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Creggan (Armagh portion)

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"Creggan, a parish, partly in the barony of UPPER DUNDALK, county of LOUTH, and province of LEINSTER, but chiefly in the barony of UPPER FEWS, county of ARMAGH, and province of ULSTER, 8 miles (W. N. W.) from Dundalk, on the road to Newtown-Hamilton ; containing 14,261 inhabitants, of which number, 1674 are in that part of the parish which is in the county of Louth. This parish comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 24,185-1/4 statute acres, of which 21,823-1/2, including 419-1/2 of water, are in Armagh, and 2991-3/4 in Louth. ... Linen cloth and yarn are manufactured to a small extent by the farmers, whose principal dependence has been the breeding of cattle, but now most of the grazing land has been converted into arable, and even much of the mountainous district has been brought into cultivation. The river Creggan, which divides this parish into two nearly equal parts, turns several mills and contains fine trout. ... The principal seats in the parish are Urker Lodge, the property of T. P. Ball, Esq., towhom the parish principally belongs ; Crossmaglen, of Capt. Ball ; and Clohog Lodge, of R. G. Wallace, Esq."

[From Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)]

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Archives & Libraries

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Biography

  • Journal of the Creggan History Society
    • Anton, Dr Bridget, John Mitchell - profile of a revolutionary, 1997/1998, Vol 8
    • Conlon, Herbie, The Millionaire Murphy [Cardinal Tomas O Fiaich], 1992, Vol 6
    • Cumiskey, Mary, Sir Thomas Jackson, 1990, Vol 4
    • Kieran, Tony, Remembering Art McCooey, 1992, Vol 6
    • McShane, Michael, A tribute to James (Jem) Murphy [local historian], 1993, Vol 7
    • Murphy, Kevin, Michael J. Murphy: 'The Last Druid' 1913-1996 [local historian], 1997/1998, Vol 8
    • Duffy, Sean, The Loughross Gaelic Scholar Dr. James Woods, 1989, Vol 3
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Business & Commerce Records

  • Journal of the Creggan History Society
    • -----, Sale of scutch mill in Crossmaglen [document dated 1884], 1989, Vol 3
    • Duffy, Michael J., Flax in August, 1987, Vol 2
    • Miroudot, Bernadette, Scutch mills, 1989, Vol 3
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Cemeteries

  • Creggan Bane Glebe graveyard, C of I, Seanchas Ardmhacha, Vol. 4, 1976
  • Gravestone inscriptions in Creggan graveyard, Donaghcavey cemetery, old Kilskeery graveyard, Drumglass cemetery, photocopy available at the PRONI
  • McMahon, Kevin and Jem Murphy, Guide to Creggan Church & graveyard, Creggan Historical Society, [Crossmaglen], 1988
    • QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h p NB1863/MCMA
    • Also available for purchase from the Creggan History Society: e-mail info[at]cregganhistory.co[dot]uk
  • McMahon, Kevin, and Michael McShane, Inscriptions in Freeduff Presbyterian Graveyard, in the appendix to the Journal of the Creggan Historical Society, 2001/2002, Vol 10
  • McShane, Michael, Tombstone Inscriptions of Creggan Parish, St. Patrick's Cemetery, Cullyhanna, Co Armagh, 2002; available for purchase from the Creggan History Society: e-mail info[at]cregganhistory.co[dot]uk
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Census

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Church History

  • Chairdinéil Ó Fiaich Heritage Centre in Cullyhanna
  • Carville, Geraldine, Creggan: a Celtic Christian site: tangible links with St. Jarlath, 3rd Arc...
    • QUB: Armagh Campus Lib. - BX4700.J3/CARV, and Daly/ DA993.A8/CARV; and, Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls)- h BX4700.J3/CARV
    • Also available for purchase from the Creggan History Society: e-mail info[at]cregganhistory.co[dot]uk
  • Church of Ireland, Parish Church of Creggan, and Paterson, T. G. F. (Thomas George Farquhar), Parish of Creggan. Vol. 2: some notes relating to the Freeduff congregation in the Parish of Creggan and County of Armagh, and other antiquities, Armagh County Museum no. F6, FHL Film 1279353 Item 5
  • Coote, Charles, Sir, Excerpt from Statistical Survey of the County of Armagh, pub. 1804
  • Journal of the Creggan History Society
  • Larkin, Gene, The last true prince of Ulster, published in the 1991 Journal of the Creggan Local History Society, and posted to Pat Devlin's family history and South Armagh web site
  • Nelson, Simon (d.1847), History of the parish of Creggan in counties Armagh and Louth, Armagh County Museum no. E6, FHL Film 1279329 Item 20
  • Scott, Henry Gordon Waller, Cregan Parish notes, Armagh County Museum no. E8, FHL Film 1279330 Item 5
  • Irish miscellanea, chiefly from County Armagh [re: the Creggan vestry in the eighteenth century, and the churchwardens of Creggan], FHL Film 1279354 Item 10
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Description & Travel

  • The Wikipedia entry for Creggan (Armagh portion).

