Kilkeel

(Landowners in 1876 can be got from the index on the main page of the website under Land Deeds)

Kilkeel is located on the South East coast of Co. Down in Northern Ireland. It takes its name from the old 13th church ruins in the centre of the town, cill-caol (Gaelic) meaning the church of the narrows. It is believed that this old church was financed by a Spanish noble family after their son had been drowned and washed ashore and given a christian burial by the locals. However there are references to Kilkeel as a christian settlement as far back as the 11th century. Kilkeel is the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Mourne and even today the surrounding area is referred to as the Kingdom of Mourne. The current population is about 5500, and the Kingdom of Mourne population is around 8500.The area is surrounded by the Irish Sea on two sides and the Mourne Mountains on the other two sides and has only three access roads from the rest of Northern Ireland.

Industry. The main occupations of the area are farming and fishing. Kilkeel has the largest fishing fleet in Ireland with over 120 trawlers. There is also a small Granite industry, which used to be much larger with granite products being exported to England. Its has a number of fish processing factories which specialise in the processing of prawns. It also has two major factories, one of which produces toughened glass which is exported world wide and the other produces aircraft seats and is the European headquarters of B.A.E. Aerospace. Tourism is becoming a major industry and during the summer the population doubles.

Climate. The Mourne area has a very temperate climate with few frosts and little snow in the winter. The weather in the area is always milder than the rest of Northern Ireland due to the shelter of the mountains. The area also has the warmest sea water of Northern Ireland but it is still cold at 5 degrees centigrade, a temperature which changes little during the year.

Activities. Kilkeel has a number of activities to offer visitors, Tennis Courts, Bowling, Swimming all at the local Leisure Centre, an 18 hole Golf course just outside the town, Sea & Game fishing, Walking and climbing, Golf driving ranges, 18 hole Pitch & Putt course, Cinema, popular beach at Cranfield, just outside Kilkeel, which wins awards every year, Riding, good food and drink, Cinema, Bingo, excellent hospitality and freindly locals. There are also a number of interesting places to visit in the local area; Kilkeel Harbour to see the fishing boats and the fishing interperative exhibition at the Nautilus Centre; Silent Valley and Spelga reservoirs; electric hill at Spelga Dam; Cornmill at Annalong.

A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland

KILKEEL, a post-town and parish, in the barony of MOURNE, county of DOWN, and province of ULSTER, 15 miles (S. E.) from Newry, and 65 3/4 (N. N. E.) from Dublin; containing 14,806 inhabitants, of which number, 1039 are in the town. According to the Ordnance survey it comprises 47,882 3/4 statute acres, of which about 11,000 are arable and 12,000 pasture; the remainder consists of the Mourne mountains. The only creek in the twelve miles of coast that bounds the parish is Annalong, where a small dock for fishing-vessels has been excavated out of a rock. There are coastguard stations at Annalong, Cranfield, and the Lee Stone, all in the district of Newcastle; also a constabulary police station. Fairs are held on Feb. 8th, May 3rd, Aug. 2nd, and Dec. 8th; and a manorial court is held in the sessions-house at Kilkeel, once in three weeks, for the manor of Greencastle and Mourne, by a seneschal appointed by the Earl of Kilmorey; its jurisdiction extends over the whole of the barony of Mourne, which is included in this parish, and is the property of his lordship, and pleas to the amount of Ł10. are determined either by attachment or civil bill. The principal seats are Mourne Park, the splendid residence of the Earl of Kilmorey; Shannon Grove, of .J. S. Moore, Esq.; and the glebe-house, of the Rev. J. Forbes Close. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Down, united, in 1809, by charter of Jas. I., to the rectories of Kilcoo and Kilmegan and the chapelry of Tamlaght (a small townland in Kilkeel), which together form the union of Kilkeel and the corps of the treasurership of the cathedral of Down, in the alternate patronage of the Marquess of Anglesey, and the Earl of Kilmorey. The tithes amount to Ł800, and of the entire benefice to Ł1600. The church was rebuilt in 1818, for which the late Board of First Fruits granted a loan of Ł2160. The glebe-house is situated on a glebe of 30 acres, valued at Ł37. 10. per annum, but subject to a rent of Ł19. 7. 9., payable to the Earl of Kilmorey. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms two districts, called Upper and Lower Mourne, the former containing a chapel at Ballymaguagh; the latter, one at Glassdrummond and one at Ballymartin. There are a Presbyterian meeting-house in connection with the Synod of Ulster, and one of the third class in connection with the Seceding Synod, also meeting-houses for Wesleyan Methodists, Baptists, and Moravians. About 770 children are educated in eight public schools, to one of which the Earl of Kilmorey contributes Ł31, and to another, Mrs. Keown Ł10. annually. Needham Thompson, Esq., built and principally supports the school at Mullartown; and that for girls, at Ballinahatton, was built by the Rev. J. F. Close, who clothes and educates 65 children there. About 450 children are taught in 10 private schools; and there are six Sunday schools and a dispensary.

