

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Kilmore,

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that name.

take some notice of the venerable ecclesiastical foundation of

Tradition asserts that St. Patrick visited Kilmore on his

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way to Armagh in the year 444 A.D., but there is good evidence

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that the saint approached Armagh from the south-west.

We must,

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therefore, assume that Patrick's excursion to Kilmore was of

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later date, possibly contemporary with the establishment of a

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That church has of

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well of pagan origin to Christian usage.

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church at Mahon, a townland near Portadown where he converted a

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times and is still in existence.

It has been said that Kilmore was in being before Armagh;

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It is quite true that

that as a religious centre i~ dates back to the year 422 and was the first church erected in Ireland.

Christianit7 had penetrated to Ireland before the days of St.

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st. Patrick's Well", remained a place of pilgrimage to recent

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course long since disappeared, but the spring, commonly called

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Patrick, but the story of its founding by St. Mochta in that year and its dedication to his friend st. Aidan lacks

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It is very doubtful whether either of those saints

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had any association with the parish and much more probable that

in reality it was consecrated in honour of st. Aidan of Doire Consequently

Bruchaisi, a native of the immediate district.

we must suppose a church subsequent to Armagh rather than

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in datable sequence to the present day.

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From then onwards its history can be traced

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occurs in

The little Christian settlement was one of the County

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Armagh religious houses raided by the Vikings who seem to have

reached the parish in the year 872, considerably later than in >

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Armagh city where they ravaged the churches, abbeys and schools

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many times in that and the succeeding century.

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Lists of its abbots begin in the first half of the 9th

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county.

Kilmore is one of the best documented parishes in the

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It was early linked with Armagh, the rectorship being

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date.

century and records of vicars and rectors exist from 1367 to

vested in the Dean and the vicarship in the Chancellor, two

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dignitaries of the Cathedral of St. Patrick of Armagh.

1627 the parish was attached to the Chancellorship and rectors ot Kilmore became Chancellors of Armagh by virtue of their

ottice until 1871, but following the Disestablishment that practice was discontinued. Unfortunately space does not permit

in Irish Annals relating to the death of an Abbot of Kilmore

bef&re, a theory borne out by the fact that the earliest entry

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a study in detail of events from the coming of the Anglo-

Normans in the 12th century down to the Reformation.

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The present church is believed to occupy the old site.

Like other County Armagh churches it had its Holy Well,

possibly assigned to St. Aidan but according to the Ordnance

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to any great extent in the Civil War of 1641-1+2 and did not

require rebuilding until 1814, at which time the old church

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was taken down with the exception of the tower, a massive In 1825 a handsome

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spiral staircase leading to the belfry.

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medieval structure with walls nine feet thick enclosing a

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greatly enhanced the charm of the church and was a most

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pleasing feature in the landscape.

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octagonal copper spire (since dismantled) was added that

In passing we should perhaps mention that though the

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church escaped destruction in the Civil War the rector and a

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Shortly afterwards Cromwellian soldiers arrived and on an

number of parishioners lost th_e ir lives in that tragic period.

eminence on the road from Vinecash to Stonebridge that famous

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or infamous commander is still commemorated by Oliver's Hill.

He became Commander-General in Ireland in 1649 and in 1657 he authorized a Commission to examine the working and incomes

interest from the local point of view.

of parishes in the county, a body whose findings are of It was then decided

It did not suffer

1609 and in 1622 a new edifice was built.

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Kryne-na-gort.

A church is shown on the Plantation Maps of

Survey Place-Name Books of 1835 then associated with a St.

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that the church should be removed from Kilmore to Leggacorry

(now Richhill) as it was felt that such a change would be At the same time it was

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more conveient for the parishioners.

suggested that Leggacorry was a fit place for a school and Three years

that uRobert Smyth be appointed schoolmaster".

later came the Restoration and Cromwell's plans for uniting

and dividing Armagh parishes came to nought and so Kilmore

roughly 1500 years.

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As a parish it was at one time of great extent,

comprising the present parishes of Mullavilly (formed in

still stands proudly on the hilltop site it has occupied for

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We shall now investigate that part of Kilmore we

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~know so well as St. Saviour's or the Dobbin.

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(1867).

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st, Sav1,our•s, the Sacheveralls and Richardsons,

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It then, as

but was elevated into an incumbency in 1871.

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St. Saviour's was at first a district curacy of Kilmore

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Clonroot, Derryhale, Drumnahunshin and Mulladry, all but

now, consisted of the six townlands, Ballintaggart, Bottlehill,

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Francis Sacheverall by King James in 1610.

Cionroot part of the two proportions of lands granted to

By the terms of Sacheverall 1 s patent the property was

diVided into the manors of Mullalelish and Leggacorry and

bavns constructed, one in the townland or Mulladry, the other

1755), Richhill (1837), St. Saviour's (1858) and Diamond

The grantee was born at

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in the townJ.and of Leggacorry.

Reresby in Leicestershire in 1574 and died before 1641.

The eldest

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was the father of four sons and two daughters.

s~n, Francis, inherited the two manors and was living in

Mulladry Castle when the Civil War broke out in October 1641,

and was kept a prisoner there until the following

frfay.

When

some prisoners in his stead.

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for nine months he was liberated by Lord Conway exchanging

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Francis Sacheverall, the younger, died in 1649 leaving

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an only daughter, Anne Sacheverall, then aged 17 years.

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About the year 1654 she married Major Edward Richardson who

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shortly after 1664 built the mansion in Leggacorry, now

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commonly called the castle, from which circumstance the place

The Richardsons were descended from an old family long

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settled at Perthore in Worcestershire who from the middle of

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Richhill.

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became known as Richardson's Hill, a form later shortened into

Edward Richardson, the first to reside in Armagh,

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the county.

the 17th· century played an important part in the affairs of

In 1688 he proceeded with a

M.P. for the county 1660-1666.

filled the office of High Sheriff in 1655, 1656 and 1665, and

Monaghan and later at Charlemont Fort where after being held

the Irish burned the house he was forced to flee with his wife and children but was again captured and imprisoned, first in

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party of his tenants to the relief of Derry - many of whom

Some months after the

were later at the Battle of the Boyne.

renowned battle the Major died, leaving a son, William, born He was High

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in 1656, M.P. tor Armagh 1692-1693 and 1715-1727.

Sheriff in 1690 and died without issue in 1727, whereupon the

estate passed to his brother John wo was High Sheriff in 1715

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2. Henry, High Sheriff in 1720 and ancestor ot the

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3. Hester, who married the Rev. James Lowry in 1745.

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of Markethill, created Baron Gosford in 1776, Viscount

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Gosford in 1785, father of Arthur 1st Earl of Gosford,

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William Richardson the eldest son and heir was born in

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He served as High Sheriff in 1737 and was M.P. for the

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and ancestor of the present Lord Gosford.

1709.

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4. Mary who married in 1740 Sir Archibald Acheson, Bart.,

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county from 1739 until 1758, in which year he died, leaving

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(with three daughters) a son William, then a minor, who

Wife was the celebrated beauty Dorothy Munroe.

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and M.P. for the county from 1783 until 1797 - whose first

succeeded to the property about 1770, was High Sheriff 1n 1773

She died in

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1794, and he married as his second wife another Co. Down lady

He died in 1822 having had by his second

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marriage three daughters, co-heirs -

Waringstown.

Miss Louisa Magennis, daughter of Richard Magennis of

l. William ot wom presently.

branch now settled at Rossfad, Co. Fermanagh.

and died in 1744 leaving -

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1. Elizabeth who died unmarried in 1859 bequeathing her third share of the estate to Lord Gostord.

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2. Isabella who in 1858 conveyed the site for the

church and died unmarried two years later.

son of Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart., and died in 1881

without issue.

Following Mrs. Bacon's death the property was disunited,

two-thirds passing · to Henry Mervyn Richardson of Rossfad, the

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other, which included the house park and village, going to Lord

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5,540

Gosford, the respective acreages being

3. Louisa who married in 1832 Edmund Bacon, eldest

The

and 2,210.

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we possess is the Plantation Map of 1609.

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The earliest map

These can only be dealt with briefly.

There are, however,

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The Townlands of the Parish.

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excellent landowners.

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tenants, were generous benefactors to the community and

various sources of information as to the inhabitants trom

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For 1659-1660 a Poll Tax

of the Sacheverall tenants in 1630.

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about that date onwards, the most important being a Muster Roll

A Hearth Money Roll survives for 1664, and

in each townland.

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is available but it only gives the numbers of British and Irish

turnishes us With the actual names of the then householders.

Similar knowledge is easily obtainable for the next century. A !ythe Payers List tor Kilmore Parish drawn up in the year

three sisters were deeply interested in the welfare of their

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183~ gives us a detailed list of the inhabitants of all denominations then resident in the parish and is of special interest as regards the six townl.ands that now comprise St •

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Saviour's as it supplies the names of the families whose sons

and daughters formed its first parishioners - for that reason

The six townlands have other claims, traditional and

we publish it as an appendix.

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from that particular aspect.

historical, so we shall notice them in alphabetical sequence

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Ballintaggart,

Henry Sacheverall, 2nd son of Francis Sacheverall the

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elder, too~ up his residence in Ballybreagh, a townland in

his father's manor of Mu.llalelish, but in the Civil War of

1641-42 his house was seized and the contents carried away, When

with all the stock of horses, cattle, corn and hay.

peace came he forsook Ballybreagh for Ballintaggart and was

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in 1725 leaving. with other issue -

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1. William who married and left two daughters.

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2. Thomas, the Rev., Rector of Donaghmore, Co. Down.

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3. Lattice who married in 1722 Thomas Wolsey of

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It was situate where the present

immediately after 166~.

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The Sacheveralls built a mansion in Ballintaggart

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families descend.

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Portadown from which union the Atkinson and Sloan

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Ballintaggart House stands on a portion of the ground now

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offices cover the site of a later house built by the Bolton

occupied by ~he yard though it is also asserted that the out-

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"Bolton's Folly11 •

family from whom the place derived its secondary name of

In 17~9 the property passed from the

short duration.

The Bo~ton ownership was however of

Sacheverall .in 1711.

Ballintaggart was leased to John Bolton by Henry

~ltons to the Blacks, a Belfast family who had been engaged

He died

Henry Sacheverall,above, left a son, Henry.

the ancestor of the Sacheveralls of that townland.

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19. in the wine business at Bordeaux.

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Whilst the Boltons lived

there the immortal Dean Swift was ·occ.asionally a visitor.

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Local tradition records that the Dean was invited to preach He consented and in . due course Sunday came and

at Kilmore.

he arrived at the church and proceeded to the vestry to robe, He became

but no bell tolled to indicate the intended service.

Having delivered a reprimand to the sexton,

for the delay.

impatient and eventually sallied forth to discover the reason

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He quickly disrobed and retiring from the church 11

that if the bell of Kilmore

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told the astonished parishioners

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in a rage.

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the Richardson carriage topped Anna Hill. · That put the Dean

that worthy informed him that the bell was never rung until

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you can find another preacher", whereupon he returned to

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chastened William Richardson.

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Ballintaggart where he was waited upon later by a somewhat

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James Ruddell inherited the place from

his uncle Charles Todd in 1814.

Ruddell was born in 1738, was

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house by the Todds.

The Blacks seem to have been succeeded at Ballintaggart

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He died in 1852.

wine merchant in London.

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an indigo-planter and afterwards made a second fortune as a

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Another family of interest ·connected with the little

estate was the Bredons. Dr. Bredon•s eldest son, Sir Robert Bredon, succeeded Sir Robert Hart as Inspector-General of

Hart.

Chinese Customs and was brother of Hester Bradon, later Lady

....

was to hang on the wheels of Willie Richardson's carriage

ego.

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The townland was a place of human occupation and settlement in the Middle Bronze Age and the proof still exists

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in the form of a burial monument locally kno'Wil as the "Giant• s

Grave" - in reality the remains of a four-chambered cairn with

an imperfect forecourt attributable to about the year 1000 B.C.

Covering stones are said to have been removed from it for

building purposes by the Sacheveralls and Boltons with dire

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The town:Land contains one of the older Presbyterian Vinneycash 11

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Vinecash 11 , a corrupt form of the word

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Congregations of County Armagh, known locally as but now spelled

uMinnakesh 11 and referring to a bog kesh or causeway leading

Established about 1697

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from Ballymackeown to Ballintaggart.

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of-King David Bruce of Scotland.

its first minister, the. Rev. Alexander Bruce, was a descendant

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It has been suggested that this townland once contained

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a small church but we fear the assumption is based on the fact

that Ballintaggart means "the town of the priest".

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It is not referred to in the

Loughgall-Portadown road.

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The Ordnance Su_rvey _Map of 1835 shows a school on the

Education Commissioners Report of 1826 so it may be ascribed

Like Derryhale and Mulladry it owed its origin to

Survey.

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to a date between then and the publication of the Ordnance

the ill-luck attributed to interference with such structures.

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results to the families concerned, both of whom suffered from

Richardson family.

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After a century's use for educational

purposes it became redundant over a quarter of a century ago, It is now

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about which time it was purchased by Lodge No.395.

in use as an Orange Hall.

The earliest school in the townland that we can discover

was one held''in the retiring room of the Vinecash Meeting

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Besides salary the master received

· days an average of 40.

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Two years later the school had

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fees to scholars on Sundays.

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a special grant from the rector of Kilmore for not charging

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1 Presbyterian and 8 Roman Catholics.

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a total of 46 made up as under - 37 Established Church,

A roll for 1824

survives showing that it had on Sundays 60 pupils and other

It is said to have ·been founded in 1823.

House" by Terence Duffy, a member of the Established Church.

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Bottlehill.

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The old name of this townland was Ballykedymore - the In 1655-56 it was shown in certain

town of the big causeway.

documents as Redimore alias Battle Hill and there is

confirmation of a ba_ttle having been fought here between a

party of Cromwell's soldiers and an Irish force under Bryan The

Toole McCann which is said to account for the name.

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equal date under its present designation - for instance, in a

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manuseript in Trinity College Library entitled the "Progress

assertion is, however, doubtful as it appears in records ot

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we learn that a "fore troop" of Conway• s Foot "were

to make good the retreat of the Horse".

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Francis Skelton, grandtather of the celebrated Rev.

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commanded to go four miles to Bottle Hill and there to stand

Later

In the deed

in 1711 the· Bolton.s acquired the two townlands.

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mostly in this townland, but partly in Ballintaggart.

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Philip Skelton, had a lease in 1688 of a farm of 100 acres,

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Cromwell's Hill".

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the description given is "Bedimore alias Battle Hill alias

Previous to 1826 it boasted a school and an Education

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Report of that year alludes to Isaac and Rose Ann Robinson as

Master and Mistress, salary £20 with one acre of ground. was then described as a good school; and had a roll ot

denom1nat1ons•.

•;7

Chui-eh, lt, Presb,terians, 6 Roman Catholics and 2 other

It may be that the school being a parish

or Lord Conway's forces aginst the rebels 11 October 1642°

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school was used for religious services previous to the

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building of St. Saviour's, but folk memory is not at all

clear on the subject.

We know, for instance, that in 1824 the rector of

Kilmore paid a grant to the Robinson's so that its

pupils might have free education on Sundays and that the

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average number of pupils on that day was 336.

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Clonroot.

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A hill in this town.land known as Hoop I s Hill has a

link with the early days of the Christian Brothers Schools.

A junior branch of the Hoops settled in Ballyleny, of whom

the representative in 1821 was a Thomas Hoop aged 42 years,

aged 4 (both then at

Thomas Henry

Thomas Henry in his

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school) and Sarah Jane aged 12 months.

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14th year went to Dublin to take up a business career.

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Later he came under the influence of Roman Catholicism and

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in 1836 at the age of 19 entered the Novitiate of the

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Christian Brothers at North Richmond St. Dublin, subse,quently

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city.

becoming the founder of the great school of Artane in that

Joseph 1IWp aged 4,

rather by a first marriage, or Alexander aged 17 and or

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Den•yhale, The inhabitants of the town.land have always had a

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reputation as sportsmen and the "Derryhale Hounds 11 were a

club that once provided excellent exercise for all the Local lore, indeed, credits the hares

surrounding townlands.

of those days with being intelligent enough to lead the hunts There the

to "Wright's Corner 11 , an unlucky place to pass.

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"The sportsmen all are gathered, To raise the game they go, Poor puss she starts from cover, The huntsman cries - halloo, Off she goes through Derryhale, The hounds they hunt her fair And he that lives in Mulladry Can nearly run the hare".

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The Richardson family organized a·school here before 1835.

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hunt -

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Bernard Short in one of his effusions describes such a

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Tradition states that the founders were

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still going strong.

It is shown on the Ordnance Survey maps of that year and is

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It replaced an earlier school established in 1823 in

responsible for free meals therein in the famine years of 1847.

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which there were then 39 week-day pupils and 79 on Sundays. The fees on the latter days were paid by the then rector of

He was the father of the Rev.

in education in the parish.

Kilmore, the Rev. Edward Chichester, who took a deep interest

William Chichester, curate of Kilmore (afterwards of Mullavilly)

refreshed.

weary hare rested -0r disappeared whilst hounds and huntsmen

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who succeeded to the O'Neill estate in County Antrim, and taking that name by deed poll was created Lord O'Neill in 1868.

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According to an F.ducational Report of 1826 the school was held

in a thatched cottage by John Girvan, a Presbyterian, and had other denominations".

The name Doire -h-aill suggests "wood of the cliff 11 and up

8 Roman Catholics and 2

a roll . of 23 Established Church scholars, 28 Presbyterian,

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Cox 1 s Meadows" now ucarson' s Meadows" were also at one time

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hillside towards "Rountree Hill 11 •

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covered with timber extending from that point up the rocky

noticeable on the Lappan farm in the south-west corner.

to comparatively recent times both wood and cliff were

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Drumnahunshin. Why this townl.and should h~ve been named the

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ridge of

Ancient "lone trees 11

the great ash-tree" can only be guessed.

