Magheralin Civil Parish
County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Barony | Oneilland East |
Poor Law Union | Lurgan |
Catholic Diocese | Dromore |
Catholic Parish | Magheralin |
MAGHERALIN, or MARALIN, a
parish, partly in the barony of Oneiland East, county of Armagh, but
chiefly in that of Lower Iveagh, county of Down, and province of Ulster,
1½ mile (S.W.) from Moira, on the river Lagan, and at the junction of
the roads from Armagh to Belfast, from Moira to Lurgan, and from
Banbridge to Antrim; containing 5058 inhabitants. Here stood the
monastery of Linn Huachuille, (one townland in the parish being yet
called by that name), the remains of which are by some thought to be the
massive walls on the north side of the churchyard; it was founded by St.
Colman, or Mocholmoc, who died in 699. The ancient palace of the
bishops of Dromore was close to the village, on the site now occupied by
the parochial school; the last prelate who resided in it was the
celebrated Jeremy Taylor. The parish contains, according to the
Ordnance survey, 8293½ statue acres, of which 486½ are in the county of
Armagh, and the remainder in the county of Down. The lands are all
in tillage, with the exception of a proportion of meadow and about 200
acres of exhausted bog, which latter is fast being brought into
cultivation; the system of agriculture is improved. Here are
extensive quarries of limestone and several kilns, from which lime is
sent into the counties of Antrim, Armagh, and Down; this being the
western termination of the great limestone formation that rises near the
Giant's Causeway. There are also good quarries of basalt much used
in building, which dresses easily under the tool; and coal and freestone
are found in the parish, but neither has been extensively worked.
A new line of road has been formed hence to Lurgan, a distance of 2½
miles, and an excavation made through the village. An extensive
establishment at Springfield, for the manufacture of cambrics, affords
employment for 250 persons; and at Milltown a bleach-green annually
finishes upwards of 10,000 pieces for the English market. The
principal seats are Grace Hall, the residence of C. Douglass, Esq.;
Drumnabreagh, of M. Stothard, Esq.; Newforge, of Cosslett Waddell, Esq.;
Springfield, of J. Richardson, Esq.; Kircassock, of J. Christie, Esq.;
and the rectory, of the Rev. B.W. Dolling. The living is a rectory
and vicarage, in the diocese of Dromore, forming the corps of the
precentorship of Dromore, in the patronage of the Bishop. The
tithes amount to £453. 1. 7., exclusively of the moiety of tithes of
four townlands in the parish of Donaghcloney amounting to £17. 19.; the
gross value of the precentorship, tithes and glebe inclusive, is £684.
17. There is an excellent glebe-house on a glebe of 66 acres,
valued at £138. 12. 0. per annum. The church is an ancient
edifice, having a tower and law spire, and has lately been repaired at a
considerable expense; it was long used as the cathedral of Dromore, and
the bishop's throne yet remains in it. In the R.C. divisions this
parish and Moira form the union or district of Magheralin and Moira, in
each of which there is a chapel. About 250 children are educated
in four public schools, of which the parochial school in the village is
aided by an annual donation of £10 from the incumbent; the school-house
is large and commodious, with a residence for the master, and was
erected at the expense of £350. There are also schools at Rampark
and Grace Hall, the former built and supported by C. Douglass, Esq., and
the latter, for females by Mrs. Douglass. In six private schools
about 220 children are educated. The late Mr. Douglass, of Grace
Hall, made a charitable bequest for clothing the poor in winter; and
there are some minor charities. A sulphureous chalybeate
spring on the lands of Newforge, is said to equal in efficacy the waters
of Aix-la-Chapelle. |
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Townlands
LDS Film Numbers
Film Title | Film number(s) |
Tithe Applotments, 1834 | #258465 |
Griffith's Valuation, 1864 | #258751 |
Parochial registers of Magheralin RC Parish: Baptisms, marriages and deaths, 1815; baptisms, 1816-1845; marriages, 1817-1845; deaths and burials, 1817-1844; parish priests, 1809-1863; baptisms, 1845-1871; marriages, 1845-1871; funerals, 1845-1871; baptisms, 1871-1881; marriages, 1871-1883; funerals, 1871-1881 | #926086 |
1901 Ireland Census | # 812092 |
1911 Ireland Census, Townlands: Clankilveragh, Derrylisnahavil, Donagreagh | # 1999999 |
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SURNAME | CONTACT |
Carson | trb7777 |
Steele | trb7777 |
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Civil Parish Links |
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