Key	Townland	County	Division	O.S.Map Ref
1	Aghyoghill	Down	Lisnacree	55
2	Attical	Down	Attical	52 & 55
3	Aughnahoory	Down	Ballykeel	55 & 56
4	Aughnaloopy	Down	Dunnaman	55 & 56
5	Aughrim	Down	Attical	55
6	Ballaghanery Upper	Down	Maghera	49 & 53
7	Ballinran	Down	Ballinran	52 & 53 & 55 & 56
8	Ballinran Upper	Down	Ballinran	52 & 53
9	Ballyardel	Down	Dunnaman	55 & 57
10	Ballygowan	Down	Lisacree	55
11	Ballykeel	Down	Ballykeel	56
12	Ballymadeerfy	Down	Lisnacree	55
13	Ballymagart	Down	Dunnaman	55
14	Ballymageogh	Down	Attical	52 & 55
15	Ballymartin	Down	Ballymartin	56
16	Ballynahatten	Down	Greencastle	57
17	Ballyrogan or Mourne	Down	Attical	55
18	Ballyveagh Beg Upper	Down	Brackenagh	53
19	Ballyveagh More	Down	Ballymartin	53 & 56
20	Ballyveagh More Upper	Down	Brackenagh	53
21	Benagh Upper	Down	Lisnacree	55 & 57
22	*Black Rock	Down	Ballymartin	56
23	Brackenagh East Upper	Down	Brackenagh	53
24	Carrigenagh Up.	Down	Brackenagh	52 & 53
25	Corcreaghan	Down	Lisnacree	55
26	Cranfield	Down	Greencastle	57
27	Dead Mans Island	Down	Greencastle	57
28	Derryoge	Down	Dunnaman	55 & 56 & 56A & 57
29	Drumcro	Down	Dunnaman	55
30	Drumindoney	Down	Dunnaman	55
31	Drummanlane	Down	Lisnacree	55
32	Drummanmore	Down	Greencastle	55 & 57
33	Dunnaman	Down	Dunnaman	55
34	Dunnaval	Down	Greencastle	55 & 57
35	Glasdrumman	Down	Glasdrumman	53
36	Glasdrumman Upper	Down	Glasdrumman	49 & 53
37	Glenloughan	Down	Lisnacree	55
38	Grange	Down	Greencastle	57
39	Green Island	Down	Greencastle	57
40	Greencastle	Down	Greencastle	57
41	Guineways	Down	Lisnacree	55
42	Kilkeel	Down	-	55 & 56
43	Leitrim	Down	Ballinran	52 & 55
44	Leitrim Upper	Down	Ballinran	52
45	Linden's Lump	Down	Greencastle	57
46	Lisnacree	Down	Lisnacree	55
47	Long Island	Down	Greencastle	57
48	Lurganconray	Down	Greencastle	57
49	Lurganreagh	Down	Greencastle	57
50	Maghereagh	Down	Ballykeel	56
51	Maghery	Down	Lisnacree	55
52	Moneydorragh Beg	Down	Ballymartin	53 & 56
53	Moneydorragh More Upper	Down	Annalong	53
54	Mourne Mountains East	Down	Brackenagh	48 & 49 & 52 & 53
55	Mourne Mountains Middle	Down	Attical	52
56	Mourne Mountains West	Down	Lisnacree	52 & 55
57	Mourne Park or Ballyrogan	Down	Attical	55
58	Moyad	Down	Ballinran	52 & 55
59	Mullartown	Down	Glasdrumman	53 & 56
60	Thompson's Island	Down	Greencastle	57