Indeed chieftains

were held in great veneration and affection.

were often inaugurated beneath their branches and games played

·around them, and one of the greatest triumphs that a tribe

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The hamlet of Stonebridge is a well-known landmark and

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appears under that designation on Rocque•s map of 1760.

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that time cottages were grouped on each side of the little

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stream whose bridge gave name to the cluster of houses - now

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of Ballyleny.

they are mostly on the southern side in the adjoining townland

Protestant of the Established Church 11 was master.

It was a

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In 1826 it had a small school and James Bartum "a

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It also contains a Roman Catholic chapel built over a century ago, and since renovated several times.

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and 1 Roman Catholic pupil.

salary of £3 to £4 per year and was attended by 14 Church,

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free or pay school kept in a mud-wall barn, brought him in a

Such outrages were keenly resented and

where possible visited the speedy retribution.

inauguration tree.

could achieve over its enemies was to cut down their

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Mulladry.

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The name in its present spelling is difficult of

interpretation, but from some of its older forms it might

Druid".

perhaps be termed "Druid's Height" or "the hill of the

The Ordnance Survey Maps of 1835 show a partly destroyed

They also depict the

earthen-ringed fort of a type common throughout the county.

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spot on which stood the Sacheverall Castle, the home of Francis

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Sa~heverall, the elder, a building raised before 1622 and

~t is now, however, barely traceable.

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old sub-division of the townland, are also marked and provide

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a link with Bernard Short, a local poet.

Short, sometime before 1824, published a small volume of

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the above year his "Rude Rhymes 11

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poetry under the title of "Rural and Juvenile Poems" and in

of the realm - marquesses, earls, viscounts and barons -

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baronets galore, military in great numbers, bishops and

rectors in dozens, parish priests and Dr. Curtis the then Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, F.ellows of Trinity

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It includes many peers

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list of· patrons is most impressive.

"Rude Rhymes" was brought out by subscription and the

Armagh and then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

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Marquess of Wellesley, an old boy of the Royal School of

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destroyed in the Civil War of 1641-42 • . Pulramer Meadows, an

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College, County gentry, amongst them Mrs. Richardson of Richhill Castle, and merchants and farmers over a wide area,

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the Mulladry subscribers being James Cullen, Samuel Clinton,

Edward Fearon, Edward Kinney, James Rountry and Thomas Wilson.

Later in succession he produced "The Harbinger" and "The

Harmonist 11 was dedicated to Viscount Lord Acheson,

The

Lover's Wreath 11 and in 1840 "The Cottage Harmonist 11 • In all his works

M.P., son of the then Earl of Gosford.

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we are told that -

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"l.fary the maid of Mulladry

1835 by the Richardson

A schoolhouse was built here before

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Is so beautiful to see That ne'er a youth ere passed her by But wondered who was she 11 •

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family and served its purpose usefully for almost a century.

It was then under

school, of which there is a record in 1823.

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There was, however, an earlier school known as "Dobbin Bridge"

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pupils and 6 Roman Catholic scholars.

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50 on Sundays and 30 on other days, Sunday tuition being paid In 1826 there were 27 Established Church for by the rector.

noticed under Derryhale as there is no evidence now as to its actual location.

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It had in that year an average roll of

thatched cottage.

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.t he charge of John Brown (a Presbyterian) who held i~ in a

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references to Pulramer Vale, Pulramer Hill and Mulladry - and

Mulladry occupies a prominent place and there are man~

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St. Savio ur•s is situat e in this townland in the vicini ty of Pulram er Meadows and almost on the bank of the

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Dobbin Water , hence the altern ative name of Dobbin Church .

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The Building of the Church.

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The foundation stone was laid on the. 7th June, 1856, and

the first gift to the new church was a silver chalice

The Gift of Miss Harriett Ann Magennis 1856 11 •

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inscribed

donor was the sister of Mrs. Richardson of Richhill Castle, and She was the youngest daughter of

church was established.

aunt of Mi.s s Isabella Richardson through whose generosity the

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Down clan of which the heads were formerly territorial Lords

Her mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Berkley,

of Iveagh.

Richard Magennis of Waringstown, Co. Down, of the famous Co.

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brother, Richard, married Lady Anne Cole, daughter

Her elder

Her sistes were Ellen who

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William was Dean of Kilmore.

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of William, 1st Lord Enniskillen, and her younger brother

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married Colonel Leslie of Tanderagee, Louisa married to

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William Richardson of Richhill, Emily married to the Very Rev.

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John French, Dean of Elphin, and Alice who died unmarried.

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Loughgall who was also responsible for the erection of

The builder of the church was Mr. Richard Cherry of

Coalisland and Annaghmore churches - both built about the

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same time - the foundation stone of St. Saviour's being laid

two days after Annaghmore was opened fo.r Divine Service.

Local tradition states that the architect was a Mr. Fulton

Vho came out frequently from Armagh whilst the work was in progress, presumably William Fulton of Palace Row, Armagh~

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brother of the celebrated George Berkley, Bishop of Cloyne.

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From

The consecration took place on 8th April, 1858.

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newspaper reports wherein it is described as "lately opened"

we may assume that some services had taken place previously.

The ceremony was performed by the Right Rev. Marcus Gervais

Beresford, D.D., the Bishop of Kilmore, acting for his

kinsman the Most Rev. Lord John George Beresford, Archbishop

A copy of the deed conveying the site for the church is

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preserved in the archives of the Church Representative Body.

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It is dated 6 August, 1858, and depicts a rectangular plot

of Armagh, who was then indisposed.

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The document in question is

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Boomer 1 s lands on the east.

the farm of Lucinda Halligan on west and south, and John

signed by Miss Isabella Richardson, Lord John George Beresford,

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Drawn up by John Stanley,

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James Stanley, churchwardens.

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James Jones (then rector of Kilmore), and James Wright and

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solicitor, Armagh (father of Sir John Stanley, the distinguished

from the year in which the church was consecrated.

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Baptismal Registers and Preachers' Books are available

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it bears his signature also.

Indian Judge) descendant of a family still represented locally,

Burial

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and Marriage Registers in 1871.

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Registers begin four years later in 1862, Vestry Books in 1870

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of ground bounded by the Armagh-Portadown road on the north,

APPENDIX

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:CVthe Payers Lists 1834,

1tJJ,+VAQQW,

Richard Konow J obn trotter

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thca&I DoMlh7 oeorc• Hewitt Mark Hewitt

Ha1117 Dougherty William Craigan OWen Kelly James Hewitt (Criokett7) John Chapman

William F1nne1an Will1am MoCone Samuel Morrison

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John Timan Anne Joyoe

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Hamilton MoOonnell Samuel Maxwell Henry Jackson

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!he l&r1e11: 1'1the-paye:H were James R. !rodd, Baq., John Cbapll&D., and Riohard Donaghy in the order named.

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John ~ e r James Kerr 2:homas Gate,

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John K.inney

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Duck

M&17 Hanna

John 13urns

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WUUam Wataon, ~--

lame• Bofcl

Anne

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Jobn P&l'ker

K•Dl'J Hare

Robert MoClatchey

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lllll l••• John Watson

John Hewitt James MoClatohey (Road)

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lonph Hewitt James MaClatohq (Woo4) l obn Irvin.1· ~un. K1ohael. MOl.enna Jaae, Lappan John Weir James Gate • horse Analq

William Ruddle

Richard Donaghy William McClatche7 William Morrow Samuel Moltell W1111am Watson, aen.

uohibald _re:rauo•

Peter KoC&nn Jae • Hewitt

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White l••• Benl7 Ruddle

Qabriel lw'n1

William %1pping

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William Br1gg1

John L1ak Jame1 a. loddt &1q,

Benl7 Hewitt

Jo1eph Murdoek 111•• Brownlee ( widow)

Jam•• Hewitt (Wood)

Jame• Cooke lalph Stanley

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John Hewitt Widow Robinaon

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Daniel Bo74 Sarah MaMamll

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Daniel McK.enna John Ximan• John 01'87 Edward aim, .T811let Hewitt lhomas An-an

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Daniel ltell.J

Wllllam Gr&7 Catherine aims

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BeDl'J Hare

Richard Milhouse

Ro'ben M.ClatoheJ

Edward MoKenna

Robert Taylol' Owen )(QKenna John ge117

John Laokq Michl. McParlall4 !rhomaa Wright John MaParland W1ll.1am Co\uttnq

Dloma• Chapman

Willlam ta»J.q ldw.rd Boyl\ ·

Oven ltellJ George Hewitt

John Couzens

James Hewitt

loHPhGnham

Widow M0Cro17

Jobn Bo7le

Redmond MoCl'Ol'J

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fatl'iak :Dlltfy 14vard Pee

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Hewitt

Ruth Hewitt

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Robert

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Robert Hewitt John Preston John Harrison Anne Harrison Robert Hewitt Robert Hewitt, 3un. Joseph Hewitt William Hewitt James 1'erguson Joseph Ruddle Joseph Ruddle, nn. Mark Hewitt W1111am Pearson

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Thomas Hewitt (famty)

George Harrison Robert Hevitt, sen, Robert Owens James Hall Robert Hewitt Jaoob Hewitt John Mulholland George Ruddle laoob Hewitt Henr, Courtney Riohard Best

Edward Breen

Joshua Chapman l'l'anois Harrison

Joshua Hewitt

WUllam Irw1n fhomas Hewitt (Hollow) lohn Hewitt (Bunting) James Montgomery

Pbc,ebe Hewitt

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Crannon

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J'ames Cullen WUl1am Maxwell Robert Watson fhomas Nioholson John Wl"isllt Robel't ieniaon

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Charla • Stanl.•7

Joseph Wl'11ht

Bain,~

George Brown

Jame a Parker

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John !rude:rs

James Lappan

IMlllt ~-• ylobulQuln •aim bipe

Anne Watson

James Bane I saa• Henderson John Cox

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~ - ~•ll.J 1.:=de:r Mudook Mffan1•y •01epbJla1N

Eleanor Graham

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!~• ...1'14 CUll.en

Edward Hart Henry ~rr John Girvin James Phillips Riohal'd Cox ~omaa McFadden

PatriakMoConnell

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James Wright

Jame, Doller

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W11Ji• High

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George Flavill

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Jobn Mc,Quade 8aunder1 Wataon VUU• Graham

James Graham

~oma1 Bleakley fh011as '.rude:rs M&l7 Anne Wright Stewart Cravtol'd

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loben Wright Juea Wright

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Cullen fhou.1 Mettleton

Sarah Knipe Nary Wright .Uexander W&taon

Nicholas Haire James Haire :fhomas Stanley Henry Stanley John Wright Clements Andereon

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ilezander Lappan

lobn 'Wright John Ba1re

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Rebeooa Cox ( widow)

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~omas Cooney

William Dlmoan

hanc1• Wript

George Corbett

Bernard Donnelly

Boben Anderson Pranois Preston l••a Watson Charle I Wrilht

.Uexander St•~ John steen10n

Edward Cranston

Jo•ph MeQuillend J... a Robinson Jae• '1.tspatriak Sarah Fearon Jues Duok John Dunoan

John McFadden Peter Mullen J 81118 B LappaD

thC111a8 Cox David Bair,

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William Morr11on

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Cbul•• stanl.•1 and RiohUd Oox van the 1ar1e1t

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Joseph Chapman

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George Hamilton George Callaghan, ~un. James Watson, ~un. Riohard Sturgeon fhomas Lamb

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Alexander Lamb

James McBroom

Phoebe Hewitt

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John Timbrel Isaac McBroom George Rountry

!h011as lfrigh'i George Finnigan lliohard Hewitt Andnv GoDDOr, ~un. V1lllaa HeBroca, ~un. Bobert Watson

Edward Rew1tt

James McAready

George C&llqhan.1 aen.

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Rlm7Courtne7 w.vson Wh1 tle7 VUliam Ro'binaon

Andrew OonnoJt, aen. John Hughes

James Haya1 Jacob Pearson

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Jlqh MaAready Ruddle !b011&1 Wright V1ll1aa Hayes lame• Watson

1... 1 Walker Peter Pinnegan

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Andrew Sturpon Joseph Ru.ddle

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Joseph Hartla7

Jame, Whitley

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Donal.daon 1-• ifU11aa Hol3roca

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Peter McMams

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·George Wilson John :J:roughton John Slllith

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Alice Short

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Mark Hewitt

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Daniel Chapaan

George Wilson, 3un. Will1am Kinney William Boomer Wllllam Bentley Jones Ro~tr,

VUllam. Pearson

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Patrick Magee John Walker

John Murdock

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John Wilson John Coonaghan Joseph Jackson William Rountrr Jacob Alien John Ruddook George Forker John 3un. James H Hark McFadden

Thomas Preston

Willlam Pearson

Kera di th Rountrr

Patrick MoFadden James Cullen John WU son, jun, William McDonald

Anthony Hewitt James Hewitt

Anne Anslq (widow) Thomas Il"Win

Andrew Wilson, ~un.

Edward Fearon Joseph Hewitt John Kinner Samuel Clinton

Isaac Skeath Edward Jackson

Andrew Wil.aon,

Thomas Chap11an

Jacob Cole

Michael Steenaon

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.T_.• Hal.tpenD7 George Weatheral.

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o r. 1'yN /HJ. 1he Parish ot '1nan 11 of great ant1qu1tJ, and it is reaaonable to assume that its townlanda have bean inhabited :traaes ot suoh oaoupalion occur in the

earl,J tilDaa.

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ton ot the stone axes ot leoli thic Nan, a pen~ that ended about ,,ooo B.C. and in the weapons and 111.pltments ot their successors, the people ot the Bronn Age. In the Count1

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the Abbe)' demesne.

It was found 1n the lake in

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1,000 B.c. ls satel.J p!'esenad.

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fhe Bronae Age ended al>out 3SO B.C. and was tollowe4 bJ

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matenals trom."11oh their wapona darivecl.

1'he Navan Rath

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an Iron Age, the three groups taking their nm:ies tram tbe

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near .A.rrilagb, the ancient assembly place ot the Unga ot Ulster, It was a place ot 1a sa-td to b~ve come into being then.

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About a oentul'J later in the year ltlt4 A.D.

1ear 332 A.D.

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gnat importance tor almost seven centuries but w cannot deal Its glories perished in the V1tb it 1n detail this evening.

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h. Patrick unve4 1n Armagh and tounded ohurohes and a school.

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lmov th• now.

:to that great '111181ona17 we owe the 1ntro4uat19n ot Chr1st1anit7 Out ot that eventually grew the parishes as we to our eounty.

those tar-ott daJs and at fynan Abbey a bronze nord ot oiroa

Museum we have varioua finds 1'l"Oll the pal'iah 1Uustrat1ng

••

te:>O.

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!Jnan pariah does not, however, figure 1n Irish Annala

until 101'.t but it wst have been ancient even then. instance the Vikings reached Anagh 1n 8~

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For

ravagect 1t

trequantl.y 1n the next two centuries and it seems probable

that they mq al.so have raided f7nan in that period though End.enoe ot

the Irish annala are silent on the 1UbJect.

1'he earlJ churches ware

discovered about a century ago.

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lhape of a mall hoard ot V1ldng Silver aoeidentall7

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01'1g1nall.7 monastic in oharacter bllt tor some time prffioua

their pN&nce 1n the parilh 1st however, available in the

Later it beoame a Prebend ot

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Cathedral.

was first rated as a

parish ohuroh.

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ln that year

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into parishes.

lSl.7 to date.

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1;3; and ot Pnbenduiea ot fynan

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Rames ot the n.oars ot :fynan are available f'1'olll lltJO

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ottice1 was the famous scholar

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%be lallt rector to bold both

1'be Preben41h1p and reotoHbip had tonaerlJ been Joined.

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187,, and a list of eurates i'rom 1683 until 1883 8Ul'V1ves.

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L1st1 ot rectors under the new arrangement now begin

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Dr. Renea afterwards Bishop ot Down, Connor and Dromore.

to 1291 the minor foundations were graduall.J being formed

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Nlal'Cll regln•r• f;rnan 11 better plaeed than • on

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It1 bapt11m1 are perteot trom 1686 to lT~a., 1723, and aarn.111•1 tl'CGl 1683 to 1723. bllrlala ham 1683 lben 11, howver, a gap between thole date• and oiroa 1806

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Ye1t17 minute• 'be1in 1D

flall miob 1ear tbeJ eont1me.

occur in 1103

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JcU11ng ot lvo bi tab ton• and

1106

and

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to-da7. 1111 incleed a lline ot 1nto111&t1on on sooial aond1tion1 in

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In 1:hoae earUel' an4 more ld.aple daJ• the Seleot

the p&l'ilb.

p l . ~ then as the, are

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'••11 41nbal'll4 the d.ut1e1 DOV d1T14e4 aaonclt the S8Tffal It p1'0Yide4 0Terseer1 pll)>JJ.e bod1e1 of OIU' Weltan 811ate.

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ot hllb_,.a, •dodiam ot tbe poor, bw.lder1 ot 1ohool1, -'•• In 111, lo fflllftl to the eouer hiator, ot the pan.Ill.

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Ut••• tbe goo41 ot·0ven o•Beill tor 11111eb bad

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and

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la l,a.2 the Lca!d o•BeUl enterecl the oburab

Yalue4 al ill•.

• luatlon ot 1:lle pan.lb mde in· 1302-o6 the reotorahip

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Ylal lalioD w1 bel4 of all tbe pal1.lbe1 1D Ulster.

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lllbniou be •• N11Pelle4 to mue hll restitution. Uter •• Plutation ot Ulner (an nm that took plaoe 1610-11) a

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a pan.lhoner

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1700 and oontaln muell interens.n, utter relaUTe to roa41, In the opmnc page1 ot tbe the veltare ot the poor, eto. f 18'17 Book there 11 • retennoe to the sum ot It/- be1DC

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fh11 wa oamect out in 1622 at Vliab date it vas tound

tba, the reotor was resident, the ohuroh now bw.lt (it

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bac1 probabl.J been in a Nined oond1t1on) and a par1onage

In 1'99 the

ereCRe4 upon the glebe.

was much out

aburoh.

a, 1702, hoWNr,

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the ohuroh bad been renovatad.

ot npdr and 1em.oe1 were N1ng held 1n a panlhon•J'•s

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ln an 1nqu111t1on taken at Al'llalh

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on the 18th XOY. l6S'7 Cl'Olllwell' s Comlll1S81oner• tound tbe

town ot 2Jnan to be _a tit pl..- tor a eobool but stated that

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Be was appointed in 1103 and died in

va1 a Mr. Coobrane.

