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"Tynan, a post-town and parish, partly in the barony of ARMAGH, but chiefly in that of TURANEY, county of ARMAGH, and province of ULSTER, 6-1/2 miles (W. by S.) from Armagh, and 72 (N. by W.) from Dublin, on the road from Armagh to Monaghan ; containing with the town of Middleton and the village of Killyleagh (both separately described), 11,542 inhabitants, of which number, 243 are in the town of Tynan. ... It contains 17,646 statute acres, of which 80-3/4 are under water, being the small lakes of Portnelligan, Houslough, and Kiltubrit, which discharge their superfluous waters into Glaslough, in the county of Monaghan. ... The most remarkable seats are Tynan Abbey, the residence of Sir J. M. Stronge, who is the proprietor of the village of the same name ; Woodpark, of Capt. Acheson St. George ; Fellows Hall, of T. Knox Armstrong, Esq. ; Mount Irwin, of W. Irwin, Esq. ; Darton, of Maxwell Cross, Esq. ; Portnelligan, of Alex. Cross, Esq. ; Ashfort, of Hugh Harris, Esq. ; Bondville, of H. Coote Bond, Esq. ; the glebe, of the Rev. W. Mauleverer ; and Chantilly glebe, of the Rev. J. W. Trew."
[From the Tynan segment of Lewis' Topographical Dictionary (1837)]
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- Abbreviations used in these GENUKI County Armagh, and library notes
- AIGS = Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies
- FHL = Family History Library (LDS)
- LDS = Latter Day Saints
- NLI = National Library of Ireland
- PRO = National Archives (formerly, the Public Record Office) at Kew, England
- PRONI = Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
- QUB = Queen's University, Belfast
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- Protestant householders of the parishes of Derrynoose and Tynan in 1740. Includes a list of Protestant householders in the parishes of Derrynoose and Tynan in 1740 as enumerated in Parliamentary Returns in Record Office Dublin, bundle 75, no. 645.
- 1901 Census - LDS microfilm numbers
- D.E.D. 8/30-38 FHL BRITISH Film 808504 Item 1
- D.E.D. 11/18-19 FHL BRITISH Film 808505 Item 1
- D.E.D. 28/1-30, 31c (file 1-2); 27/15-16 FHL BRITISH Film 808513
- D.E.D. 29/2-9, 10c, 11-29, 30c FHL BRITISH Film 812087 Item 1
- 1911 Census - LDS microfilm numbers
- Glenaul D.E.D. 8/30-38 - Townlands: Annagh, Annaghananny, Annagharap, Clontycarty, Drumgolliff, Foyarr, Knockaneagh, Pollnagh, Turry. FHL Film 1999875
- Crossmore D.E.D. 11/18-19 - Townlands: Cavanagarvan, Drummond. FHL Film 1999859
- Brootally D.E.D. 29/15-16 - Townlands: Balteagh, Derryhaw. FHL Film 1999946
- Middletown 30/1-19 - Townlands: Ardgonnell, Carricklane, Cavandoogan, Crann, Creevkeeran, Crossdall, Doogary, Drumahean, Drumgarran, Drumgose, Drumhillery, Foyduff, Glasdrummand, Hanslough, Kiltubbrid, Knockbane, Lisslanly, Middletown, Mullanary. FHL Film 1999946
- Middletown D.E.D. 30/20/31 - Townlands: Portnelligan, Rathcumber, Rathtrillick, Rawes, Reen, Shantally, Sheetrim, Skerries, Tullybrick (Hamilton), Tullyglush (Kane), Unshog, Middletown Town. FHL Film 1999947
- Tynan D.E.D. 31/2-9 - Townlands: Crearum or Fellows Hall, Darton, Drum, Kennedies, Killylea, Manooney, Marrassit or College Hall, Naul. FHL Film 1999947
- Tynan D.E.D. 31/10-30 - Townlands: Killylea Town, Ballynameta or Woodpark, Breaghy, Cavanapole, Cooey, Coolkill, Corfehan, Cor Tynan, Dillay, Enagh, Fairview or Mucklagh, Gortmalegg, Island Spa, Lemnagore, Lisloony, Lissheagh or Mount Irwin, Mullan, Tullybrick Etra or Bondville, Tullyglush (Nevin), Tynan; Tynan Town. FHL Film 1999948
- Source for census references, given above: FHL catalogue online
- C.I. Killylea [Armagh diocese] - Parish Church of St Mark
- The Church of Ireland - Find a church page
- The Rectory, 154 Killylea Road, Armagh, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland BT60 4LN
- Tel: (028) 3756 8320
- The Church of Ireland - Find a church page
- C.I. Middletown [Armagh diocese] - Parish Church of St John
- The Church of Ireland - Find a church page
- Mailing address: 16 Derryhaw Road, Tynan, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland BT60 4SS
- Tel: 028 3756 8619
- The Church of Ireland - Find a church page
- C.I. Tynan [Armagh diocese] - Parish Church of St Vindic
- The Church of Ireland - Find a church page
- Address: 16 Derryhaw Road, Tynan, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland BT60 4SS
- Tel: 028 3756 8619
- The Church of Ireland - Find a church page
- Representative Church Body Library
- Braemor Park, Churchtown, Dublin 14
- Tel: +353 (0)1 4923979
Presbyterian congregations
- Drumhillery Congregation
- Lislooney Congregation
- Middletown Congregation
- Presbyterian Historical Society
- The Presbyterian Church in Ireland publishes a directory of synods, assemblies, boards, committees, congregations and ministers, annually, for a nominal cost. The directory includes maps of presbyteries and congregations.