The Courthouse was the 'unofficial town hall' of Kilkeel, and was used by all sections of the community. When it was demolished in 1952 it was a great loss to the whole town, and it is still sadly missed. The courthouse was used as a venue for dances, amateur dramatics, concerts, meetings and numerous other function. It was requisitioned by the military during World War 11 and used as a billet for part of the war. It was used by famous musicians for concerts. In the early decades of the 20th century Percy French gave concerts in Kilkeel, and it is believed he performed in the Courthouse. Another famous musician, the county Down born Hamilton Harty (who later became conductor of the Halle Orchestra in Manchester, and who was knighted in 1925) gave concerts in Kilkeel in the early decades of the last century, possibly playing some of his own compositions. Then there was the Griller String Quartet from London who also played here. The Old Courthouse, although now gone, still lingers in many memories.

Samuel, age 80, poorhouse, Sept 23 1892 deal coffin single horse hearse
Jane Fisher, age 80 Ballymartin, 24 Sept 1892, oak coffin 2 horse hearse
Grace Eccles, age 73, Kilkeel,28 Sept 1892, deal coffin 2 horse hearse
Hugh Anderson, age 82, Ballymagough,15 Oct 1892, deal coffin 2horse hearse
Mary Cousins, age62,The Leorny?,17 Oct,1892,deal coffin 2 horse hearse
William Grills, age 47, Maghera , 18 Oct 1892,oak coffin 2 horse hearse
Mary Smith, age 22, Glassdrummond, 29 Oct 1892, deal coffin no hearse
James McIntosh, age 90, kilkeel, 29 Oct 1892, deal coffin, no hearse
Samuel., age 61, the workhouse, 10 Nov,1892, no coffin no hearse
Margaret Newell, age 82, Ballymartin Glen, 12 Nov, 1892 deal coffin 1 horse hearse
Aub.Boyd, age 90, Benagh, 15 Nov,1892, oak coffin 2 horse hearse
Jack McKibben age 52, Moneydarragh, Sept 25 1892, oak coffin 2 horse hearse
Mary Ann Sibbit, age 65, Derryogue, Dec 15 1892, oak coffin 2 horse hearse
James Wightman, age80, Kilkeel, Dec 26 1892, oak coffin no hearse
Andrew Graham, age 90, Ballen?, Jan 2 1893, deal coffin 2 horse hearse
Elizabeth McBride, age 70, Shore road, Jan 7 1893, coffin no hearse
George McKnight, age 70, Kilkeel, Jan 8 1893, oak coffin no hearse
William Broadley, age 54, Dunga? Jan 11 1893, deal coffin no hearse

Having been fortunate to be allowed to look through some old ledgers dating from 1879 onwards which belonged to Andrew Orr and then to Thomas Trimble, I realized that I was privileged to look back at an era that has seen many changes in the way people lived and died in the past century. Andrew Orr had an extensive business at Greencastle Street, Kilkeel. As was the custom of most businesses at that time, he catered for many requirements in the community. As well as being an undertaker, he had a general store which sold groceries and household goods; he was also a spirit merchant, newsagent, ran a car service, stored flax, stabled horses, dabbled in farming and seems to have provided some of the functions of a bank.

Most shops had a file that consisted of a flat wooden base out of which a strong wire protruded upwards. Each purchased item was scribbled on a scrap of paper or a torn-up cigarette packet and speared on the wire until the shopkeeper had time to transfer them into his! ledger. For the year June 1879 to June 1880 there were 1471 entries. The most noticeable thing when reading through them is that very few people appeared to have paid for their purchases at the time of receiving goods and got even the smallest item on credit. Goods for as little as 3d for one ounce of tobacco and 6d for a glass of brandy were noted. This practice was in no way confined to the poor or working class. All manner of professional people, as well as the gentry, figure as prominently as the washer woman with her noggin of malt.

This was equally true where loans were concerned. These varied from 2s to 5s but sometimes could be Ł10 or Ł20 (then a considerable sum). Such loans were so frequent that it seems that Andrew acted as an unofficial banker despite the fact that the Belfast Bank had been established in Kilkeel since 1868. Most of the loans must have been faithfully repaid as the same names occur repeatedly.