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•• 7et there wa1 no plaoe tor a sahoolmaster or mistress. Die tirn aaboolmaster ot !Jnan tor vbora we have 01 n14enc•

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we know, hoVffff, that bJ 11llt

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~••hl'J' £20 •••••e4•

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In 1708 it was decided to puroba•• a bell an4 1n the tollov1ng 7ear 1t was agNed that a lteeple be bm.lt lot, hownel', until 1113 vas the ~ llbiab to hang it.

June 1106.

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Po111'blJ it• use •• a O\U'tev signal caae into

'-lDc abonl.J after.

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the 1:Mtll.

lt bad been inltallad •• at the la.atn Ve,tr, the sexton •• allovad a,_ ot ho pence eaab time be tolle4 cl' rana

edlleat1onal amw,1e1.

In '11• prniou J•lll' 11: vaa decided to build a school house. CUiOUlly enough there ba4 been an earlier etton towards

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Die Ve8'17 at '11111111•

1889

of Oouaty OounoU1 1n

down to tbe tonation

an4 1Ddee4

was l'elpOUible tor man, dutiet

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now ourle4 out l,J tha, bod7, suob aa roadmaldnc, Nbool1,

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'Ntwen 'Ii• anhld.lbop aD4 Dr. AYeNll the tilen reetor ot It do•• not t,111111 tor l.aDt1 waereon to build a rectol'J. • • , llnffel', to have b e • ~ tmti.l 111,;. It •• ....eqae,i, lapl'ONNI 1n 1811t. l>r. Aftl'ell nlli&De4 !Jmn ID 1171 tol.lold.ng 1111 appoia-...t •• atlb.op ot Liunek.

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.baqll . _ " be llall' a ••17 baD41011e croup ot houses ~ol'

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bla NYeD 11nu1 - a m11aoe dill tc:novn •• the Seven

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1111 _,, net twa .llllqb to Monapa bQan then

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pool' 1111, to11Ud11flle m4

lla1a • • luselr 4M

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lD Iba 18111 - t u , tbe l'O&dl ill the pU11b WN Yft1

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...,..._ t• a 11:aon '1a. !he oontimla1'1on vaa, ho'Wffu, n-...1 .,adD Sa J.809 ml the na4 oompletetl ouoa l8Jlt.

lobl.nlOD lla4e an ap41111at llbenbJ an aahange • • made

oan of lh• poor, ba1141nc ot bndgea, eto. 'lor 111,tanoe t.b• Col' Bridge • • N•lltailt i. William Canoll, a none uaoa, ~ t before l1'tlt undel' the lupeotion ot tbe then NGlo1" '11• lleY. DI'. lobn iUOD&•• ln pa111Jae I Id.pt aentton· that 1n 17'8 AN!lbilbop

....

us eu m

LOS-

!be Vlner Canal oonn1n1ne Lough Bea,h v:lth the r1'1V

bJ 1831 had reaohe4 JU.ddletovn, "118Jo the U11t1J1 Bailvq (later the a.x.a.) arrived at

r,nu.

ot t1111rat1on to the aoon.

AN DOW

us eu m

ou nt y

11••••

Ar m

us e

nt y

ag h

We are, t,nan parilboDU1 lol't the11' n1ll rem.n4e4 ot th• bJ the ~.,1an4 ot lnach

Ar m

1'°9 but are not now repNsente4.

'° haY• cliaappeancl after the C1Y11 Wu ot 161t11n

llbitb UIIJ

a..w.w~,

NtU.4 in tbe pan.lb

!baJ • •

ou nt

ag h

OJ:P IAZJYI lMXLJII, I llboa.14 nov like to 41aauas some ot the older Irilh the O Caanl.1171 were t1111U111 oonne$4 w1'11 the panlh. lrilb 1ent17 anct ftrn appear 1n 11t02 1n "11eb 1•a Luoa• o Oulalq wa• a canon ot Anaa,h Cathedl'al. a., were still

nt y

tud.lT ot O C••-17.

IIUlb of ••

!mow unUl reoent ttmea •• Annagh-llu1nt1r-ea1A17 - the

Ar m

ou nt

ag m

Ar ©

a..,••

111.,- wr• a olerloal t'all1q. One ••ber, Matthew Cbanoellor ot Anqh CathedJ'al 1n 1287 and 1n

Ar m

the Plantation ot

Vl.91••

tom• ot '1mn

ftYI

•• ..,11 •• lltltf an4 ao ,.••Sne4 untU

tnant• ot the

Ar m

......,. aD4 • ..,. WN

Ano1ihel' nat1Ye t..U, ot note, the lloCa1114a, late

••noul,J

02nJdn,

clangeroua that timid people

Bow 'both railvaJ and canal are dereliot and. the

road• haft NOGlle

and

1832

eu m

lnl• wa1 hpn 1n

tob ..,

us eu m

the same yeu beou1 Bilbop ot Clogher

bei!Jg

tollowd. 1n

oJ.an.

tagas.n,

1609 th17 are deNl'ibed

•• the Sept of Clan hggm

and

were Npre•ntecl on JU1'7

ln the lnqm.11111on taken at A.aagb 1n

fnona.

oonneote4 w1 th the parilb

us eu m

ag h

the surname 11

t..u,

the mos, notable

WN the pJ'iDOll)' 0 111111 llbo der1 'lfed their SUl'name fl'OII

us eu m

ou nt y

nt y

us e

ou nt

Ar m

ag h

VIII llain

1'J tbe V1Jd.nga 1n the )'HI' 919. Ua 11111 or o Reill gnndaon ot 1'1al vaa tirllt applied as a surname to Donhnall, grandson ot liall Glundul:lh wo tie4 1n 41'1lqh after e~o71ng a aov1l'1igni'7 ot twnt,'-fOIU' )'ears . Die olan wa1 de101nded from Own, son ot B1all ot the._

11all Olundubb vho

nt y

ou nt

Ar m

oenain ahul'oh lands ext•Dllinl

• • 1a11pellacl to nrffD4fl'

Ar m

1.1a., reaohecl fJmm 11 uncertain but earl.J 111 the lltth ._tu, Donnell o laUl who va1 oh1et t1a11 129S to 1307

ooaquen•

7yl"OD9.

to lnilhovan th.,. began to extend aallwrds 1n the 1th centmJ. lust wien

7ol'llff].J oonfl.Ded

\bail'

and Ur logban now

1n Co. J>onqal

Ar m

nov lnilhown

ag h

lonq11 11iloaa otttp1'1.Dc held the terr1 torie1 of Im.a OW.,

rare but doea OOCUr 111

on that oooalion bJ Bqh Maoin,aggm.

DOV VOY

1138.

are record.eel •• eul1 as

1'he Kao 1n

eu m

the 1-ilhoprlo 1n 1320an413611'y two otbe:r 11embff1 ot tile

us eu m

alcml lb• Blu1cvater ha the nonb pan ot lynan to 11.Dbult.

!hen be ba4 UUped 1n 13o6, lftlt the oburab

cad~

eu m

ooapella4 tiaeb return to eoole11aatioal ovae1'1h1p. 2beJ were one ot the moat flllOUI tam111ea in Irelancl

no17 ot the tam117 anct

1relan4 ma, ~ toUDd 1n the

ID4 one IUJ' I m ~ • a, that nab ot the h1ato17

1t1

us eu m

the pal'ieh, the

ou nt y

Cl.a O Baab• an "1U vllh u

an4 4eaplt• theil" pad l'epate

ag h

!he aod notol'iou 11aUw 11111117

Ar m

us eu m

ou nt

ag h

npnMnecl 1D Ponagal..

us e

nt y

de-••

ag h

Ar m

ue a fnall.1' 8114 kSndlJ people. !be aept Vlll 01'111nal lJ 1mow a, Na,er M4ha or .ia ot Hugh mioh auggests an

tile IUDae date• ...._ to about that t111e.

2boalh they are

nt y

Ar m

In lnlall4 tail.1 nae1 HC to have 1-. . . benUtu, s.a tile 11th NdUl'J, ao we 11&1 aasmae that O leUl

ou nt

1'8la'1ng to the Ci'f'il Wa

In a aaba1c'IJ

h ag

Ar m

ot lAl •• t1ae 1tJ oodJ ffPI of tile O Buch•••

. . , ft.sue i n ~ 4-podlioDI

Ar m

deaenN4 Sn _.i, 11'b oc'1117 doalllent• •• the Clan o Bugh,

oelebrate4 tig111"e1 wel'e Bugh

ot fJNM an4 .Genaal OWn :Roe O Reill NapeOU.Yely Yieton OTfl' ~e Br1t11h Poroe1 at the Yellow lor4 1n 1'98 and hlll,iub U. 16". 1'be t..U., 11 nov

0 . .111, Kol

,u lahr generatiou the lllOR

oonneelion vit.h the 11'11b nent1 4ovn the oent111'1•••

, og

us eu m

Roll for the Count), 1n 16,11. the name 11 spelt o Bugh and alao 1n the Hearth Mone, Roll of 166lt. BJ 17llt it was

1766

the pU'lah ot 1)nan aonsistecl

eu m

dlaJ)l7 "Hughe•"•

of 1,190 tara111es ot lihOlll Ult ware Bugh,1.

°'1n7bulh•• ~iab u, be

-•orated bJ the '°1mland ot

1'be tllllilJ 11

us eu m

a..,.

First.

!he7 t1r1t came over

VII and settl.ed. in the 10U1:h

to Ireland in the tirae ot

ag h

1n the reign of Blizabdh the

ou nt

us eu m

ag h

lbne OU•• Hovden the tOIIDder / the lrilh branoh was a

ou nt y

oapUin ot Bora• in 1;32 and 1n lSSlt va • appointed Oovnnor

us e

nt y

Ar m

ag h

Ar m

It 11 bellffe4 that Con O lleill gramtalba of 1:be .lal-1 ot !pone va1 plaoect tor a t111e with tbi1 tau,. Ve t1n4 tbe t1rli looal lJ.nk in 1'83 1D the per1on ot Ba17 loYenden then 4ee01"1be4 •• the to.ta-brother ot Bush o lleUl. ot Connaugbt;.

nt y

Ar m

We lcnov that Bovenden •• 11Y1DC in the pal'ilb in 159S in

ou nt

h m

Ar m

B11 son Robert Bovendcn

Ill• vite and. abil4HD beh1nd.

with the larl ot !yl'Ona but left

l.6o1

tl.94 Ille OOlllltl'J' 1n

1011• llor••• wr• taken flt011 him bJ LoM HountJ01.

Ar m

8114

llbieh 7..r h1• hou•• vat bunt, and that in 16oo, ,00 cova

A ao8' 1JlteH8'1ng aag111h tllllily settled in the pan•

1DC an utbbilllop.

J'OUlbl.J t1"11D1late4 •• the raoe course ot the Bugbe1. 1'be flllilJ pl'odueed m&IIJ eoolea1a1tio1 at hcme and abl'OA4 1nalu4•

us eu m

,._..,e4 a IIUl.l Plalltaticm grant 1n the parilh but: eeeu o la.111n the pN'l1aU

Jtar an4 diecl 1n KaJ 161t1.

Be vaa thu1 apald the borror1

to bav• rel14e4 at Unan (eaiedon) up until at leaat 1611t.

eu m

Be bad. aame4 the widow ot furlogh

livinl ••

BallJ'Dllletqh (Vooc! Park) durin, that

111 vile va1

of the Ciril War that broke out 1n the Autumn ot that JNI"~

us eu m

l,oJlloo4

IID4 lbe • • left vith tw aona PheUa and

2ulocb Oa• mo aped ,heil"

Ar m

ot wunda rece1Ye4

vith their ,teptalber.

ou nt y

1608

ou nt

1111-ltle 1D

Be died.

us eu m

o«• o leill.

ag h

au 18111"7

tile hn an4 ba4 nffitd ts.r8'1J beton 16ol hrlogb O lelll ,on ot

2be el4er aon att•nud• Ill' Pbelila becama 4eepl.J 1nvo1Ye4

us e

nt y

4184

Hem')'

ou nt

BeJU7,

Her el4e8' aon

Ar m

4leaDtler an4 Walter Bo'ADda.

ha noond. aarna,e ab.e had three aom

C h

the b m Calhollo Cburah.

Later, b.oWYn, he rnu1'D84 to

Ar m

lo•• Bna'bl18be4 CbuNb. a,

nt y

ag h

Ar m

•e Ci'fU War ot 161t1 an4 •• a renl.1: ws eaoute4. Be bad been 1ent to IDcland lo be tduoated and .there ocmto111ed 1a

Ar m

Be • • '1:le tattler ot/lOA B•Dl'J born 1D that 7ear.

lSU& llal'etl 1638 an4 b11 t•1»8'one aq atlll be seen 1n t,naD

lb-1. Bovenden va1 a daupta of Sir !m-1.ogh o Reill ot

ag h

nlictent ill the J)Ullb.

tn,le period and proteoled •8117 ot the Br1t18b tamilie• tb•

••

us eu m

1, a. &lUll'Mln and Waltn were both involved 1n the 01'1.l Wu

et 16ltl

wherein the, 11494 with theiJ' stepbrother Sir

Phelia O leUl.

eu m

4lezan4n wae killed 1n a 1Jd.1'1111 et near

Jenbmtl> 1S'11 hpt. 1661t, 1-t hie brothel' Walter mo vas

11Yinl al Liallheach now Mount 11'W1n in. 1661t recovered

168,. he

..,,a1n land• 1n the pal'ilb.

111

1689 mt n•t•

us eu m

the tollov.lng 1881' pd an end 110 b11

ag h

Anqb under Jae, II 1D

BoJn• in

vas eleotecl N.P.

us eu m

ou nt

ou nt y

nt y

ag h

TU PI,tlTflPI FllQ'.AP lfHIJeIP, In the elodng 7eu1 ot the reign ot &Usabeth the

us e

nl1denoe at Bart castle, Co. J>one1a1.

Ar m

11p

aN IU1l ftpHHllW ill -land.

Ar m

lbl7

ag h

t,DaD and took

pali•etu, alp1n'1oal. Be • • alao appointed a au-,e .. ot An.alh UD4a that monarctb. Zbe tllll11J nen'1aall7 left

Gatova, 1ID4e hel' nooeaaor 11DC Jama the PJ.J'at.

ou nt

!bi•

Ar ©

tan

an4

a fenlfte4 nalUDO•, proamae Britiah tenant•

Baab 1rantee was ntpd.J'ecl to lluU4

' - - plaee ab&Rlt 1'°9.

tho•• two oountn•••

plamed vJ."1 tenant, troa

Ar m

wn 1nnled to aa,Ul1l aD4 Seotah 1ettler1 an4 the lan41

&state•

nt y

Ar m

fun ~•re • • muab 1111NR 1D Ireland general.11, par'181llulJ la Vlner, aoat ot that Pl'OYino• beOOlling tol'teited to the

al Ille

fol' the toan,1

NllilWla of tbeN tor hie 1011 Charles.

manaced. ,o ••our•

Ja,.

us eu m

J JI.

the lan4• g1Ylll to hia.

ln 1610 a IUl"'NJ was made tor

~• 1ntol'llat1on ot the state with regard to the tul!Ument

of the 00Dd1Uona mereby the granta were made.

eu m

for that pul'poae were made 1n 1619 and 162, and

IUl'N)'I

l'urtha

ot all

1n 1630 a lluste Boll vu COllp1led g1Y:l.ni the names

aUll ailta and 11 a reoord ot the tamili••

!bi.I 4oamaenl

the men on the vuioue properties capable of bean.DC aru.

Besides na• 1n1 all

us eu m

the necesntr

to-. llh1Gh 'became apparent vhen the 01vil War ot 16lt1 broke oat.

us eu m

ou nt

Depositions made at that period still IUl'viTe and UllhapPJ

time.

Later I ma, read JOU a

ou nt y

Ar m

pa.nib at thal aoat

ag h

abov oleu~ tb• o:ru.elU•• an4 har41h1ps endured 1n the

tn aacte llJ fJnan pal'ilbomr1 1n tboae dqa.

us e

nt y

Ar m

Of the pUilbonffl in those dqa a cert&1n Limt.

al•o

nt y

Ar m

l61J he leaaecl tOU'I ,o.ian4• from the Primate.

ag h

Robert Covell neu to have been the most impoi-tan,.

ou nt

Ar m

Jeal' he N811re& a patent tor a Friclq Market at !Jnan.

h ag

Ar m

1111 'ld.te Alme Cowll die4 28th februa%7 1623 and was bm-184 111 t,nan Cbulb,ud mere a atone ereotecl to her 1ne11017

In the tollovina

Ga8'le lbane e8'at• 1D County Honqhan.

• • 1a Po••••iou ot acae land in County l>ovn and ot the

11••• partiaular1 ot their ums,

•h• aen it

ag h

then Nttle4 on the Plantation estate,.

Be clild. ill 1627 l••YiJII a son Benry then

us eu m

IUl.l r•aSn1.

Be penlhe« in tbe Cinl war ot 161.1 bllt b11

a lllnol'.

She mame4 Bugh Kobl1n 7ounca

eu m

a.Ito MandUn nn1Ye4.

aon ot Dr. Robert Boblln, Bilhop ot Dom and Connor.

Bugh

lob11n with h11 aon Boben then age4 l2 7ear1 alao lon

!he B11hop • s daughter Harguet Bohlln Cna.~

un1e4 tbe Bn. llobeJ't Mavall, rector of fJnan 1D 162$.

us eu m

ag h

Iler huband then rea14ecl at . .nµallf:. now Pellon Ball,

When he 41e4 1D

am 'beoaae BilboP ot lilaore 1n 161t3.

aa,e!'Dal grendta'thff.