- The Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Church House, Fisherwick Place, Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland BT1 6WD; Tel: 028 9032 2284
- Historically and currently, the R.C. Parish of Middletown comprises the civil parish of Tynan
- Church of St John (1826), at Middletown
- Church of St Joseph (1813), at Tynan
- Mailing address for St John's and St Joseph's: Parochial House, 290 Monaghan Road, Middletown, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland BT60 4JE
- Tel: 028 3756 8406
- Modern R.C. pastoral areas are shown on this Pastoral Area Map
- Today's R.C. parish of Armagh includes the St Louis Convent, at Middletown
- Refer to Parish of Middletown (Tynan) at CatholicIreland.net for a current directory listing
- ---, Protestant householders of some Ulster parishes in 1740, Microfilm of transcript of original manuscript: [19--]. [22] p. Typescript is at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. E7. LDS ref. no. FHL BRITISH Film 1279327 Item 1
- Contents: Protestant householders of the counties of Derrynoose and Tynan in 1740, plus the parishes of Kildress and Derryloran in Tyrone, and Tanlatard in Londonderry.
- Coote, Charles, Sir, Excerpt from Statistical Survey of the County of Armagh, pub. 1804
- Reeves, William, The history of Tynan Parish in the Arch-diocese of Armagh : with notices of the O'Neills and other territorial families, the parochial clergy, ecclesiastical remains, and copies of documents relating to the district, Microfilm of original article in: Ulster Journal of Archaeology, New series, v. 6, no. 2 (April, 1900), p. 105-115; no. 3 (July, 1900), p. 173-182; no. 4 (October, 1900), p. 210-217; v. 7, no. 1 (January, 1901), p. 46-52. LDS ref. no. FHL BRITISH Film 1696658 Item 6
- Tynan, Co. Armagh Parish Council, Historical sketches of the parish of Tynan and Middletown, Parish Council, Parish of Tynan, 1995
- NLI: Ir 274111 L 11, Collection Ir.
- QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h DA993.A8/MALL
The Wikipedia entry for Tynan.
- The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
- Coote, Charles, Sir, Excerpt from Statistical Survey of the County of Armagh, pub. 1804
- Lewis, Samuel, Tynan Parish, from Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland [1837]
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Tynan to another place.
- Bence-Jones, Mark, The Country House Database [A Guide to Irish Country Houses, 2nd ed., Trafalgar Square Books, 1996]
- Elm Park at Killylea, inherited 1758 by Maxwell Close
- Tynan Abbey, built by Rev. James Stronge 1750 (now a ruin)
- Major Collections held at the PRONI
- The Armstrong of Deans Hill Papers
- The Caledon Papers - Tynan parish
You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference H7717140510 (Lat/Lon: 54.307542, -6.815181), Tynan which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Copy
Tynan
and paste it along with the county name into the search box at Ordnance Survey Ireland. - GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Ó Paircín, Liam, in AINM, Journal of the Ulster Place-name Society, Index of Contents, AINM - I-VIII
- Marrassit (par. Tynan, bar. Armagh) VIII (1998-2000), 52
- Tynan VIII (1998-2000), 52
- Townland names - from the PRONI's Geographical Index of Northern Ireland
- IrelandOldNews - an ongoing, volunteer project to transcribe 18th & 19th century Irish newspapers
- Input "Tynan" and spelling variants (e.g., "Tynon", "Tynen", etc) into the "Find" box
- Also try inputting townland and other placenames found in Tynan parish
- Of course, you may also wish to search for your favourite personal and family names!
- Revisit the IrelandOldNews web site periodically, as transcribers update their county pages regularly
- The Belfast Newspaper Index, 1737-1800; compiled by Dr. John C. Greene of Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.A.
- Mentions of Tynan in the Belfast Newsletter index
- Armagh Poor Law Union - from Peter Higginbotham's The Story of Workhouses
Holdings of documents related to Tynan parish at the PRONI:
- Papers about individual parishes in the Armagh Diocesan Registry archive
- "Tynan, Co Armagh -- The documents run from 1768 to 1975 (with gaps), and include papers about alterations to the church, 1860, and a c.1870 schedule of formal documents relating to buildings over the period 1775-1865."
- Valuation Records
- 1848-1864, General valuation of rateable property in Ireland, "Griffith's Valuation"
- Listed every occupier of land, the lessor of that land, size of the holding, and the rate payable on that holding
- Tynan parish segment -- online at John Hayes' web site
- 1848-1864, General valuation of rateable property in Ireland, "Griffith's Valuation"