The writing in the ledgers was typical of the time - large copperplate script. The date and year of each entry was followed by the purchasers name or nickname, or both. Often there was a description to distinguish the person easily such as poor roadman, old Russel - music master, Alex Bush - ranger, wee Willy - Mrs Thompson’s man, Close’s coachman, Stevenson at river, Annett - papist fisherman, Moses Wilson - Belfast Bank, old Willy the butcher, John Barber - Englishman, wee Daniel’s sister’s son, and Henry Moore - schoolmaster. Nicknames include Grap Seed, Phantom, Long Tommy, Aty Art, Cudgel, Lary, Bluebeard, Fox, Calf, and Big Slater.

Some spellings warrant a smile, words often being written exactly as the Mourne dialect sounded, eg. Ballenwren (Ballinran), Macerea (Maghereagh), Broadley (Bradley), McGinnys (Maginnis), O’Donahoo (O’Donaghue) and Cashedy (Cassidy).In the majority of cases the purchaser’s trade or profession was added. These included bakers, bailiffs, butchers, bankers, blacksmiths, cattle dealers, coachmen, coopers, carpenters, constables, carters, doctors, dealers, fishermen, gaffers, millers, masons, postmen, painters, road sweepers, school teachers, scutchers, stone cutters, saddlers, cess collectors, sailors, shoemakers, tailors, tinkers, tow men, woollen weavers, and widows; there were also ‘fouldealers’ and ‘horsebrackers’.

In 1880, one box of cigarettes cost 5s, lIb tobacco 13s.8d, three quarts of best whiskey 13s, 2 sugar 8d, one and a half pound of butter 2s, half pound of tea 2s, a glass of wine 4d, a large loaf 6d, a carpet broom 2s.3d, and a glass of brandy and bottle of soda water 8d. The return fare to Warrenpoint on a Brougham and pair was Ł1, and a car to the same destination I ls.6d. The car service to Thornmount (now Convent of St Louis) was 3s.

Items which were frequently purchased then but which are now unheard of include target tobacco, Newson coffee, arrowroot cakes, dandelion coffee, and little beauties. Surnames that occurred often and which are now rare or nonexistent in the area include Drogheda, Wightman, McGuirk, Lappin, Ramsey, Austin, Meathers, Moly- neaux, Bridgeman, Nonig, Michels, Gollan, Lop, and Lefanu.

On the inside cover of the ledger was written “George Cantley got first paper, Telegraph, Thursday 20th October 1881. Paid quarter, ls.7d. Received from Paddy Cranney for flax store for the years 1880-82, Ł6. Received from Bessbrook Spinning Mill for storing flax - paid Ł4 (this was repeated each year until 1887). Received from John King, Castlewellan for store Ł3 (again repeated from 1883-87). First hire bus - 13th June 1884. Bought three pigs at Ł3.9s.0d on March 5th 1884. Sold July 23rd 1884. Bought two more”.

A story that has been handed down is that a professional gentleman in the town is recorded as having bought an inordinate amount of sugar. In fact his purchases had already been fermented but he thought the sugar looked less controversial when written down repeatedly.

The first funeral recorded in the Orr ledgers was in 1879 when an oak coffin, hearse and pair cost Ł3. A presumably less elaborate coffin and hearse cost Ł1.15s.Od. In 1880 the use of a hearse is listed as costing 5s. A large number of entries state the type of coffin but beside them is written “no hearse”. It was the general custom a century or more ago for the coffin to be carried to the grave on a wooden bier which was made by the local carpenter. It consisted of two long pieces of timber about 9ft long with four cross pieces of wood, about 2ft long and l8in apart. One can only suppose that when the deceased came from a very rural area, a cart may have been used to transport the body. In the year 1892-93 there were 35 funerals listed as having a two-horse hearse, four funerals with a one-horse hearse, 18 with no hearses, and two with no coffins. In one account, Ł2 was charged for four carriers. In those instances where there are no coffins, it is likely that a rough homemade coffin was used. In earlier times, coffins fashioned from plaited rushes fortified with mud were not uncommon. Only once was the fee for digging a grave recorded - in 1916, when a gravedigger was paid Ł1. Again we have to speculate whether friends or the family normally dug the grave.