~ hi•

later inherited hit talbn• a lands with those

and

their l1w1 llat/10UDler son Bugh esoapect vith bit mothn

us eu m

ou nt

ag h

the HuveU t..U, prov14e4 fOUI' reotor•

Ar m

CoU11e, Dulin.

ou nt y

vu le11ee ot Yellow Ball and othezi land• under !r1n1'1

and

us e

nt y

p~•aeat

Ar m

ot frnu ltetwa. 1'2S and. 1813 and another m•ber • • Dean ot Ullqb baa 1610 mdil 111• 4eath 1D 1622 an4 anoanor ot

Xn umap

ou nt

Ar m

aealion-4, secur.i·dan enate 1n Count, Konagban.

nt y

.uu,h and CaYIID that I haYe al.ftadJ

Ccnm'7

Ar m

tile lands1n

Lord

ag h

l'um•• the t.U, • • Saott11b 1D or1c1a all4 ot peat antiqu1'7 1n lootlancl and bend•• aoquir1Dc the

Ar m ©

allOllt la'8••

~' one uae tb-, bad thNe re114aoe1, Yellow Ball, College JlaU an4 ma Pokt hollle1 that I bop• to sq a tev w:tda

1'72 be vu dead of the Manor ot Pa:rnham 1D County Coan

••

II 3.

n~v lllaJ l re"1rn to the Bohl.in tau.1 tor a tev

us eu m

And

aSmt•••

Bugh .lchl.1n 3um.or• a dauch1:er Blizabeth BchU.n

aon.94 Capt. Jae1 Hauon about 1690.

eu m

:bier had no male

11111• laut their elde11: dauab1:er Klinor marr1t4 the a.v.

Be d1ed in l?l+J and vat the anoeltor ot

fJnan•

lb1p ot

Jobn atro01• vbo had been reotol' ot Del'1'floran t1'0II 1711 Udil 1739 1D 111h1eh rear he ,., appointed to the Pioeben4-

us eu m

nt y

ou nt

h ag m

Ar ©

Ar m

~•lt1' 1 Lieutenant tor the Count)' taa4en ot 4J'UP Coun1:7 Hu,_., on the

~ '11•

Ar m

BNoe Andl'OIII, a foaer ohai:rman ot the 0oun,1

G1•c1 ~ Alllap • Bia

-.s one

the

ot UllJl.N sernd. •• Jl1lh Allla,b 1n lSltO and was the tather ot the

JlemJ

Golm'7

lf1lli• Joa••

lbel'ilt 91

uu•:ronc

Ar m

•lden,

ag h

111111.• Jone• .,..,.one, rector of rermontechin. in Oount1

Loat'b, ,., ot mo•• 1oA1 utu.i in County Armagh.

lale

us e

ou nt y

Ar m

ou nt

ag h

Ar m

an.

ag h

Matthew stl'ODI•

ot the Bev. John ftronga bJ his wit• Jlli.nor llan10n beeae one ot Li-verpool• a merchant prinoes an4 Hffe4 •• llqor ot that c1'7 in 1768. Hi• aon lam•• Stronse •• ereated a baronet 111 1803 am died 18()1+. Be married Belilll few dauchla of Joma,.,,, Lord Mqor ot Dublin vbo1e vlte Hasare, Naxwll -val a 1rudniecte ot Jobn Hamil t1r1t lu-1 ~t J'aJ.tDhaa. an 1i1tel' M&Jisaret marr1e4 1D 17Slt the the th1rcl aon

the t..U., now nttlect at t,nan Abbey.

•• "+-

us eu m

Gllld''" ot Wllob h11 ion Mr, J ,1,1, butron,, 1>.L., ~ J9lloVI Jlall an4 b11 1rancl10ll Capt. Miabael Ulldl'ODI, D.L.

ot Dun' I B1U are

eu m

'° ntum lo the nJtOnc• t•11J. baronet va1 bom ill 1785.

the

I••• Matthev

Sir

He was .Deputy

ai,

nronc•

Yalued ...Nl'1.

and

lal•tenant tor the OOW111•• ot .lraqb anct !Ji-one

In a 1-ook ent1tlecl "u

eonraa,1on of Oeor1• the rovth.

Oellll•~ ot the Pl'iYJ Ob•'ber, and •• IUOh atten4ecl tbe

us eu m

th~

ag h

of 1111 ooullhlp u4 aania,e to '11• bNutital KiH CalYert.

Be ••1ra._ ot l1Jt 1 ..., Matthew ftronge, 3rd baronet vbo

ll'ilb . .au'1 of Ille......,- 1• 1dJ.1 t1D4 plea,ant pictuns

us eu m

ou nt

ou nt y

ho olller •ons, one of wba11 lldmon4 Robert rrano11 atronge

Ar m

•• Ille ta'her ot 11.r Vlltel' Loekari strong•, 6th bal'OUI,

nt y ou nt

Ar m

lbo fell 111 a.UOII 1D a,118', 1917• 21ae IVOIII• t...U, veN 11D tile Jluwll1, 8oott11b 1D

Ar m

ol'S.liJI u4 wr• ..., .. at Ballould.• 1D &ootlaD4 •• eul.J ••

ttae, 414 . , , bow,er, reaah lrelan4 WllU tbe

l]6J.

nronce,

oai, IOll Lint. Ja•• Katthn

,......... 1'J 1111

He died 1Jl 1928 and va1

Ar m

1lbaa 11UJ of JOU 11111 NMllbn•

us e

nt y

the tather

Ille llpl Bonlala. 811' laMI lem, lt:ronge Sth bal'OD411i,

ag h

Calwn nronce, ltth baronet, va•

Ar m

Ill' lobll

1114 ot llr 0bal'le1ldlaon411nela1r nron1e, 1th bel'onet.

ag h

4114 vilboul 1,. ., ot 11r John Oalwn ltth baronet, and ot

••Ina of the l1'b o•nhl-J.

us eu m

Matthew strong• then

111'.-zM and. Clonleigh and Cap,. Jaaea Stl'OJlge of Cl'olhan,

eu m

OOU'1 Donegal, wre prennt at the Siege ot Dem and

llot!I at,a1nte4 'bJ Uq lam11 II.

weN

Sir Jlorman ha1 some intel'eat-

1111 ..-ent1 Hl.a'1nc to nenta 1n De1'2')' at that time.

ot!Mr lnaliah and Sootah tam111ea aonneoted with the

pal'llb 1nolude the Ba1lton baronets ot Mount Bamilton -

hol'I• tai.U•• ot Woo4 Park,

us eu m

au-c.. , and n.

ot bookbane, DI•

ou nt y

Ar m

1114 al.aml' Doqlaa• 1 ot &la Park.

Clo••·

Cm10Ull)' enough no

ag h

nt y

Ar m

MZXWtJM, l baYe alnaq aet1one4 tha, leoli th1o and Brome ac•

us e

l'Ollllll

ag h

the BarJ'i....aJDe•, the

us eu m

ou nt

ag h

' - ' • DOW

ot Jlount InJ.n, the Croll and fenilOD tal111•• ot PonMUIUl and Duton, the Bal'ril t..U, ot Unahog 01' A.ah - · lftd.DI

nt y

PNbinon.e lau.rial plaeea aarnve thouah suoh aomment• are PlellUhl ln the lliffl Oull.1on area and w haff a rather

Ar m

ideN8'1zll caaple a, •lU DU,lfflt a to111'1l.U4 1D the

'°

ou nt

•ao11a,e ne1111'7 ot '11• DobMn etnaoh, on the u1J1 road troa

h ag

Ar m

&N911t Pol'la4ollD. t,naa t.a, bowner, nob in arthen-l'inpd t~, ._. ot w111• .., be •• eui, •• the eDI! of the Bron•

Ille lolmalon,

NtMr Jmom peJbap1 •• .&ngormel. the iond1 ot Bomnlle,

1 •

Al••

Bone ot them can

us eu m

otii•r• •• late •• mt41nal time1.

bi mor• 4at1n1t•lJ dated until uoavations take plaea.

eu m

fbe tw moat 1nteraet1ne ot that tn,a ot earthwork are

L11loo01 - "the tort ot the o Loonq• 1" and Rathtl'illlok,

toJ't w now knov as LilloOIMIJ.

took up residence in the gnat

His descendant • later sea

ou nt y

Anlagb. and

us eu m

ou nt

ag h

Coml'7

Ar m

Donegal

dnftecl to

us e

nt y

ag h

Ar m

to ban been 4epriftd ot Li1loonq tor on 21tth Haeb, 1391 w t1n4 that lial. Oge O laiU, oaptain ot hi• nation had Other O leill home • ot subsequent h11 reli.denoe than.

ou nt

Ar ©

•word••

Like L111oon-,

ft•• b1Dlc.1nc boaa and t1Ye gNJ need•.

Ar m

Be •• entitle4 to t1Ye purple cloak•, tive

llllla•••

Ar m

It 11 bellned to have been oeoupS.e4 a1: the OOllling of ft. Patnok 1'J the c,b1efta1n of a 41str1ot extending from &eadJ' to t,nen. B11 tribute 11 noted in the Book ot

nt y

Ar m

date 1n tbe panlb 1nol.Dde4 Aftconnel, Cra.vetceeran, no. Bathtrilllek 11 an equailJ interesting earthwork.

••pt \tio were lordt ot nn.1 Owen 1n 0o1mtJ Donegal. but weN expelled t'l"Clll there about the beg1nn1ng ot the 13th oentur, and uttlecl at Murrtel'loone, 1n CountJ !Jftaa. 8olU taii-17 important ••ber ot the al.an later

Coan'7

ag h

L11loonq 4al'1vaa ite name trom the o Loonq• e, a

•tba rath ot the tbrae 1tandinr nones•, both ot vbiah are treble ringed.

us eu m

'°

tl •• • plaM ot nl14enee ot the o 1•1111 pl'fl'iou takf.DI 11p their at the •nle1 ot Cnnekeel'an and Gal.ton. • ltronse au fOIID4 1n an Olltel' dltob of tbe ton 1111•8'• an eulJ elate tor 1,1 •nets.on. !be wapoa 11 aov pi-elffft4 ill the eomat,

Mu-.

eu m

•'bo4•

._. tcnmlaD41 1Jldel4 llaN tw aaple1 - nab

anlftlll.

A mabo ot lmendtnc dllllt 1'iJII ton1 baN alllo

us eu m

"ltl&ek rat:b" - •ratti•

IUCllh 1'1uhl'••·

•u.,... 1-1111 uotha DIIII tn

»ouaa,

•• luantb "lbile n'1:I• and

ag h

•• Ian 1D "'1ala then an ho apldMftl Jmovn reapecsli~ ID

•«•1184 at

ou nt y

us e

•cpau-e•

OrlpMl~ cd.Nllla

,_e later elate anc1 Ille altaauon - , h&N tUIID p1aoe

11 nov naplJ

Ar m

Sa llaape itl lllln1or • • re

us eu m

ou nt

ag h

inned1Da euthwn lmo1II .. Lilll.J'D•

nt y

11•••

ou nt

Ar m

at 14•"1'D • lJtla lept_,_ l'°8 an4 • • lata lla1n at Ouaa&b Jlalb 111 ae .... --'7, uc1 1, 11 pit0bule that 111 a1..N4 11aape . .,., lo aat JIIU• Alon,114e it 11 a raiN4

na•II•

• peat 1-ttie • i tc,qbt - • • lmt the plue name

Ar m

of eutb ealle4 ••• Doemn" llld.all the nau ot lelalh, to tbe a4~oimDI w•Jen4- had1'1on 11iatea tbat

IIOall4

ag h

Ar m

1'o8. At -,nte nao:wu lbov that Bnu 01• llatMabon --84 lido s-•Mlllon witb Ill' GabU O DopnlJ aD4 othftl

lb• near neilb1'amtloo4 of lpa then 11 alao a ao11i

us eu m

a ,ia,u-P'aft rather than a

flp,.

In pa11iag I mould

, . . . , , 1ay tha, the11 ano11nt ton1 wn hoae1tead1 l'atber

eu m

tonn••••

111a11

Ve lball. nov pa11 on'° 'he ll'OUp ot 1cnalp~ oro11e1

Non

trDan 01'01111. . It 11 dittiault to elate tb••

lmoVD •• the

autbor11ii11 001ll1der that Roh IIODUIHDtl OUII into 'beiDI

us eu m

ou nt

CbJ'i sts.an

in A1"llalb l>iOOIHI are tbo•e ~

ou nt y

on•...

!l:ae ~ - tlbiet

beg2DD1D1,

tor teaah1.D& the

ot 1onptunl nent,.

Hl&lplun.DI

Ar m

us eu m

ag h

us e

nt y

11• 1D all lnl.aDA 11 ot 1nat interest 1n thal it oan

!be latto -S.tb 11 pah&pa th~ most beautiful

ag h

tuN4.

Ar m

"'"• lonapeon aD4 KoaalUl'boiee, all tbrN elalN>l'aMl.J

a maber ot

ou nt

C h

OIIOI

la ......,. - - lblll'I wn

IUab Ol'OINI •

Ar m

.. ...... et ODI .u.u nns.v••· -· lbaft ot wuob beal'I IUIU-.i ._.,. 1, 11 1n th~ DO~ 1111 ot tbe --....i 1111 vu ...liNJl¥ ll'84 1n the Kal'ltet lquan.

,~••*"'

,aa.

Ar m

ill

Ar m

..-.U, be da'-4. It •• •Nte4 bJ Hu.rldaGb, a toNH' ft• Allot of Aft11111 u4 Vien .t.bbot ot KonaatuboiM 'tlllo cli. .

ln pfl"1o4 we oan · · - · a 9th aentul'J

du to Y1ld.Dc rai41 aD4 the Dt08al1'7

•••• '1 tile

tho••

oro1H1 oou.14 not eonveniatl.J be nolc

denM784.

none

ag h

wnior1 11u., 01'

-,n•1oA 1D dOJM of the an ot illmSnal1on. Kam1onpt1 u4 tbueb plate WN 'be1lla •n1e4 ott bJ fill'OI 014

toUoV1nl the T11dltc tnvalion ot Irllan4. · :tb.17 are an

••

liq

us eu m

ln !Jnan the lo-O&lle4 tillage Cl'Oa• toJUrl.J stood ill Ill• lbmabya:rd.

It 11

that it oollapaed about the

1&14

eu m

Jed l8ltlt an4 • • than repaired. and N1i v.p on 1t1 preHDI

nu.

A ponion ot the mart 'bu.1'1 a

three on11nal oro••••.

ot tvo, it not

r9111n1

-,011,e one, oona1n1nc ot the

In "'11al taet the 110nu1aent as it nov stands 11 a

Nff9II" pane1 lhovilll Ada am Br• 1D lb• Garden ot E4an.

'1••

us eu m

It stand• 1n a

1'ff1 pleaHD' antiDI on the tenaee and 11 · the moat IIOdam

aa,-11-4 llllt the b ... ot the 18lan4

us e

nt y

Both an

DI• Well Croaa hal a 'lllalliff aold.d

ag h

Ar m

ou nt y

uepiDC.

..._, imo the Dbq 1roun41 tor sate YUJ - · wat1MH4.

us eu m

ou nt

Ar m

ag h

ottllepou.p. ln aie 4-ane then an two other aro11•• both remoftCl ha llalaTb, a ll'aDI• of tb• &bbef ot ft. Petff an4 st. Paul ot &lllacb. lb-, nn both in a broken eondition and were

p1enect. lben an tw ft1Dl4 tulle• 1n the pal'ilh, Cnnekeeru

nt y

o 1e1111.

Crene-

ou nt

Ar m

....._ bJII• 1,. pNNld name tna lb• '°11111an4 1n llhiah 1,

botll auoolat-4 'Id.lb tu

... ....-..i,

Cl'OII 11

Ar m

date ot --'ion ot •• aaatle 18

II •• NIS.•114 llr lallilb IIOOpl in lJJl

Ar ©

....n--.

Ar m

,.._.u,aa.

11 lltaate, 111a, 111en 1• m.denee that Cl'effeknr~ an4 -.taSa ..joint DI towil,aad1 WI'• oripmJlJ ao--denom1nat1ou

'° t,nu AbbeJ tor preNnat1on.

ag h

NIIOVe4

Allolber mob ia,e i.u., nr, elecm cro11 va• ati that

-ii. I '2..o

bJ qu~nel1 •ong,, the riftl taot1on1 ot the

us eu m

('"'1,lbt: tiiere

0 l1Ul1) bllt •••• to have been again made laabital.

eu m

lemJ Oge O Reill vaa re aldent ~•r• when pardoned 'bJ Queen

&Uabelh in 1'°2 and it 11 show on the Plant&,1on mapa ot

wa, 4e•erted tor the castle of

An 1nquia1t1on ot that year deaoribed

Ollly a fl'agment v.lth wal.11 Dine

us eu m

I bave an old photograph of

ag h

la the thielm••• ot the vall.

•'oNY• and in tbe Moond ator8)' there 11 a pa&1age

It saecs to have eonsiated ot three

feet tbiok now stand.a.

it •• 1D a state ot Nin.

ltrnard •' Caledon.

Ol' fO\ll'

1'°9 about wb1oh tille it

.Lady Jane Van Xouchnet,

ou nt

'bJ ber daughter the late

us eu m

1n 1927

ou nt y

It was found in the oaatle in 1810 an4 11

us e

nuifix.

Ar m

mmt of the pnaen, Lord Calec!on, and 1n the County Museum then 11 a bronsa tipn ot Obrin, ron.el'lJ pu11 ot a

nt y

ag h

Ar m

"11ffe4 to be earlJ 16th. oen~. 1he onlJ other rello• that I Jcnov ot were a pail' ot Ml'-rings ot like 4ate fo,md 1'J ~• late La4J Cale40D and later loat troa her house 1D

ou nt

Ar m

loMon 1n a luralal-7• AN.coan•l •o oooupie1 the ait• ot an O le1ll residence.