Expenses connected with a funeral varied widely according to the amount of refreshments provided for the wake. Some were restricted to the essentials, eg deal coffin, hearse and one horse - Ł1.10s.Od and 8 large wax candles ls.4d. In contrast, another entry listed 6gal of malt Ł4.16s.Od, 3qts port wine 9s, 8lb arrow cakes 4s. 1lb large candles 2s, lIb tea and 1st sugar 6s. 10d, and a hat and scarf Is. Another funeral entry notes lIb tea and 1st sugar 8s.2d, 5lbs cakes 3s.4d, 2 bottles port wine 6s, 7gaI whiskey Ł5.12s.Od, telegram 1s, 3gallons of whiskey and I gallon port wine Ł2.18s.Od, oak coffin Ł2.10s.Od, and hearse 15s. As an afterthought, in a separate entry under this, was a box of dandelion coffee at 6d. One wonders if this coffee had some special qualities to neutralize the effects of the whiskey and port. Another entry was almost as generous with whiskey and port wine and also included a noggin of turpentine, l oz tobacco; 5s were also lent. The entry for a wake attended by smokers notes 1 gallon malt 18s, lIb tea and 21b sugar 5s, two dozen pipes and 2lb tobacco 8s.6d, hearse and pair Ł1. In 1894, John, the carpenter who made the coffins, was paid Ł6.3s.Sd for the period February to October, although it is not stated how many coffins he actually supplied for the 39 funerals. By 1925, Tom had replaced John and was paid more frequently, receiving Ł3.15s.6d after nine funerals. In 1942 he got Ł16.5s.0d after 13 funerals. There seems to have been an arrangement between the Orrs and the O’Hagans, the other undertakers of that period, as they frequently exchanged horses or hearses.

As the years progressed, the details connected with the funerals decrease. Although a motor hearse is first mentioned in 1932 it was the exception until the 1940s. In December 1942 Thomas Trimble took over the business. In 1943 the motor hearse replaced the imposing glass-sided horse-drawn hearse and the ‘no hearse’ notations dwindled dramatically From 1950 another noticeable change was that more funerals were listed as coming from hospital. There was one in 1950, five in 1953 and nine in 1956. Prior to this there had only been one or two hospital removals mentioned over a period of several years and they were often from the mental asylum. No doubt the inception of the Health Service in 1948 was having an influence and the practice of being cared for by family or neighbours and all the trappings of the traditional wake were on the wane. Funeral parlours and crematoria were not mentioned.

Using the limited figures from one undertaker’s records such as this, it is not possible to make conclusive comparisons as to what extant life expectancy has improved over the years. Nevertheless, what is available for the late 1800 s and early 1900s shows that a surprisingly high proportion of the population lived to a ripe old age without the help of hygienically wrapped produce, clinics, pasteurised milk and cholesterol-controlled diets. As the following table shows, several people lived for over a century. In some years such as 1899 and 1900 there was a marked rise in deaths, possibly indicating an outbreak of contagious disease or flu. Whilst this increase affected all age groups, it was most marked among the younger age groups. While only five people under the age of 20 died in 1892, 14 died in 1893, 13 in 1899 and 15 in 1900. By contrast, only one baby under one year old was recorded as having died in 1940.

I am indebted to Cecil Trimble for his generosity in allowing me to read and copy from the old ledgers which he has so carefully preserved. My thanks also to Cissie Conkey, the late Frank McCann, Mabel Newell and Tom Cunningham.

1. Frank McCann, who was a newsagent and confectioner for many years on the Harbour Rd, told me that this was a way of life up until the 1940s, even for people who could easily afford to pay.

2. A native of Derryogue, Fr McCartin is reputedly buried on the site of the Mass Rock where he said mass in penal times.

"The present. premises o' J. & P. Hanna used to belong to a Mr. James Morgan of Springfield, and efter that it wuz bought by Hugh Hanna, that is 'Yankee Hanna', as they called him, who bought `Thornmount' an' gave it to the nuns (i.e. teaching order of the St. Louis Nuns) for a convent and school. "Thornmount" belonged to a Mr. McClimmond. A worked whiles for Mr. James Hanna o' The Bridge, a `rale' gentleman an' so is all his family," added Hugh. "Sure there's John, Pat, Seamus an' Redmond, and ye cudn't bate them in a day's walkin'-all gran' lads an' the girls were rale ladies too.

Oh Hanna's is a rale oul' establishment. They hiv it well done up now, a wuz in Kilkeel,givin them a han' whin they wur takin' out the oul iron bars o' the windaes in the bar an' d'ye know what a'm goin' to tell ye? the same bars and boults wuz over a hun'er years oul, that's right for the year wuz on some o' them an' the maker's name too - John McCulla, the blacksmith. He wud be the granda o' Wullie James an' Jack, och there wuz a great tradesman. It runs in the family. The M'cCullas wur all that."well, as a say, it tuk good bars an' boults on the Bridge in the oul days, for a believe it used to be a gaol where they kept the prisoners a while before they tuk them away to Dundalk.

Oul John Clarke, continued Hugh, had hes shop where Jim Morgan's is now. He wuz a great man for givin' big Christmas boxes, ivery customer got a lb. o' tay, an' sugar, rice an' raisins, an' a corn loaf an a calendar, not to mention oranges an' apples an' lozenges for the weans. The' counthry people come into the town in their horse an' carts an' wint home loadened wi' all sorts o' ateables, a poun' wint a long way in them days. Then ye got half a pint o' whiskey in ivery pub in the town ye were in the habit o' callin' in for a Christmas box, Them wuz the days.

Mike Sullivan kept a shap where Bertie Annett lives now. A dacent man, too, many's the good ounce o' twist tobaccy a got aff him for 3d, and he didn't cut hes finger ayther. Frank O'Hagan's is about the ouldest shap in the town. It's well over the hundred. There wuz no civiler man than the same Frank O'Hagan. a aften heerd him say that when hes mother started a shap there, Greencastle Street wuz in the open counthry.

Andy Orr's is another very oul' establishment. That's Tammy Trimble's now. It wuz built in 1772. Ye can see the date on a stone in the yard. Andy Orr's yard wuz the main place in the oul' days for stablin' the horses. A fine gentleman wuz Andy Orr -wan o' the rale oul' stock. Humphrey Fry was foreman in it an' so wuz Ernie Berry. Ernie is hale an' hearty yit. Man, but he stan's it tarrible well. Him an' me wud be about an age."

This census was taken in 1803 in preparation for the feared invasion by Napoleon, it gives the number of dead and livestock the person owned, pigs, oxen, cattle, horses, carts, sheep, goats, straw. wheat, corn, hay, barley potatoes, etc. (observe the spelling of the names) Anyone interested in any of the names listed, can have the full information on what they owned, if they email me..

This song has always been claimed as one of the Mourne’s own. I heard my grandfather and a man called Rodgers singing it together over fifty years ago. They were sitting on a big stone ditch in a field called Park-na-gore up along the Mill River in Moneydarragh more. They pointed out to me where the place the song referred to was, up on the face of the mountain.

The Brown Knowe is at the foot of the Forks Mountain, which is to the front of Slieve Binnian when looking up from Annalong. It is in the townland of Ballyveaghmore at about the l000ft line. To the east is the Laney and the Carrick; to the south-west, a bit further away, is Crockanroe. It is approached by a lane in from the Head Road about 200yds south-west from Ballyveagh Road end.

I discovered, through a bit of research and talking to Dick Mooney of the Carrick (whose grandmother, born in 1861, told him), that the girl referred to was by surname called Cannon. Checking Griffith’s Valuation, there was indeed a family by that name living there around 1860.

The suitor and composer of the song was reputed to be a man called Sloan, who lived at the Sabbath Hill, further down in Ballyveagh. These Sloans wrote many songs and poems about local events, and one of their descendants, Tommy, is still a great man for the singing.

The inn mentioned may have been an old pub or shebeen which, ‘Ive been told, once operated from what in later years was Annetts of the Laney grocery shop. The building is still there but is now a dwelling. Another possibility is that it was the Mourne Inn in Ballymartin, run by a man called McKibben. This building is now the Spar supermarket. Old Billy Edmund, now deceased, the former owner of the Harbour Bar in Annalong, used to say that his Grandmother McDowell, had a bar somewhere up the Ballyveagh Road and this, too, would tie in with the song.