Ar m

O leui -., va• torte1te4 1n 161t1.

lt bad to1'11•rl.J belonged to Sir Turlogb

la tilat 411t~1ol.

lbe PNND' rtllaiu ton pan, bowever, ot a oastle built '1 S.1117 Jlall1llon o1:raa 1668 1D vhioh :,ear he aoquirecl lam•

to me

ag h

the oa8'1• taken 1n 1867 'bJ Jane Countess of Caledon and g1 ven

22.

!be BeSltona

us eu m

N•llllle4

11: and it was known ctom

'° the 1114•19th oentuyy aa Mount Bamilton.

!hey

were

eu m

oonneote4 with 'b• Buail\ona ot Bailton• I Bavn throup John Haailton ot Hmllton' s lam, tbe original UJ'rlAI••

grantee or tba.t propeny 41414 1n l6]C).

and

Ilana was created a baronet 1n 1662

H11 eldeat son

Bia

d1e4 1681.

daugbtff Sal"ah manied Robert Bmlton ot Mount Haailton.

us eu m

Ham1lton wbo tbua beoame heir ,o the paternal

ag h Mount

and

us eu m

ou nt y

He bad told the Haailton• a Bavn

Ar m

the baoneta, ap1N4.

ou nt

ag h

maternal ••'-•• both ot lldliab were 1'1nano1all.J 1naeaure. Sir Hana ot Mount Jlalllilton diacl 1n 1731, and v1 th hill

estate to Sir Anhur Aabeaon, Bart., ancestor ot tbe larla

nt y

ag h

vaa aoquind bJ the same taail.J. ~• Mount Baa11'on 1-:ranab 11 nov extinct in the ulA Un• wt tbe preaem

us e

nt y

Ar m

ot Goatord, 1n 17alt and 1n 17S0 the Mo\ld: Hamilton estate

ou nt

Ar m

AJtc11onnel Bride• ,till t1gure1 in looal tollt tales

ot t~e d11tr1ot ov1DI ,o a 4uel fought there 1D 1826 bJ

Ar m

Col. Madden ot 811 ton and Lor4 Bos 1110re tollovinl a Pu11aaenta17 eleotion ot that year. Lord Ros•ore wa•

Ar m

Loz,ct Bolapatn.ok 11 the dinot daaceDdant ot Jcbn JlailtOA, the grantee ot the Hamilton• s Bavn estate 1n 16u.

a aon Bans, seoon4 and last baronet ot the Baailtona ot

Be was oreatecl a 'bal'onat 1n 1682 and died 1n 170c leaYine

••

t-2.2

us eu m

lbol 1D the toot bu.11 tbe bullet va, mnotn bJ DI'. lnple *o •• preMnt to attent ~ auob aao1dent1. Mr. Hadden eeoapect unhurt.

eu m

'"° t-.Ue a fol' •ome

time after but aooorcU.nc to

lh•

ooolne•• betwea

lhtn was a

N1'J7 &JIU•

be able to tell•• 11bJ the

IJnaD JOit will no doubt

All pal'ilhonera ot

auvn

us eu m

1eenl Iha, interen •• peraollllllJ.

ag h

oballn 111 JOU pariah ahvob lboul.4 be 1m01'1be4 "%he

us eu m

Ol'

n-made.

the other

ou nt y

Ar m

llaa tile oballo• 1'epail't4

ou nt

ag h

1130,

lift ot Am Clulllbft1 lo the aburch ot !,nan 1691t", an4 a MU• /IUYO hall auk that 414 not come into beiDC until

nt y

1lbJ the VtSUJ .

One wul4 like to lt:Dov

Maxwell to the

us e

nt y

t1"all a IUYO

Clmnh ot !pa.

1'J Mr1. llulafft

ag h

ebalS.N wbieb vaa glftll

.,.,1111 Ulat "!hi• pawn-· ude

Ar m

SUor1p,1oa

paule 1n the olmNb plate 11 a lil.Ytl' pate bea1"1Dg an

ou nt

vite ot !bc:aaa Cb•ber• H.P. was

h ag m

Ar ©

mother/.11.iaNlll

Ar m

lonlllb ot AIIUlb 1D 1661, whose

IOI' tbe

ti.

ot lpa an4 pl'OllaltlJ

Ar m

Ami Clllllbel'I - · a 11 "91' ot the Rff. Rtn1'7 Jlaxvllll

aD4 uanlfonae4 into a paten.

"1111 • elhd down

aci-•94 to a ebal1•• that had been 4e41oatt4 and 1D use

Ar m

no, DOV

lov 1 lball l,Jietl7 apeak about some tbing1 1n

flld.17 40

tn41t1onal aooo1mt1 tbe pnnnt r~reNDtat1ve1 ot the

us eu m

lroou,

Enight, anoeat or ot the One ot the oldel' nreet s pre,_ . Yiioou nt »rooltel,ol'O\&lh.

4a111hter ot 11:r la1U

eu m

ot the C1'1 ot .&:rlDagb •• named 1n hia honour. I canno t be aenai o •• to 111biab Xagar et Haxw ll

us eu m

ou nt

us eu m

DOW 11.m Park, WO lett 1w 1on1 of whom the elder Bemy marrie d Marcaret, daughter ot his unole the Bishop ot ill.mo re and lett tw daugh ter• his eventu al

ag h

m Ar

County Dom.

ftlmebl'Ogue,

Be1117 of

ag h

J. lame, ot Mullag btinny ,

ou nt y

Ar m

Of theH the ycnmger, Marga ret oo-bei i-a. Kazva ll of Orohardtown bJ Robert 81.r e4 11U1'1 whom ehe had DO issue an4 HCond.lf Capt. 1

Butle r (ot the ~ ot 0rmonde s tamiq ) I••• 'bf waom ahe had a daughter Gatherine lbo

ou nt

h ag

Ar m

A bOllN •• lNUt atl Hul\qhtiDDJ llhioh latel' came to be

ou C

.1111 Park, l'elloV I Ball and Colleg e Ball.

Kuw u bou.Ne,

to 887 a tev words about the three

Ar m

J pnld.1 -4 eulie r

nt y

Ar m

ha•• been tile 4onor ot the ohalioe.

eolll.4

CloHI and nentua l.17 to the BlaokeJ'•l>o\11lal t-11,J . tbel' ot th• t:1«> llaqu et Haxvell.1 l haYe mentioned

ag h

tbia marriage the Blm Pal'k pr9per t7 puN4

us e

Ar m

nt y

marl'ied the Rn. Samuel Clo8!1 Reotor otf h ~ J>onaghenry, Coun'7 fJTone 17~-1?1+2. to the

us M

61t3 1n wbieh 1. Boben , Beetor ot fJnan bom l62S'-1 Kilmon. ot It.shop orate4 year be 111a1 oon1e

181\le tbl'ee IODI

1'h• YeJ'J Rev. Robert preND te4 the lll-u nt ohalio e. lluve ll, Dean ot .blla,h 1'10.1 622 had nth NYera l daugh ters,

us eu m

knovn •• Blm Park bJ the llff. Boben Kaxwll, then

eu m

reotor ot '1nan, on land held tr011 th~ See ot .umagh. l'rora a date a,ona s,111 presened in the wall ot the

1'hat building was de8'1'0)'e4 1n the Cin.l War

It, ower 81.\ttend oonl14erabl7 then and

event• 1n !Jnan par11h 1n that unbapPf

us eu m

1'hat hil brother Lieutenant James Maxwell

ag h

made sneral depositions tram mich we get a grill

perio4.

and h11 wite were murdered then 11 certain.

us eu m

ou nt

ag h

a ••oond none

bllilt into the wall ware intoned that "the house ba.ilt in 1626 1'bat presumes that the

us e

&110

ou nt y

1l'Oll

•• w11.

• • re-'bll1lt in 1ao3•.

nt y

ag h

Ar m

original hou•• sumved the c1v11 war ot 161t1 vbiah seem• 11nJikelJ, so it 11 pl"OHble that the renovation•

Ar m

oanied out in 1880 "7 the Blaoker-J>ouglas taas.i,.

ou nt

An ano:rial stone· prestne4 at hllovs Ball

h ag

Ar m

atate1 that the houn va1 built 1n 1661+ bJ Jame• Jlazwll and bil ld.te BU.sabeth. A ,eoond stone

nt y

Ar m

1n the eul.7 19th oentul"J were add1t1ona to a house ot tbe per1o4 ot Charles II. Further •441t1ona were

lt 11

in4Nd 11entioned 1n detail in 11aDJ other 4epo• it1on•

Ar m

ot 161.1.

plotm-e

1626.

present m~aion w know that he milt bia house in

us eu m

a•

lnton1 u1 t11a, the houae built on th11 ground by l•es

eu m

lluwll 1D the 1eu 1661., being 1:nU'ne4 1n the 7eu 17J2

•• rebDllt bJ Roben Mamll and Oraae hi• wife 1n the A JNI" 17'2 unde:r the 1n,peet1on of their aon John.

lh11'4 atone :rea41 "blult by John Haxwll 1n 1802" tr011 llhiab 1uorS.p'1on we u7 assume that 1n 1ta pream ahape

'° that 7ear.

Untol'tmlatel.7 l ctannot date College Ball.

to llonarban.

Armagh

us eu m

ou nt

us eu m

ag h

to the eoutl'llftion ot the nllvaJ from

Boben Jlan8ll the l:QU4el' of &lm Park vaa (aoool'41nc to

ou nt y

Be died

811 tblld aon ..DJ'J llazwll beoame reotOI' ot

ill 1'1a.

Ar m

Ille Beulh Hom7 Roll1) rel14ent there 1n 166\.

us e

nt y

l••• Muwll ot Pellon

Ar m

Be va1 tueo"4e4 1n the reotOl'lhip 1n

1109 1'J Robert HaawU aon ot

nt y

aged 100 7eua.

ag h

Ar m

t,naa 1n 1668 and nl14e4 then until hi• death in 1109

ou nt

h ag

Ar m

ot t,DaD • • tlae llff. lenr, llamll. Be, ho'Wffer, onlf Naal• tvelft aontb1. Be aul'lecl La4J Alm Btltler ill

Maxwell to be rector

the

lan

--'1• tilat

Ar m

P•••lnl l al&lll

Ball (tbe 2114 aan of -e ailbop) 11Do died 1n 1737 and 4-11'.. to be 'bllned with hi• aneenor• 1n f)inan. In

Suah

date do•• •• llaJ ha'f'e been then seem to have been lost men the bO\lee va1 4eaolilbecl 1n the 18,0• a oon1equent

ag h

1, 4ate1 l.ugel.J

us eu m

1798

an4 ill

1838

brother •• the 6tb Baron

IUOO. .ded hil

Julba, an honour llbiob be ~01ed tor le11 than a • ontb.

eu m

I ha4 ~oueht1 ot 'bl'iD11nc to JOUl" not1o• the Bautlb

liloMJ Bolla of 1'61t •• thq 11•• the namea ot all the houH•

colleoted.

Vlll

bol.4eJ'I in the pU'11h fl'GD WlCll the tu

De1p11e the ta"' that it 11 the tirn oen8118 of tbe ooma'7

us eu m

1'he pU'illh ot fJnul

ou nt y

Dial took p1aoe in 1173•

Ar m

,-l'J'IIOON•

ou nt

,hall. ~-,

ag h

nnce

Bolh par.lab•• have been rectuaed in hat 11noe been tcmud out ot

m Ar

a--,e

ttma OOTel' a ftl7 lal'lt area and must be left tor aome fll"1n onallon.

now 11.ted within the pa:tilb 1• the

ou nt

Ar m

to__,i, 1nolu4e4 DU¥1• and JU44letovn. 1'he latter 'fUlaa• •• the_,, a,onan, ot the thrff. It was

h ag

Ar m

euliett Jmovn •• nl.oanaYan '111111 1t1 pr•--' name has been

n••• bllt the parilb

'1dutt8CIM l1tUe Y1llale ot tha11

nt y

ou C

Ar m

a. onlJ Yil.lac•

IIUab.

ag h

h'Gll Jilotll Dlri'QIIO&M an4 f,-n •• well •• 1J.ua4ill aD4

us e

nt y

ot UU,lea 1D 1829 libioh then aequ1NCI toval an4•

and

Ar m

1192

ha• alao llNn H4wMc1 bJ the tonatioz,. ot K1d4letom 1D

nau1, I feel l oarmot 4tal with it to-DS.lht. fJDaD and Dff1'JIIOON were then united a, you Jmov, 10 the Rolla

ag h

tibat we po1n••• and ,bat it 1iv11 location• as wll as

•~7,.

us eu m

la ue 11n• at lean 1'98.

•ldUJ ,., 1Atn11

1129, ••

aD4 Pl'OCblelDi 80,000 lalloD8

per

WlilUJ

JUI' 18 DOW

eu11

pllaun

••l'J utaa.Ye 4lnillff1 tOIIUlded ill 18Jlt

Ille

··"·

1011e

woll •• the Karlen BollH built 1D

eu m

lf')I

1, bu

till• doe1 not pelllit •• to 4eal with the Baaan

"1 Ma11 Gafd•••

us eu m

the ow1111111n:t tsJ was sened

ou J>ar•

1D Penal

ag h

1,, bowfl'Wr,

us eu m

ou nt

replaoe4 an earllel' ~labecl llall41DI

, ·A NeOD4 obapel • • nfftecl 1n Cal'andoolaD tovnland 1n

1:111 . . .

,su ill ui1:uri4 laDI.

ou nt y

a1.-. uout

Ar m

ag h

111a, ba4 1a tun npel'H4N anothn Man Ou4e ot miab

·h• Bo,- a.ad

us e

Ar m

••-1nS '7 lD lpall NlON the Battle

nt y

!ndllion atat11 that ~•n •• a Pn•IJJ'ffiall

nt y

Ar m

ou nt

Ar m ©

11 ..... lo bave

•lap ...,iDC holl1.-.

Ar m

ot 1,0J u a

!he Lr MP»J'I· tomadation 1• 4eHl'11"14 1D • aaneJ

1'19.

ag h

tint ...Uni boue 01' ohvab • • 1D the tovnlalllll ot ,.......,... 11111 tiJ'lt 111n18'er ot the 00D11"•1atlon llaat w b.aft U/J ,._1'4 ot WI a Rn. lcbn IUteblll 1D trbat their

Di•

Calbolio ebuNb al !Jun onlJ 4at•• baek to abou, 181].

1126.

..tbolio am PH•IJJ'•n• CouaunSt1•• 1n 4na11~

us eu m

PRE§RYTERim FM IN ABHACW

eu m

The Rev. Aston Robinson, writing in the Armagh Guardian in 19lt-8 on •Presbyte rianism in Armagh 11 , asserted that if the

inhabitan ts were worthy or their lineage and opportun ities,

they should be the foremost town in Ireland nmorally and religious ly", a statement insinuatin g that we have fallen

He was, however, more

and Prelatica l denomina tions.

us eu m

ag h

coaplimen tary regarding Presbyter ians, reminding us that the city in that year was the seat of the presiding bisbop1 ot

us eu m

ou nt y

ou nt

ag h

the greatest non-Episc opal Church in the country - a claim that brings First Armagh directly into the picture, so with

us e

Ar m

that congrega tion we shall commence our investiga tion. It has been affirmed, and correctly too, with regard

nt y

ou nt

Ar m

?hat was not so to the same extent 1D County Armagh - only on the Hamil ton and Ache son lands covering a large slice ot the county, stretcbin c trom the north of the village of

,.~

Moderator of the General Assembly, 19~8.

•

w •eill,

••

a9Vo

Ar m

Huilton' 8 Bawn to Beleeks in South Armagh were there any IUcb 1ettlemen ts. Muster Rolls of the tenants survive for 1•

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to various counties, that most of the estates granted by ling James in 1610-1611 were settled by Scotch Presbyter ians.

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from grace but, of course, he may only have had in his mind those inferior bodies whom he describes as the Episcopal

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_. 1•ar 1630, and are contirlling ertdence ot the intensely

rest

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aeotah coaposition or that di.strict, but in so tar as the the county stood the Scots were indeed negligible.

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!be Baronies of O Beiland last and West, and those p~ts ot

or1or that were planted were exclusively English as may easily ot Armagh only a

be ftrified, and in the town and liberties

tev names appear that may be termed Scottish.

That means

that practically all the inhabitants ot the county, apart

Under those

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oircastances one would expect to find the first Presbyterian

CQDCregations in the Fews rather than in the Barony ot Armagh.

ag h

trom. the native population, were then English.

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PresbJteriani• is said to have gained a -toothold in

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Presbyterian historians give the date as

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RPstantiated.

ag h

the city shortly ai"ter the CiYil War and that can indeed be

16;9 bnt an earlier instance somehow seems to have escaped

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the notice ot student• - other than the Rev. W. T. Latiaer who

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W1111aa Bdmundson, a famous Quaker,

new.

local point of

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dealt with the reference but trom the general rather than

In the tollowin1

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YU "auch beaten bJ Colonel Stewart".

eonceiYed to be ieriptural truth", a liberty for which he

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•va1 aoved to go to the public worship-bou88 ot that town •Vina a sernce and lecture the parishioners on what be

The old pri,on

J•ar he decided to nlit Arma.eh and tor some reason was

1apn,,... , poili'blJ tor a 11.ailar offence.

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?elided tor a time in Lllrgan, and there in the year 16~

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burned 1n the troubles ot 16~2 was still unrepaired so he

He tells

was confined 1n a small room in the Gaoler I s House.

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us that at that time there "caJ11e a Presbyterian Minister out

of Scotland pretending to visit the churches, and that there The "priest•

was one in his company named Colonel Kerr•.

(in other words the Presbyterian Minister) a1so took up his

abode in the Gaoler's House which was an inn or public house.

The "priest" was lodged 1n the Towards

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next room and so the Quaker was able to "listen in".

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was then sick and in bed.

He came there on the seventh day ot the week and Edmundson

evening many Presbyterians came to visit their minister, and

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The next

and prayed, atter which the visitors departed.

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morning being the first day of the week Colonel Kerr returned

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to the priest's roan to ta1k upon a religious matter.

nt y

Ar m

Edmundson overhearing the conversation put on his clothes and

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spoke to the "priest• as he went to church with many of the

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We are told that Colonel Kerr, Colonel

place of worship.