Anyone wishing to hear the tune of the song should contact any of the “ould hands” in the district. Maybe it will become popular again.

Greencastle
John Hilles	Hugh Martin	Pat. McGivern	Owen Clarke
Arthur Heslip	John Heslip	Thomas.McGivern	James White
Patrick McIlindon	Dan Sloan	Nicholas Cunighan	Philip Woods
Widow McIlindon	Richard McIlroy	Patrick Sloan	John Doran
Mathew McInlee	Hugh Doran	Widow Doran	James Kelly
James Hamil	George Morrow	William Kenny	Stephan Hoye
Nail Clark	Charles Medver	Ross Barry	Barnerd Foy
John Clark	Thomas Cull	James Forister	Richard White
Marcis White	James Foy	George Dugless	Phelix Slone
Widow White	Hugh McConaghn	William Dugless	William whin
Patrick Linden	Michael Clarck	James Dugless	Patrick Miles
William Slone	John George	Barney McConaghn	Matthew Majory
Benagh
Philip Maguire	Arthur Hanna	John Sloane	Pat Quinn
Hugh McIlroy	George Huston	James George	James Foy
Terence Flanigan	James Doran	Joshua Brand	Bernard Doran
James Doran, Sen.	Charles Orr	James Orr	Robert Boyd
Robert Edgar	David Moore	Aughtry Edgar	John Edgar
Charles Edgar	Charles Orr, Sen.	Arthur Patterson	James McNeight
Pat. Carline	William Foy
Lurganreagh & Lurganconroy
Wm. Cawfield	Thomas Morris	?, Cunnigan	Nicholas Doran
Peter Quin	B.Quin	Patrick Devine	Patrick Doran
Peter Sloan	Jas. Doran	Widow Colgan	Henry Magee
Patrick McCarton	Hu. Quin
Lurganconroy
Wm. Marmion	Jas. Marmion	Wm. Marmion	Patrick Flanigan
Drumcrow
Richard Marmion	Felix Flanigan	Emy Flanigan	Owen Cunningham
Nicoles Rodgers	John Mills	James Slone	Bryan Cull
Samuel Farguson	James Carson	John Quin	Terence Rodgers
Laughlan Rodgers	Martin Small	Dines Small	Patrick Small
William Moor	William Edgar	Michael Quin	Mary Roney
Dan Doran	Daniel Doran	Francis Doran
Cranfield
Charles Magen	James Moore	John Caffey	Barned McBrinn
Th?, George	Mrs. Small	David Caffey	?Rymond
John Doran	Arthur Murtan	Widow Caffey	Cela Rymond
Barned Clark	John Chesnutt	James Be?	James McBrinn
Arthur Clark	A. Davidson	Thomas Sibbet	John Thompson
John Cunningham	Robert Forsythe	William McBride	Samuel Caffey
Widow McBel	Widow Cunningham	Widow Chesnutt	John McBel
Ballyardle
John Waring	Daniel Cunningham	James Flannagan	Neal Doyle
William Kenny	John Flannagan	James Flannagan, Sen.	Samuel McGovern
William Quin	?, McCumskey	Daniel Kalister	James Anderson
Charles Larkin	George Carson	Widow Kiney	Mark Quin
Donavil
Thomas Cunigan	Nicholas Cunigan	Owen Cunigan	Henery Cusern
John Reley	John Doyle	Atty Doyle	William Mackan
John Curlit	John Doyle, Jun.	Hugh Doyle	Davit Moor
Laurence Quin	Jas. Doyle	Jas. Doran	Nichola Macken
John Diman	Patrick Runey	Jas. Feron	Robert Hadon
Pat Doyle	William Hanlon	Robert Irwin	Peter Doran
Brine Kelley	Thomas Brine	Wm. Cull	Wm. Owston?
John Cunigan	William Chesnut	Jas. Rone	John Chesnut
Ballinahatten
Rev.Lucas Waring	John Moore	William Moore	Rev. John McKelwane
Charles Moore	John Reid	Henry Burden	Patt. Roney
Edward Quinn	Jas. Knox	Ann Knox	Jas. Mikey
Owen Quin	John Morgan	John Irwin	George Donaldson
Felix Makin	Ann Makin	Jas. Irwin	Arthur Maginis
Neal sloan	Wm. Rodgers, Sen.	Ed. Burden	John Quin
Wm. Rodgers, Jun.
Drumindoney
Wm. Thompson	Alex. McKnight	Mrs Dunbar	Widow Sloan
George Atkinson	Hugh McKnight	John Haughey	William Carr
John Carr	James McKnight
Ballyrogan
Mrs Hanna
Drummonlane
John Curran	Michael Cull	Philip Bartley	Wm. Coonigan
Pat, McCoonigan
Grange
James Patterson	James Willson	Wm. Kirkelten?	James Moore
Brine McDermed	Clem McDermed	Widow Cunningham	James Cunningham
Edward McKlen	Edward McKlen	Widow Burdon	Henry Rogers
Daniel Magee	Pat. Cunningham	Wm. Quin	Brine Quin
Corcreaghan
Charles Richardson	Widow Cunningham	Henry Colgan	Widow Caulfield
Widow Cunningham	Neal Clark	Wm. Flemming	Thomas Kenmure
John Morning	John Hamilton	George Hunter	Wm. Douglas
John Cunningham	Samuel McRath	Terence Rourk	James Kelly
Dunavin
Nicholas Dawson,Sen.	Nicholas Dawson, Jun.	Hugh Hinds	James Cunnigan
Peter Draper	John Dowds	John Skillen	Michael Dowds
Francis Cunnigan	John McCumiskey	John Cunnigan	William Dawson
Hugh Burns	Manis Hinds	Thomas Gibson	John Dawson
Hugh Flanigan	James Morra	Edward Dowds	Charles Kearey
Peter Digoney	John Campbell	William Roy	Daniel Cunnigan
Hugh Heanin	John Quin	Robert Moore	William Bernott
John Flanigan	Henry Sloan	James Hanna	James Flanigan
Ballyveamore
John Pury	Bryan Byrn	Terrance Rice	George Annet
Daniel Cunningham	Bernard Murphy	Alex Byrns	James Agnew
Thomas Annet	John McCartan	James Annet	Hugh Annet
Hugh Roney	Richard Money	John Annet	Alex. Annet
William Cleary	Jack McVey	William Annet	Robert Annet
William Annet	James Riddle	John Seeds	Adam Stevenson
Andrew Ervine

Location	Reference	Nature
National Library of Ireland	Pos. 5478	Microfilm
Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
Aug. 28th. 1842 to Dec.18th.1867 Jan.11th 1868 to Dec. 14th.1880	Sept. 11th.1839 to Nov.21st.1866 Aug. 25th.1867 to Oct.10th.1880

Location	Reference	Nature
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland	MIC.1D/74	Microfilm
Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
1842 - 1881	1839 - 1880

Location	Reference	Nature
Ulster Historical Foundation		Database
Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
1842 - 1900	1839 - 1900

Location	Reference	Nature
National Library of Ireland	Pos. 5477	Microfilm
Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
July 1839 - Sept 12 1877 May 26 1845 - Dec 27 1880 (transcript)	May 9 1838 - Apr 18 1876 Oct 30 1867 - Apr 19 1869

Location	Reference	Other Records, preachers' books 1842-1967; vestry minutes 1884-1967; accounts 1866-1957
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland	T.679/63, 108; C.R.1/12	Original
Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
1842-1893	1873-1960	1845-1959

Location	Reference	Other Records, vestry minutes 1817-1956; preachers' books 1887-1960; accounts 1826-1838
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland	MIC.1/53-4; C.R.1/15	Microfilm
Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
1816-1937 (Indexed to 1842)	1816-1972 (Indexed to 1826)	1816-1937

Location	Reference	Other Records, Session minutes 1843-54; accounts 1842-50; list of seatholders c.1850; account book 1842-71
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland	MIC.1P/365	Microfilm
Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
1842-1871 1875-1964	1842-1957

Location	Reference	Other Records, Communion roll 1882-1929; stipend books 1838-57; committee minutes 1882-1929; stipend
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland	MIC.1P/365	Microfilm
Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
1839-1946	1845-1903