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chief Presbyterians who had arrived to accompany him to their

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Afterwards he was broucht

were overcome by his reasoning.

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Cunningha and the •priest" each argued with him but that all

before the Justice of Peace of the county at the Sessions

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further words.

IOlle

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vbere Colonel CUnnincham who "had a nimble toncueu and he had

be read a chapter and expounded it unto them, sang a psalll

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About that time there were two inns, one on each side of the old Prison, but I have no idea as to whether Edmundson

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was captive at the Sign of the Spread Eagle_ it was burned

in 1683 but rebuilt - or at the Sign of the Swan.

That is

not a point of much importance - what really is intriguing

is that in the year 1655 there was a Presbyterian place of

worship in this city and that Colonel Conyngham then ranked

as one of the chief Presbyterians - a statement pre-supposing

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that we can be quite sure or would have been the Grahams of

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Ballyheridan, a _family that later became socially important

other members of equal standing, of whom the most eminent

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ou nt

The place of worship then 1n

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on the See Lands of Armagh.

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beinc would probably have been the Parish Olurch - otherwise

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I should perhaps point out to you that the Colonel

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Conyngham of Edmundson•s narrative was the founder of the

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the Cathedral - at that time served by Commonwealth ministers.

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family of that name, now of Spring Hill, near Moneymore, and

that in 1657 be was one of the Commissioners appointed by

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He is said to have come

within the parishes or the county.

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Cromwell to enquire into finances and report upon conditions

froa Ayrshire and, according to a history of the faJllily,

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printed in 19lt6, was a son of the Earl of Glencairn, a peerage

He was a kinsman of Alexander Conyngham, Dean now extinct. ot llapboe, ancestor of the Conynghams of Slane.

Colonel CoD)'lllham seems to have resided mostly in Armagh

in County Armagh and who like the gallant Colonel were tenants

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and evidently died before 1676 as bis widow appears in

t.3'l

His son William succeeded

Archiepiscopal Rentals in that year.

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him. in the various lands he had acquired, was later a member

ot King William's Supreme Council, and one or the many people About that time his kinsman, Sir

attainted by James II.

ilbert Con,-ngham, raised the famous Inniskilling Dragoons,

Portraits of both hang at Spring Hill.

No rentals of the See

We must, however, return to 169;.

Boyne.

and was afterwards present with them at the Battle of the

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ag h

Lands of Armagh are available for that year, and those tor

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From the latter date until 1661 there

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identified as Scotch.

the period 161;-1631 show few names that could positively be

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abundance - amongst them John Goodall in 1661-1663 whose

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is a gap but from that time they show Scotch surnames in

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The manuscript in question is now

terian Minister of Armagh.

wife• s diary is said to reveal the name of the first Presby-

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It covers the years 16,8-1677 and a copy should

accessible.

ag h

in the Advocates Library, Edinburgh, and therefore not easily

ou nt

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· those days that has survived, and is said to give an accurate

The Goodall' s second son

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picture of the dif.ticulties which beset the introduction ot Presbyter1an1sm to the city.

Seapson was probably born here, at anyrate be was baptized

in Armagh by the Rev. Hope Sb er rid, an Independent or

It is indeed the only record ot

Congregation ot Armagh.

certainly form part of the archives of the First Presbyterian

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Presbyterian MiniSt er who, during the Commonwealth Period, actually acted as Rector ot Armagh and shared the benefits He seems

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arising from parochial dues with the then Dean.

to haYe been in Armagh from some undetermined date in 1659 In the same year he is said

appears as •1ate Minister".

until some time previous to 29th .April, 1661, when he

to haYe been ejected for non-conformity by .Archbishop

Bramhall, who in fact had little choice in the matter

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ordination from Presbyterian Synods and therefore could

ag h

because such divines relied solely on certificates ot

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ou nt y

ou nt

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tythes by process of law according to the Canons of the It has been said that Bramhall nailed Church or Ireland.

nt y

ag h

Ar m

About that date Fertach looked upon with grave doubt. street became k:novn as the "Scottish street" presumbaly

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Ar m

up the doors of Sherrid' s Church, but as the cathedral was then the parish church of Armagh that statement must be

ou nt

businesses that we have any record or in that street was a camelot manutactory established by Thomas Prentice in 1680,

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ancestor ot a taailJ long com~cted with First Armagh. ait to return to the Goodalls for a few moments.

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Incidentally one of the first

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by which we now know it.

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because it had become the abode of settlers of Scotch extraction, and by 1712 appears as Scotch Street, the name

not legally continue in the benefices they ~eld, or recover

The

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di&?'J shows that Goodall• s son was named Sampson in honour

Whether Thaker was a

of Sampson Thaker or Armagh.

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Presbyterian or not I cannot say, but I do know that be

was a man or some consequence in the city in 1664, in which

year he was one or a group or five persons who were given a

lease of the Tolls and Customs or Armagh, on condition that

they built a new Market House to replace the older build-

That Market House was

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renovated by Archbishop Lindsay about 1724 and a new Market House built in 1742 by Archbishop Boulter that

ag h

and then much out or repair.

ing damaged in the Civil War some twenty years earlier,

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Archbishop stuart in 181~. From the time or the Rev. Hope Slerrid congregational

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Ar m

in the Archbishop's rentals or the existence or a Presbyterian aiurch on the north side or the street leading to

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records are very sparse but in 1676 there is confirmation

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He must ot Lord Claneboy) resigned Benburb for Armagh. have been at home bare tor his near kinsfolk were then

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Ar m

Three years earlier the Rev. Archibald Charlemont. Hamilton ( son ot the Rev. James Hamilton, and grand-nephew

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still resident on their county Armagh property at Monellan, the place we now know as Hamilton's Bawn, deriving its

preeent appellation rrom the castle or bawn of John Hamilton.

remained in use until the present edifice was erected by

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Mr. Hamilton had an exciting mini s t ry h ere. In March 1688-89 troops stationed 1n the town were disarmed by tbe

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citizens amongst whom there were indeed man:, Presbyterians. 1'he story of that affray may be read 1n Stuart, 8 uxemoir

Shortly afterwards Lord Blayney appeared with

ot Armagh".

a reciment ot horse and one of foot, and all seemed well, In October 1688 Kine

and Blayney was forced to Withdraw.

but, alas, supplies promised from Derry failed to arrive

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certain Edward Stone, was a Presbyterian.

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ou nt

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King James does not seem to have enjoyed his visit to

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!rmagh for he describes "the town as pillaged by the en•y and inconvenient for himself and tra1nu, consequently he

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Ar m

We are told the llinister of First Armagh quickly took himself to Scotland - we may therefore assume that he was

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pushed ahead to Derry leaving a sall garrison 1n possession.

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Ar m

not 1n Armagh vben James revisited the city on his way back Hamilton's sympathies were undoubtedly with from Derry.

Pre1byte:rians of Ulster and 1n 1690 was naJlled as one ot a

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deputation appointed to wait upon V1111811l 1n Dublin with 1'ollow1ng his migration to liaila:r ai.8Ul'aDC8 ot loyalty.

assisted with the preparation of an address from the

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the Williami te s and when that Prl;nce landed 1n BDgland he

ag h

a new Sovereign and Burgesses - of whom at least one, a

James II dissolved the Corporation of Armagh and designated

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Scotland he severed his connection With Armagh and his

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re1ignation was accepted by the Synod in 1692 _ Later be returned to Ireland as minister ot Killinchy and died in Belfast in 1699.

The church ·0 t those days, as

already stated, was situate on the north side ot the

street leading to Charlemont, corresponding very well

with the place we know to be the site ot one ot the two

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Following Mr. Hamilton's departure the congregation

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was tor a considerable time without a pastor, but in

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pre-1722 churches, of which later.

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He lived at Ballyrea

outside the city, was thrice married, had issue

each

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on terms or intimate friendship with Archbishop Boulter

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Ar m

the truly great figures of his day, and with his rather,

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Ar m

wife and was the rather or the celebrated Dr. Francis Hutcheson, rounder of modern Scottish Philosophy, one or

Ar m

the present day. During Mr. Hutcheson•s ministry we find our first

ou nt

Ar m

Yearly fund tor exhibitioners bred to any of the learned Called the Armagh Exhibition it exists to professions.

actual description ot the Presbyterian Church of Amagh

nt y

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who entertained such sentiments or respect tor father and ion that he made a donation to Glasgow University tor a

minister tor thirty-two years.

1697 the Rev. John Hutcheson was installed and served as

J;Il.

137

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'-chb"~shopricu made in 1n a •Sur-vey or the lands or the a.r 1103. The entry concerns a plot belong"'"" .uJomas -',4£g t o Mr. ""'-

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aitlton containing about an acre or land •on this is

built a large house "With a return or angle that is called

tbe Presbyterian Meeting House and also a small house

These are all built of lime and

This is one of' ye great Meeting Houses or ye north.

ye Refreshing House.

stone.

near ye former and in ye same park tor ye minister, called

There are in it three galleries, pulpit, and seats below

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This is at the lower end of Abbey Street."

very n'\IDerous.

ag h

stairs made very regular and uniform and the congregation

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ou nt

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When considering the situation or that particular

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church we must remember that the street we now know as

ag h

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no Dawson Street appears on RocqUe 1 s Map or 1760 - it is

there shown as Abbey Street and in a ground plan or the city

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For instance,

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though sometimes also specified as Abbey Lane.

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Dawson Street was then a continuation or Abbey Street -

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•ade six years later with annotations regarding holdings, we

Possession ot a plot on the south side of Abbey Lane but

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On cemparison with the spot ma~ked

l'UiDed Meetinc House.

ao1t11 in Bnclisb street, whereon were three cabins and a

ou nt

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represented by Mr. w.A.N. McGeough-Bond of the Argory) in

by Booque as the location ot "the old Presbyterian Meeting

tind John Bond (Member of an old Presbyterian faPlily now

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Boun• we are left in no doubt as t 0 it s position. A Sessions Book for the period 1707-1729 relating to The manuscript is in the

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the congregation survives.

handwriting of the Rev. John Hutcheson and i s now preserve d in the Muniment Room of the Presbyterian Historical Society.

Unfortunately the first seventy-one pages_ devoted to the The portio:p.s

deliberately cut out by some person unknown.

proceedings of the Session - are missing, having been

covering records of collections, distributions of charity,

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ag h

incidental expenses, and baptisms and marriages in that

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families of the 18th century.

ag h

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possession of the late Dr. Robert Gray according to a note in the manuscript, but by a second insertion we learn that

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In 1897 it seems to have been in the

of a mystery.

The history of the Sessions Book is in itself something

Ar m

us eu m

ou nt

ag h

period are, however, quite intact - the latter indeed form a very usetul genealogical guide to the local Presbyterian

Why theJ should have been removed is a

4e1pite the fact that the Session Minutes have been

Ar m

1803 tor saf'e keeping. The records of 1707-1729 are of intense interest

ab1tracted.

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the Society a register of baptisms and marriages of 1796-

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it was deposited with the Presbyterian Historical Society by the Rev. David Millar in 191, who at the same time gave

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Moral conduct was then somewhat lax _

responsib le.

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aatter on which we have no intormation, th ough we may assume that some family or families, who had offences entered against them therein, may have been the vandals

possibly an aftermath or the Revolution or 1688-90, so it may well be that the ancestors or certain persons who

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ag h

assanbled congrega tion, draped in white sheets, there to confess their indiscret ions. More simple backslidi ng

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Ar m

autocrati c than the ministers and it was their duty to see that turt, water, and other incidenta ls, were brought into the homes sufficien t to serve trom Satur~ay night to

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ag h

like beating the wife on Sunday, or indeed the _children , would also have resulted in the delinquen ts appearing and In those days the elders were more being admonished.

Y111t 1 to st. Patrick's Well or Garland Sundays on

Caniekat uke.

ou nt

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be tit tor the strain ot the Sabbath - on ltilich day children aight not play games or their parents frequent cocktight s, attend dances, or Join any ot the native patrons such as

nt y

ag h

They also saw to it that the houses were swept on Saturday night and the ashes removed early so that the families could go to rest at a reasonable hour and thus

Monday morning.

Ar m

attervard s became socially important were amongst those whose misdeeds compelled them to appear before the

l'r"·

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It is a pity that we are deprived of the Sessional We can, however, glean some

records or those days.

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tnovledge from sections that remain intact in the manuscript They are our guide to rents

1D question - see Appendix I.

and repairs or the several Meeting Houses, the education or

poor children, alms to necessitous widows, visiting Pre-

preachers• tees and many other like expenses.

Communion services took place on the Saturday previous and

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are c!uly noted. · Such duties were very lengthy and many

ag h

amounts or collections at the Saturday and Sabbath meetings

tables were in use each covered by a clean linen cloth.

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ou nt

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Armagh then supplied a very large area and the congregations

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troa a distance brought food with them and it is quite likely that in the vicinity ot the church there were rough

nt y

Ar m

and ready places or refreshment tor man and beast - all of Wicb were well patronised - and though ministers ob3ected

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Xbose vho callle

could only have taken place in relays.

on such Sundays must have been so large that Communion

church yard whilst Communion was being partaken ot by

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• eabera already in the church, and, they in turn, upon

ou nt

ServicH took place 1n the

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were not easily enforced.

to the use of intoxicants on those occasions their wishes

V1tb4raving to make room tor fresh c()llllUllicants were again

144r••••4 outaid• bJ the elders or visiting ministers.

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such assemblies collections wer

d e ma 8 on both Saturday and

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&lnday - sometimes "at ve gate" or nye door•. "

In 1711 the Meeting House was rethatched - six loads

eu m

of straw being devoted to the purpose - at that date

t practically all the buildings in town were thached or In 1712 another tenement was taken for "ye shingled. It was arranged

building or a new Meeting-House".

through the good offices of Walter Maister, a member of

the congregation, and I think it may have been a plot on

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presently.

ag h

In 1713 rent again figures for the Walter

the hill near the west end of the Cathedral of which

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ou nt

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Mai.star tenaoent for the building of "ye new Meeting-Bouse• -

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a fact that shows that no Meeting-House had then been built

That the second

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on that site_ though such was contemplated.

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In May of that yea.r there is an allusion

ag h

Meeting Houses•.

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expended, included payments for "ye present and ye old

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Ar m

to the congregation paying rent for James Murphy's Kiln

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Meeting House was built by 1715 seems evident as money

Ar m

In 1716 the tw Meeting-Houses again occur and

churches.

been a vacant building near one or the other of the two

ve learn that one was enlarged by the addition of an aisle ill that year.

The kiln may have

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forms were soiled and raquired washing.

and its ultimate collapse by which the Communion tables and

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I should perhaps mention that in the year 1712 the congregation seems to have been in some doubt as to the Records show a fee paid to

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renewal of their old lease.

a Mr. Ward to solicit the Primate to continue the Meeting-

Who Mr. Ward was I do not know nor have I any

House.

idea as to why he should have been able to influence the

then Primate, Archbishop Marsh, who died in December 1713.

A second entry in that year relates to the tenement already

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so we are left guessing as to whether it was for the old

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mentioned as taken for the building of a new Meeting-House, At the

or the new that Mr. Ward's assistance was sought.

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leave to continue one year in the Meeting-House 11 and

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additional expenditure incurred on thatching and scallops.

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The indication as to Bond presupposes that the old site was

ag h

Ar m

near Bannbrook - originally Bondbrook - a naJne arising from

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Archbishop's Rental of equal date

Ar m

that part of the town.

the fact that the Bond family then held a lease of most of

shows a grant from the then Primate to Nicholas Averell,

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merchant and dissenter, father of the Rev. Dr. John ~verell,

later Bishop of Limerick, builder of the fine terrace of

In the transfer referred to

Sisters" or "Seven Houses".

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houses opposite the Post Office, known as the "Seven

the clause to prevent the building of Meeting or Mass-Houses

same time a sum of money was paid to Mr. Walter Bond for

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was Ollitted, because the Primate felt that "it was more

desirable to connive at the Presbyterians building on

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lands outside the town or Armagh, than on the tenement

they had secured under Walter Dawson, Esq., near the west

What happened then

expressly taken tor that purpose 11 •

end ot the Cathedral Church or Armagh which they had

is tar from clear as regards the Cathedral Hill proposal

but one thing we can be sure or and that is that the

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lands - they were townlands immediately north of the city

ag h

Primate's suggestion was evaded in respect or the Averall

and no church was built upon them.

ou nt y

In the next year

and in that year fences were mended.

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ou nt

At that time there were tvo churches

ag h

enlarged in 1715.

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Ar m

than the Church or Ireland and in number also exceeded

neighbours, a factor that no doubt had some bearing on

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the Roman Catholics, a state ot affairs resulting in th• throvi.Dg their weight about and sometimes abusing their

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their snbsequent di.t'.t'iculties with the Archbishop's agent

later produce authorities tor those two points.

1n regard to ground plots tor Meeting-Houses - I shall

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the Presbyterians or the city were numerically stronger

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Just "1len

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done to ye street about ye Meeting-House•.

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"300 quicks were purchased tor ye fences and some work

I have before alluded to a Meeting-House that was

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In 1716 the Sessions Book continues to show Nye old and present Meeting-House• - the latter the elusive second church ot whose whereabouts we are uncertain.

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The Arch-

bishop's Rentals of 1714 record a renewal in 1707 ot

several parcels of some lands and dwellings to Lieut. John

Qielton who may have been the son of Thomas Shelton,

and

we are informed under "observations" that on one or those

tenements •the Presbyterian Meeting-House was built and

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We know from the Archbishop's Rentals

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Lover English Street.

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That, undoubtedly, was the first church and in

ag h

in 17llt.

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a marriage portion and that in 1721 they were conveyed to

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that Eilelton bequeathed the said tenements to his sister as

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ag h

Ar m

Edward Bond 1n trust tor Shelton's sister - then a widow and her children. In 1724 there was a further lease statinc

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that on one ot the properties "the Presbytel'ian Meeting

ou nt

at whose base lies the earliest ascertainable link.with

and

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the hill on which the Roman Catholic Cathedral now stands

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Presbyterian!• in j,rmagb. In 1722 preparations were made tor the building ot the Abbe, street Church and in the Sessions Book 1n that year

House lately stood" - a docUDent that identities Knockadrain

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lease compelled the lessee to pay more, 1! contimung to sublet to the Dissenters, after their then agreement expired

then stood", and that the late Primate on renewing the

16 1 £H

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we find an entry relating to the acquisition of a sand-glass in other words an hour-glass, then a feature of every pulpit.

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In the following year the cryptic reference arises "ye rent

of' ye new Meeting House, ye rent of ye first old Meeting-

House, and ye August rent of ye last old one 11 , and in 1724

we are informed that the seats in the new Meeting-House had Abbey Street

been numbered - again the three rents appear.

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formerly part or the precincts of the Abbey of St. Peter

and St. Paul whose vast abbey lands were bestowed upon Sir

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ag h

1722 the Abbey precinct, commonly know as the Charl•ont

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Liberty, had passed by purchase to the Maxwells of College

Hall, Co. Armagh, a family of whom Lord Farnham is now head.

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Ar m

Before continuing the narrative of the building of the

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Abbey Street church I would like to devote another few

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moments to consideration of the Sessions Book from which I

because or the constant drain upon it.

Sometimes, however,

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have been kept well supplied - a necessary .undertaking

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The Poor Box of the congregation seems to

examination.

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have quoted, and of which I have only made a very cursory

taken from the Box

1n July 1721 a total of' :£36 3s. 5'd. was

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the balance was diverted to other purposes - for instance,

tovarde ye building of' ye new Meeting House1t - that is, the

Ar ©

Me•tinc Hou1e in Abbey Street.

Toby CauJ.feild in the early days of the 17th century.

was, or course, the then new Meeting House and the site was

't•

From the same book we learn that the rent o.t the

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first Meeting House in 1707 was the small sum or £1 per

annum.

The then church must have been the building that From

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ve have so vivid an account of in Ashe' s Survey.

congregational disbursements we lmow that it was thatched,

and from 1707 onwards requiring constant attention.

also find the •Refreshing Housen ot Ashe's Survey being

taxed tor Hearth Money under the name of •ye little house•.

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Morton was a famous Armagh clockmaker and there

tokens?

Were the tickets Communion

Morton tor 800 tickets.

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A somewhat puzzling item occurs on 7 May, 1718 - Alexander

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The congregation ot First Armagh sean to have been

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In 1707 they paid tor the renewal

1709 assisting Lurgan.

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Dungannon Meeting Bouse in 1707, and in 1707, 1708 and

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We find than helping in the repair ot

see Appendix II.

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generously disposed towards neighbouring congregations -

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ot the lease ot the ground on which the Meeting Bouse ot

contributing to the support of Vinecash, and in 1725'

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toward• tbe building of the Meeting Bouse of Drum.

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construction of a Meeting Bouse.

UIUally the •ounts were •all but the subscription to

•1e bailding ot ye Meeting-Bouse of Dromore• in 1726 was

£2. 11t1 • Od. qu1te a handsome donation tor those days.

!ynan then stood, and in 1717 aided Castleblayney in the

1s the probability that tickets were pewter not paper.

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The schooling of poor children, the mending of the

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pulpit cushions, purchase of a large Bible for ye pulpit, aedicine for the poor, the purchase of wood and making ot

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gates for the enclosure of the yard ot the church ot 1722 The

are amongst the many miscellaneous particulars.

ground surrounding the first old church is always caretully

recorded as "ye park" whereas that around the church ot item ot

1722 is shown as "ye Meeting House yard".

Another interesting

and his family to that country.

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given £J. towards the intended transportation of himselt

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American interest crops up in 1714 when Mr. 1'hompson was

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Presbyterianism of his own accord - sometimes such matters

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were the outcome of economical conditions - tor instance,

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the Templepatrick Sessions Book under date 7 September,

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not I cannot say.

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Irish boy, turned Protestant, had a Bible purchased tor

1646, shows that a Lieut. Wallace of that congregation bad

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It does, however, remind

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th• away or else cause them to keep church•.

know how the command was obeyed.

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causing d11pleasure to the Session who ordered him to •put

us that when the Presbyterian Church was in power it was no

leis arb1 trary than the Jstablished Church of whom 1 t so

often 0011pla1D1.

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some Irish under him who did not attend church, a matter

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detail occurs three years later when Pat Connellan, an

The Amagh Sessions Book even in its detective state

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11 a mine ot intormation but, alas, I must proceed with the story ot the erection of the Abbey street church.

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The deeds for its incorporation are still extant and may

be inspected in the Registry ot Deeds in Dublin.

The

docunents in question tell us that John Maxwell ot Collece

Hall, Esq., leased the ground on which it was built on

the 15'th May, 1722, to James Johnston ot Knappagh and

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The bounds of the plot are

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John Kenady of Edenderry.

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carefully set out in the original and delineate the School

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School.

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House Lane on the north - the home ot the earlier Royal

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drawn up whereby Johnston and Scott acknowledged that the

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premises were taken by than in trust at the request of

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John Hutcheson ot Ballyrea, Arthur Graham ot Ballyheridan,

gent., George Stone, Alexander Johnston and Walter Master,

Agbatin, James stepbenson of Killy!addy, James Kernochan

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ot Druabee, 3un1or, George Bobinson of Cavanacaw, John

Dickie of Cabragh, David Johnston of Tereskane, all in

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Arllagh, Joseph Johnston ot Knappagh, William Brovn of

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merchants, Joseph Boyd, apothecary, all of the town of

ot Joseph Johnston, grandson ot said James, John Hutcheson, son ot John Hutcheson, Ballyrea, and Thomas Kenady, son ot

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Quinton Scott ot Ballyrath, gents., to hold for the lives

County Armagh, gents. or any nine of them and their heirs

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to whom th e said James Johnston and Quinton Scott should assign the said lease for the benefit of the congregatio n

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of Protestant Dissenters of the Presbyteria n denOlllination

Many years later, in 1785', Lord Farnham sold to

Armagh.

which usually meets for public worship in the town ot

James Johnston the parcel on which the Meeting House and

other dwellings are - thus releasing the property to

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The Rev. John Hutcheson served as Moderator of the

Ulster Synod in 1707.

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inscribed 1722 still remains.

He died in 1729 and was

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erection ot the .Abbey Street church where a date-stone

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Archbishop Stone, following his

the name ot Rosebrook.

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a tarm outside the city and built a house to which he gave

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succeeded by the Rev. John Maxwell in 1732, who purchased

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In 1759 he was

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chosen Moderator of the General Synod of Ulster.

vhom had married his daughter Mary, by whom he was the

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death 1n 1763 Rosebrook passed to the Macartneys - one of

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father or James Macartney, the famous anatomist. Mr. Muwell' s successor was the Rev. William Campbell,

Mr. Maxwell and esteemed him greatly.

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translation to Armagh in 17~7, became very friendly with

continuance to its original use.

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Johnston for ever free of rent, and thereby ensuring its

15'3 He was installed in 1764.

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Six years earlier he

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had married Jane Carlisle or Newry who brought with her to Armagh a beautitul. wedding dress or green poplin said

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to have been woven in the Bessbrook district, and now in

almost mint condition, one of the treasures of the Period Dr. Campbell

Costume Collection in the County Museum.

was one of the most outstanding figures on the roll ot

ministers of the First Congregation of Armagh.

Some

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the General Synod or Ulster a plan tor the education or

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students designed for the ministry, a treatise printed in

four years after his arrival in the city he Sllbnitted to

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instrumental in obtaining an augmentation or the

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he was

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an address from the Presbytery of Armagh.

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II because of the loyalty to the throne displayed by its

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people generally during the Cromwellian occupation or

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Ireland. During Dr. Campbell's tenure of First Armagh the

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annual sum allowed to the Presbyterian Church by Charles

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raised here, to one of which he acted as a chaplain. No Company Rolls other than that for the Armagh First Company

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surrtve but from that roll we know that it, at anyrate, vaa predominantly Presbyterian.

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Irish Volunteers caJlle into being and various companies were

the following year by order of the Synod and prefaced with

Dr. Campbell was skilled in ancient and modern

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languages, and had an almost inexhaustible fund of

Stuart tells us that in mildness,

scientific knowledge.

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learning, benevolence and piety that Campbell had no

superior in Ulster - but, alas, his sermons were monotonous During his ministry a Manse was

perplexed his hearers.

and sub-divided into so many heads that they quite Its date-stone,

built in 'Abbey Street in the year 1769.

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Dr. Campbell was Moderator of the Synod of Ulster in

it was remodelled and re-roofed by the Rev. Alexander Flailing in 181+8.

He was followed in

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congregation.

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1791 but departed in May 1795 much to the relief of the

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Armagh by the Rev. William Henry who was installed in July

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Thomas Cwaing, who took up duty in January 1796, a man of

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laity or all denOlllinations.

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classical scholar, and highly respected by the clergy and

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venture into political affairs and those of you who may be

interested in seeing how a Presbyterian minister looked in

those days should certainly inspect his portrait as shown

1n a caricature in the County Museum.

sterling worth,~ admirable preacher, an excellent

storey was added by the Rev. Thomas Cuming in 1807 and that

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Mr. Cuming officiated as Moderator of the Synod of

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Ulster in 1798, the year in which the Synod contributed a sum of £500 to the Government towards the defence of

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From that it is clear that the leaders of

the country.

the church although well aware that there were abuses in

the Constitution did not approve of the taking up of

securing what was considered just rights.

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arms against the Sovereign as the proper method of

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of that unhappy year nor have I time to discuss the

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attitude of certain members of the congregation of First

however, deal with the events leading up to the troubles

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the United Irishmen and Orangemen or the yet earlier

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bodies, the Defenders and Peep of Day Boys.

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Mr. Cuming died in 1816 and the Rev. Samuel Eccles

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He died in 1823 and was buried beside the church in

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which he laboured and was held in such high regard.

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for a successor and amongst those who preached during the

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eloquent but far too lengthy sermon by the quotation

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vacancy we find the famous Dr. Cooke who concluded an

the worshippers were asleep by that time but one

"Against all who rejected Him the door would be shut". Most

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Armagh in relation to the then newly formed societies,

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elder was awake and was heard to say in a loud voice "Yes and the door of this church is shut against you, me boy!"

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Three years were spent in pursuit of a minister_

First Armagh has always been somewhat difficult to please

in that respect but in the end the Rev. P.S. Henry was

ordained in 1826, and after a ministry of twenty years

Whilst in Armagh be was responsible for the

Belfast.

became in 1846 the first President of Queen's College,

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Glasgow University with a Doctor of Divinity degree.

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renovation of the church in 1828 and was honoured by

He died in Belfast in

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and much interested in education.

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was a man of fine presence with good mental abilities,

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of which in due course.

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"split" and brought about the formation of Third Armagh -

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thirty-three years.

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1881 having acted as President of Queen's for a period of

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broke out in the city in 1851 and during the course of his visitations he caught the disease and died in November

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of that year. In January 1852 the Rev. John Hall was appointed to

Six years later he resigned for Rutland

till the vacancy.

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Installed in April 1846 he quickly gained the affection Unf'ortunately an epidemic of scarlatina of his flock.

Square Church, Dublin, and in 1868 left Ireland to

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become minister of Fifth Avenue Church

be became a celebrate d preacher.

New York, where

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The Rev. Jackson Smyth was installed in 1859 and in that year the school-room and Lecture Hall in College

During his ministry the present

Street were opened.

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Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by the American Westmins ter College and in 1880 the General Assembly

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honoured him by calling him to the Moder a tor' s chair. He died in October 1890 and was followed by the Rev.

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Samuel McComb, who took over in March 1891 but resigned in June of the following year for Elmwood, Belfast, from

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whence he later went to America to adorn a professor 's

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Neill.

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May 1928 left Armagh for Bangor. Mr. Dowling was replaced by the Rev. Alfred

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He retired in November 1915, and in May 1916 the vacancy was filled by the Rev. David Dowling who in success.

Installed September 1928 Mr. Neill was a forceful and original preacher with an alert and well-stor ed mind.

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chair at Harvard. In September 1893 the Rev. David Miller was appointed and for 22 years performed his duties with distinctio n and

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beautiful church was construct ed, becoming available for In the same year the degree of Divine Service in 1879.

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&lected Moderator of the General Assembly in February

191+8, he died in October of same year deeply regretted

We shall now turn our attentiop to Second Armagh.

In 1785 a Presbyteria n Body known as the Secession Synod became established in the city and there is some evidence

of a Seceder's Mission Station here as early as 1772. A Secession Meeting House was built in 1786 in Lower

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English Street, a building that still survives but, alas, In 1788 a call was is no longer devoted to worship.

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given to the Rev. G.A. Macauley but as there was some lack of agreement amongst the members, the pastorate was

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left unfilled until March 1798, in which month the Rev. One of the founders ot George Hamilton was ordained.

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In 1803 Mr. being consistent with Secession principles. Hamilton separated with part or his congregatio n from the With Burgher Synod, and became an Independent Minister.

his followers he built a place of worship called the

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Tabernacle in College Street. The Secession Presbytery supplied the remnant or the flock with the ordinances of religion until May 1811 when

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establishin g a form ot itinerant preaching, a practice condemned by both Burgher and Anti-Burgher Synods as not

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the Irish Evangelica l Society in 1798 he was interested in

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by a wide circle of friends of all creeds and classes.

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the Rev• Samuel O Edgar became pastor.

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ot the "Variation s of Poper7 11 , a work which brought him He was a man of

the degree of Doctor of Divinity.

His coat was blue, his vest

bis grave Seceder brethren.

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extr•el7 studious habits but a poor preacher and eccentric. He dressed in a fashion that must have been offensive to

He died June 1850, and was followed

contemporar y account.

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He died June 1868.

the "Monthly Messenger" .

in December 1850 by the Rev. William Henderson, a cadet ot the famous newspaper falllily and for many years editor of

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installed June 1876, and withdrew because of ill-health in 1895, being succeeded in November of that year by the

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in April 1876 relinquishe d the charge for Knox Church, The next minister, the Rev. S.E. Wilson, was Montreal.

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to have been raised during Mr. Henderson•s

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Money

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January 1910 and demitted in 1916 in order to bring about the amalgamation of the second and Third Congregatio ns.

tenure ot the congregatio n for the purpose of a new church a lpeoiticati on tor the building of it dated 26 July, 186~,

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Rev. Joseph Corkey who, in turn, resigned in November 1909. His successor, the Rev. William J. Fawcett, took over in

white, his trousers yellow, whilst his breast was adorned with watch-chain s and his fingers with rings - so runs a

r6t A manse,

survives - but the project fell through.

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however, was built and a Sabbath and Day School formed. In its final stages it worshipped in the old church in

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Abbey Street by virtue of an assignment made 30

September, 1880, from the Trustees -of First Armagh to The reasons tor the

the Trustees or Second Armagh.

differences in the First Congregation and consequent

birth of the Second Congregation are rather obscure.

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to questions of doctrine.

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Another "split" arose in First Armagh in the year

They do not, however, seem to have been strictly limited

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election for the Borough of Armagh in which the then

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pastor took a prominent part to the great dissatisfaction

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the Presbytery of Armagh and the Synod of Ulster, and At

were formed into a ·d istinct charge in that year.

Street, and then consisted of some sixty families.

More ample accommodation was soon

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28 April, 1839.

There the first Communion Service was held on Sunday,

DeceHary and a site for a new church was procured on

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first they met in the Primitive Wesleyan Chapel in Abbey

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sanction tor a new erection they obtained the consent ot

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ministrations.

ot the congregation, many of whom withdrew from his

1837 • . In that year there was a contested Parliamentary

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the Mall tor which an annual rent of £20 was payable. Its construction was a heavy task for so small a body

but was cheerfully undertaken.

Cooke.

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The new church was opened in February 1840 by Dr.

1845 all financial worries were swept away for the time being, and in 1846 the annual ground rent was reduced to £4. When the Church came into use it

was without a gallery, gas-fittings were also absent and

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The completion of those three works again placed the

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members in difficulties, and as soon as they were

the handsome railings and gates still had to be set up.

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sexton's apartments under the church involved new

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liabilities, but by 1852 they were wiped out also.

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He was an eloquent speaker and

installed in June 1838.

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Its first minister wa-s the Rev. J. McAlister.

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It was by his exe~tions that the capable leader. Before church was eventually freed of money troubles.

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his death in 1871 the roll had increased to one hundred

Mr. Mcilister was a competent

and seventy families.

historian and 1n 1867 wrote a uHistory of Presbyterianism

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Though officially known as Third Armagh to the

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years later a Manse was secured in the Seven Houses.

attended to the finishing of two school-rooms and the

lb 2. in j.rmagb", based on a paper that he had read at a

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aeeting of the Armagh Young ~en• s Presbyterian Society

The address was shortly

held in April of that year.

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atterwards printed by the "Ulster Gazette .. but copies

are exceedingly rare.

He was a brilliant preacher

In March 1875 he accepted a

his stay was short.

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An ideal pastor and a keen

June of the same year.

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call to Newcastle-on-T yne, finally settling in London. His successor, the Rev. John Elliott, was installed in

Meharry in October 1871. but

Mr. McAlister was succeeded by the Rev. J.B.

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historian he was happily situated in Armagh where,

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amongst his many friends, he numbered that most gifted

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scholar, the famous Dean Reeves, afterwards Bishop of To three persons the Presbyterians Dow and Connor.

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secondly, to the Rev. John R.

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story down to 1818;

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of Armagh owe a great debt of gratitude - firstly, to 11 James Stuart who in his "Memoirs of Armagh brings the

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histories of congregations including .Armagh, Benburb, ill that bas been written in recent Cl.are and Keady.

Years regarding Presbyterianism in the city bas been

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John Elliott who, in 1880-1881, wrote a series of

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Mcilister who, in 1867, published a very interesting summary of the same subject; and thirdly, to the Rev•

based on Stuart, McAlister and Elliott, but without

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acknowledgement of any kind. Mr. Elliott resigned in 1892 and died six years

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In his pastorate a new school came into being

later.

and the children moved from their rather dull quarters

in the basement of the church to a well-lighted

cheerful building opened in March 1879.

He was the founder of the Catch-My-Pal

the new minister.

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Temperance Movement in which he was so successful that

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pressure was brought '" to bear upon him to undertake the

In September 1892 the Rev. R.J. Patterson became

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thus bringing about his resignation in August 1910.

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Secretaryship of the Protestant Total Abstinence Union,

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duties in February 1939, at a time when .there were

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rumours that the Third· Congregation had designs upon

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Mr. Graham retired from active

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and Third Congregations.

five years later a union took place between the Second

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1939, by the Rev. William Boyd, formerly of Burt, Co.

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Donegal. In conclusion I must express regret at the fact that th the oldest site connected with Presbyterianism in e

He was succeeded on 31 May,

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latter remains to be seen.

First Armagh also- whether it will eventually absorb the

IbC.,Why it

c1ty should be so disgracefully neglected.

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should have been allowed to become so is difficult Primarily it was due to an effort to

to explain.

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settle the congregation more centrally, a phase which

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APPENDIX I.,

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24, 1707/08 Hearthm.oney of ye 11 ttle house 2/-

July 14, 1708

Repair of ye Meeting House Park d1 tch 1/-

June 9, 1709

Andrew Rowan for work about ye Park l/6

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To the thatcher 2/-.

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6 loads of straw 5/-.

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To thatching ye Meeting House 7/-

ill Saints rent of ye Meeting House £1.

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Hearth Money for ye little house.

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Meeting House £1.10.5.

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tenement taken for the building of

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To Walter Maister for ye fine and rent or a

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Aug. 26, 1712

To glazing ye Meeting House 7/-

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April 14, 1711

To rent of Meeting House due at ill Saints £1.

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June 24, 1711

May Rent of ye Meeting House £1.

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Jan.30, 1709/10.

A lock for ye Park Gate.

March 17, 1708/09

Sept. 13,

Meeting

Ye May Rent of ye Meeting

House £1.

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of a tenement taken for building House £1.10.9.

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March 16, 1712/13. As above. Hearth Money for ye little house. To Walter Maister for ye rent and reparations Aug. 16, 1713.

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Oct. 24

Rent of ye Meeting House £1.

Oct. 15,

Park Gate, glazing and other work.

Jan.

March 28, 1713/14. All Saints rent of ye Meeting House £1.

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For ye rent of ye Walter Maister tenement taken for building a Meeting House £1.16.9. Rent of ye Meeting House £1.

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Mending of fences about Meeting House yard.

For levelling ye floor.

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All Saints Rent of ye Meeting House £2. All Saints rent of ye old Meeting House £1.

Jan. 20, 1717 /18.

Houses £3.2.0.

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Accounts for year show All Saints Rent of ye two Meeting

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Expense of building an aisle £6.15.J.½.

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Rent of ye present Meeting House £2.2.0.

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Rent of ye Meeting House £1.

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Thatching and Scallops £1.

10, 1715.

Str aw to thatch ye Meeting House £2.5.0.

Jan. 26, 1715/16.

For washing ye tables and forms after ye fall of ye kiln 1/-

7, 1715.

May

Ye rent of James Murphy's Kiln £3.

April 4, 1715.

July 14.

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Repairing of thatch•

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Oct. 29.

Rent of present Meeting House £2.2.0. and old Meeting House £1. .£>, Rent of ye old Meeting House Park .11..J.. Repairs to doors. Reparations of ye Meeting House 2/-.

1718-1719.

Present Meeting House Rent £2. 2.

Oct. 17.

Rant of new Meeting House £7.10.

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KaY 28, 1722.

Rant of present

Feb. 22, 1723/21+.

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Old Meeting House and ye August rent of ye

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For carriage of 12 short boards tor ye gate

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of ye yard in which ye new Meeting House 1s

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James Aicken for his loss in building of ye

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lf½.

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rent of ye Meeting House £4. 5. O.

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lf½.

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Bouse llt-.

For putting troughs to eaves of ye Meeting

Gate of new Meeting House yard 3.

May

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built 1. 0.• Rent of Meeting House in that year £4. 5. O.

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Oct. 8.

Rent of ye several Meeting Houses £10. 12.

new Meeting House.

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Rent of ye old Meeting House £1.

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April 25, 1725.

June 1726.

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For painting ye numbers on ye seats 6.

last· old one rant not carried out.

Mar. 21, 1721+/5

July 11.

£2. 2.

Rant of the new Meeting House and ye first

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July 17, 1707.

Subscrip tion towards repairing Dungannon Meeting House 5/To Lurgan 8/-

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Do. in 1708 and 1709. To George Cochran for renewing his lease of ye ground on which ye Meeting House of Tynan now stands :£1.

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For ye building of ye Meeting House of Dromore £2. 14. O.

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To the support of Vinecash 4/- again in 1722. Building of ye Meeting House of Drum 5/5.

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June 12, 1726.

Ye building of ye Meeting House at Castle Blayney 10/-

Oct. 10, 1721.

Oct. 18, 1725.

To Loughgal l Meeting House 8/-

Nov. 7, 1712. Oct. 9, 1717.

Dec. 18, 1707.

Aug. 24, 1707.

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nsiting Preachers.

14 gallons.

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Incidental:

May 1711

2 bottles@ £3 •

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In July 1707 16 gallons and

ColDUilion Wine:

To drink for the ministers 2½d.

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Medicine for the poor.

Mending ye pulpit cushions 3d.

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Oct. 12, 1714.

Collected at ye door

Collected at ye gate of ye Meeting House appears

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New Meeting House.

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nie Meeting House Yard.

Old Meeting House.

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July 22, 1714. Given to Mr. Thompson to help him to transport his family to America £1.

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s t 7 161+6 show that Lieut. eaplepatrick Session Minutes, ep ~ 0 'did nbt attend church. from him or else cause Wallace had some Irish under htim Session Order that they be pu away than to keep chttrch.

May 8, 1718.

To Alexander Morton for 800 tickets 10/-

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A large Bible for ye pulpit.

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Aug. 6, 1717.

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Bible for him 2/2, May 21, 1717.

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To Pat McConnellan an Irish boy turned Protestant for buying a

May 16,

To pay ye school wages of 3 poor children.

Hearth Money for little house appears annually until 1708-11.

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Misco 1laneous {cont,} Mr. Archibald Maclaine for a Sabbath's supply.

July 11, 1725.

Carriage on boards for ye gate of ye yard in Cost of which the Meeting House is built. gate in accounts of 1726.

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Oct. 14, 1718.

Annalecta Hibernia, Vol.11, Rawlinson Papers.

One James Fleming had intruded into the

Drogheda.

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was sent by the Presbytery of

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Fleming who was brought before the Mayor, Aldermen

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parish who pretends to be a Presbyterian minister. 11

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11 Armagh of which he himself was President and Chairman •

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The Session List for 1707.

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" Removed from ye parish. Abdicated. Removed from ye parish. Dead.

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Joined Loughgall.

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This list occurs on the second page of the Sessions Book, the annotations "Dead", 11 Removed 11 and "Joined" were made at a later date, but before 17?9.

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The tenement Edmond Stone appears in a rental of 1713. or house wherein he then lived in the English Street of Armagh at the south end of the Sessions House is described and we are told it was a large well built One of the Lease 1 Nov. 1707, for 40 years. house. best Inns in Armagh.

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Knappagh.

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Mr. Edmond Stone. Mr. James Reed. Mr. James Johnston William Johnston. ' George Logan. Archibald Shields. William Brown. William Allen. Walter Maister. Robert Martin. John Clark. Ninian Nelson. John Palmer. James Montgomery. Thomas Dobbin. John Cothcart. John Dickie. John Hunter. George Maister. John Robinson.

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PETITIONS OF PROT ESTANT DISSENTERS

IN OCTOBER AND NQYJ IJ:BER 1775

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David Palmer

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Riots in Armagh 1212..

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Brief of the Examinations about the R• t t A Brief of the Examinations given in ag!~ns~ Jo:agh. Hender son butcher, and others who committed a riot and knocked b t down several gents ~n Armagh, on the 17th March 1717 , a ou , nine o'clock that ru.ght.

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Taken before Walter Dawson, Esq., one of His Majesty• s Justices of Peace for the County of Armagh.

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Deposeth that on the 17th March 1717 he met in the Scotch Street of Armagh, James Henderson, butcher, going through the his hand calling out t II Scoure the said street.,_ with a staff in 11 11 11 Tories - 1Jarnn the Tories • The said Sovereign ctesired the said Henderson to forbear such expressions for fear it should ere ate quarrels, it being a public Fair Day and the said Henderson would not forbear using the same words. Note this was done about four of the clock in the afternoon.

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Deposeth that the same day about the same time he met the said James Hender son in the said street, swaggering with a. st aff in his hand and calling out 11 Scoure the Tories and the Papists for they are all alike" and 11 Damn the Church of England people th for the most of them are Jacobites 11 and further depose th ~t ~rma~~ll~ng being appointed that night one of the Town Gua rd . of st :-~ James a~i to Armagh, of Street Scotch said the in went 1 Dawson and a great riot he heard was committed there, by e Henderson and others who had knocked down Mr. Chap one of His h others and before he got there Thomas DawsonE Esq.A tjesty• s Justices of Peace and James Ogle, sih~ s:~gJimes Be:reign, got to quell the riot where h!ns!wvery assaulting the said Thomas erson take hold of the said that damn time he ~a.nner and wouilid not submit though he ~e; 0 hawson to be a Justice of the Peace d four or five cows to spend"•

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Deposeth that the same night, Mr. Chapel Dawson, Mr.Thomas Bond and others were in Francis Matthews house in Armagh and when going home out the said house they were in a most violent manner set on by James Henderson, Hugh Black, Wm. McGee and several other persons whose names J::e knows not, who in a most riotous manner assembled themselves and just as the said Chapel Dawson was going out of the said Matthews• house, the said Hugh Black did knock him down with a large stick and that the said Wm. McGee did knock down the said Thomas Ogle and that the said Henderson did assault the said Thomas Bond who gave no manner of provocation to the said rioters and that he does believe they did assemble themselves with an intent to abuse the said Dawson and the rest •

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Deposeth that next morning after the said~io~fh~h:a!~ O n had not got company w1 th James Johnston and Roger Lawsonl rioters, who told him if Black Thomanias Da~so~efi!~es the said enough they would give him more, me ng e Chapel Dawson.

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Deposeth that the same night, Mr. Chapel Dawson Mr Thomas Bond, Junior, Mr. Thos. Ogle and two more weri in•h house ~ating oyst~r~ and drinking a glass of wine peaceabler and qU1.etly and g1.v1.~ no offen?e to anyone and she attendlng them; that seve~al tl.Dle~ that ru.ght she heard some people in the street calling out Scoure the Tories 11 , That when the said Chapel Dawson and Thomas Ogle were going home out of her house they were both knocked down by some persons but she knows not' who they were. That she saw the said James Henderson and another assault and beat the said Thomas Bond.

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That he saw Roger Lawson in the riot with the aforesaid persons and with them John McGlerney James Johnston Robert Henderson and John McConnell and that the aforesaid ioger threw several stones at the said Thomas Ogle and hit the said Ogle and disabled him in the arm.

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Deposeth that the same night he was in the house 0 ~ ~}t~s Francis Matthews in Armagh, drinking a bottle . of Pit leaving on that and others and Mr. Chapel Dawson rd e~ to wa·us~nas company in the said Matthews ' house, in th Chapel Dawson who was going to his fa e~•swa~u !~~tJviole ntly McGee and he came out of the said Matthews' door, e of his ~tW!ffusion Blthackg~~ Hught assaulted and knocked down by others whose names he knows not, o e blood.

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That he saw the said Henderson and David McWilliams going down the said street singing 11 Scoure the Tories and Papists 11 • He further deposeth that he heard Dan McMullan say . Hugh Black and Wm. McGee asked him why he had not a better staff his answer for returned stick in his hand· that McMullan was good enough. 'They answered "is that all you know of the matter, for you will see bloody work presently "•

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Deposeth that the same night, being about nine 0 , 1 k he was in the h?use of Thom~s Robinson in the Scotch st~e~~ ~f Armagh and hea:ing a shot in the street, he went towards the house of Francis Matthews . He saw Wm. McGee and Hugh Dick mock down Thomas Ogle with clubs and saw James Henderson knock down Chapel Dawson with a large staff and saw Mr Edward Dixie used after the same manner but by whom he.knows not.

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Deposeth that the same night he was in company with the said James Henderson, James Johnston, David McConnell John McConnell, Hugh McConnell, Robert Henderson, James Driford and several other persons in the house of Roger Lawson im the Scotch Street of Armagh where he saw the said James Draford go often out of the door and call publickly in the street u5coure the Toriesu and then return into said house and that he heard the said David McConnell declare he would break a leg that night having a large staff in hi-s hand.

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That when the quarrel began in the said street the said David, John and Hugh McConnell were concerned in the said riot and that the said Bradford desired the other persons to go with him into the street to -Scoure the Tories."

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Deposeth that the same evening he visited Chapel Dawson to eat some oysters at the house of Francis Matthews, that accordingly they went · there and there came to them Mr. Thomas Ogle and two others where they sat peaceably and gave no offence to anyone. 'Tb.at Mrs. Mary Dawson about nine o'clock sent for her son Mr. Chapel Dawson to go home; that upon the d · said message the said Chapel Dawson (who had no sti?k or swor said Th:s t about him) was going home with a servant and the thi Ogle in his company and in a little space afterth s ~x le nan ~~a!asgdone had an account that the said.Chapel ~aws1~a~ed O t the street were knocked down, this examinant being by one James Henderson and others and giin~ i~~f he saw a near the said Matthews' house to preven mi~~ there he saw great crowd of people riotously a~~embl!~ rioters who seized the said James Henderson amongsthimebsabiting his finger. Y on this examinant and assaulted

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Deposet h that the same day she saw James Draffoid h 5 :~i i~ld~~! he a Presbyt erian at his h?us~ in~he f~t~~~ e sa 1 mi ht have his vho said uscoure the Whigs • th was wrong to scoure the Whi~s for at ~eh fhe said Brafford head broke for such express ions, ~pon ~h r a crowd about him said he used the said express ion ° ga e went to bed for and that he would beat somebo dyt~fo~ ~~~ant did not believe s ~or did he complain of that he had been beaten. Ti;at 0 him seeing no effusio n of his b~ \nrorma nt never heard of the any bruises he receive d. ~d -:; s rma h but by Robert use express ion u scourin g the Whigs in rs gand they making . Prentic e and Adam Betty, two Disse~o ! commanding in the fled Prentice and Beatty id Gough or the said express ion. Lt. Barracks of Armagh did beat the sa into this informa nt's house.

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Deposet h that the same night Mr. Chapel Dawson, Mr. Thomas Bond, Junior, and others wer~ in his house eating oysters a~d drinkin g a glass of wine, were very peaceab le all the time they were in his house and gave no offence to a:ny person and that about nine of the clock, some of the were going home quietly, he heard at his door said guests 11 11 murder called out and going to the street he saw Wm. McGee, Hugh Black of Armagh, John McGlerney, James Johnston , John McConn ell and James Henderson with several others in a riotous and tumultu ous manner assembled and heard they or some of them were the persons who knocked down the said Chapel Dawson and Thomas Ogle. This examinant told the siiid Wm. McGee who had a long stick} which he did believe to be a pin or Keeve staff, he had oetter be at home than knockin g down gents and committing riots or words to that That he saw James Henderson assault Thomas Bond purpose . and bite his fingers . And next morning going to the house of David Wilson to enquire who were the said rioters the night before the said Wilson told this examinant that James Draford of Annagh (whom this examinant is credibly informed was one of the said rioters ) came to the said Wilson and desired him to come out and assist their Church or Kirk, but that the said Wilson would not but turned the said Braford out of his house.

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David McMullen Deposeth that returning from the country to Armagh about 8 o'clock at night of the 17th March last, he met in the Scotch Street of that town Wm. McGee, Hugh Black, and a ser!ant of Tb.os. Matthews' what stick the said McMullen had in his hand and told him it was not good enough and~the said McGee would brake it and bid the said McMullen get a better for that he wo~d see bloody work presently. Said McMullen went into his fathers t house, but did not return to themt but heard soon after a grea cry in the street and then was in.rormed Mr. Chapel Dawson, Mr. ~•• Ogle and others were knocked !~c!o~~e~i~;~:swh~; thne1 by the said McGeei Black anidt od in the said street, when 8 Aid examinant be 1eves wa e

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Deposeth that being at the house of Wm. English of Armagh, Junior,in company with the Rev. w. Ja.mes Cunningham and other guests on the 17th March last about nine or ten o'clock of the.said night, there ~as an account brought to him that a great rio~ or quarrel was in Scotch Street of Armagh which the Sovereign of Armagh could not quell and in which the examinant 1 s son, Chapel Dawson was knocked down or murdered. This examinant immediately required the said Mr. Cunningham and others in the company to assist him to quiet the same and coming into the Scotch Street of Armagh and having the Sovereign in company with him, they went to the house of Roger Lawson, where they were told the said rioters were together and this doore being shut they commanded it to be opened 7 but refusing to do it the said door was got open, where ~his examinant the said Sovereign and those that assisted him, found James Henderson and several others with him whom this nexaminant was told were the persons who committed the said riot. The Sovereign calling out the King's Peace and this examinant commanding them to submit, who refusing, this examinant took hold of the said James Henderson and commanded him to submit. Tho 1 refusing it at first, the said Henderson having hold of this deponent•s breast and his other arm stretched out in an assaulting manner told this exanunant (and used the word damn him as this examinant verily believes) he had four or five cows to spend upon it. This examinant further deposeth that the said James Henderson knew this examinant to be a Justice of the Peace of said County at the time he commanded the said Henderson to submit, but would not then till he saw a force sufficient to oblige him to it.

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Sworn before Thomas Dawson, Esq.

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