  • Chambers, S. W., Places of interest in Northern Ireland. No. 1: South Armagh, Newry and the Mourne Mountains, [Belfast: 1941]
    • NLI: Ir 9141 p 106, Coll. Ir.
  • Hughes, A.J., `Descriptive Remarks' for the County Armagh portion of Creggan Parish contained in the Nineteenth-Century Ordnance Survey Name-Books, Seanchas Ardmacha, Vol 15,= no1 (1992) pp 97-112
You can see pictures of Creggan (Armagh portion) which are provided by:

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Directories

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Emigration & Immigration

  • Emigration from Creggan, Co. Armagh, PRONI ref. T/3773
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Gazetteers

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Genealogy

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History

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Land & Property

  • Journal of the Creggan History Society
    • Gourd, Len, The Cornonagh Evictions, 1999/2000, Vol 9
    • McMahon, Kevin, The Cornonagh Evictions, 1989, Vol 3
    • Murphy, Jem, Carnally House, 1987, Vol 2
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Language & Languages

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Maps

  • Creggan parish - Townland map, from Pat Devlin's family history and South Armagh web site
  • Ordnance Survey of Ireland, Bessbrook, Crossmaglen & Keady, 1906, Godfrey ed., Alan Godfrey, Gateshead, 1986
    • QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h p G5790/.O5

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference H9361116858 (Lat/Lon: 54.092387, -6.57006), Creggan (Armagh portion) which are provided by:

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Military History

  • Journal of the Creggan History Society
    • McConville, Kieran, Paddy Lennon: A Cullyhanna man with the Boers, 2001/2002. Vol 10
    • McMahon, Kevin, Incidents, War of Independence, Creggan Parish, 1994/1995, Vol 7
    • Murphy, Kevin, Belmont Barracks, 1989, Vol 3
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Military Records

  • Church of Ireland, Parish Church of Creggan, Parish of Creggan. Vol. 1 : notes from church registers, vestry books, etc., Armagh County Museum no. F6, FHL Film 1279353 Item 4
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Names, Geographical

  • Ó Paircín, Liam, in AINM, Journal of the Ulster Place-name Society, Index of Contents, AINM - I-VIII
    • Carnally (Aughanduff-Slieve Gullion Area) VIII (1998-2000), 96
    • Creggan (bar. Fews Upr.) VIII (1998-2000), 48
    • Cregganduff, Creagán Dubh (Aughanduff-Slieve Gullion Area) VIII (1998-2000), 96
    • Dorsy, Dorsa (Aughanduff-Slieve Gullion area) VIII (1998-2000), 95
    • Dorsy, Dorsa, Doirse, Doirse Emna (South Armagh) VII (1996-97), 154 (= BUPNS Series I Vol. 1 Part 2 (Spring 1953), 37 [25]); VIII (1998-2000), 95
    • Dorsy (Hearty) (Aughanduff-Slieve Gullion Area) VIII (1998-2000), 95
    • Finiskin, Fionnuiscín? (Aughanduff-Slieve Gullion Area) VIII (1998-2000), 96
    • Freeduff, Fraoch Dubh (Aughanduff-Slieve Gullion Area) VIII (1998-2000), 96
    • Legmoylin (par. Creggan, bar. Fews Upr.) VIII (1998-2000), 48
    • Lurgancullenboy, Lorgain an Chuilinn Bhuí (Aughanduff-Slieve Gullion Area) VIII (1998-2000), 96
    • Tullynavall, Tulaigh na bhFál (Aughanduff-Slieve Gullion Area) VIII (1998-2000), 96
    • Ummeracam (Johnston), Iomaire Cam (Aughanduff-Slieve Gullion Area) VIII (1998-2000), 97
    • Ummeracam North, South (Ball) (Aughanduff-Slieve Gullion Area) VIII (1998-2000), 97
  • Creggan parish townlands - names and derivations, from Pat Devlin's family history and South Armagh web site
  • Journal of the Creggan History Society
    • Fee, John, What's in a name? [the possible derivation of the names of the townlands of Creggan], 1986, Vol 1
    • Macauley, Hugh, Placenames of Creggan, 1992, Vol 6
  • Townlands in Creggan parish, from the PRONI's Geographical Index
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Newspapers

  • IrelandOldNews -- an ongoing, volunteer project to transcribe 18th & 19th century Irish newspapers
    • Input "Creggan" and spelling variants into the "Find" box
    • Also try inputting townland and other placenames found in Creggan 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.
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Occupations

  • Journal of the Creggan Historical Society
    • Cumiskey, Mary, The hirin', 1986, Vol 1
    • Cumiskey, Mary, The hirin', 1987
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Periodicals

  • Journal of the Creggan History Society
    • The Cardinal O'Fiaich Centre, Cullyhanna, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland BT35 0JH Northern Ireland
    • Other publications available from the Society
    • Tel: 028 3086 8757
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Politics & Government

  • ---, South Armagh! Your day for Ireland. [Bye-election appeal by Sinn Fein urging constituents to vote for complete separation from Great Britain], [n.p., 1918]
    • NLI: ILB 300 p 3 [Item 110], Coll. Ilb.
  • De Valera, Eamonn (1882-1975), To the voters of Armagh, printed for the Candidate, Dr. Patrick McCartan, by O'Loughlin, Murphy & Boland, Ltd., Dublin; and published by the Sinn Fein Election Committee, [Dublin], [1918]
    • NLI: Ms 25,588(57), Manuscript Colls.
  • Eye-witness, When McCartan comes marching home, [Dublin?], [1918]
    • NLI: Ms 25,588(58), Coll Ms.
  • McCartan, Patrick (1878-1966), Conscription, printed for the Candidate, Doctor Patrick McCartan, by O'Loughlin, Murphy and Boland, Ltd., Dublin; and published by the Sinn Fein Election Committee, [Dublin], [1918]
    • NLI: Ms 25,588(56v), Coll Ms.
  • McCartan, Patrick (1878-1966), Which do you choose?, printed for the Candidate at the Wood Printing Works, [Dublin], [1918]
    • NLI: Ms 25,588(60), Coll Ms.
  • Journal of the Creggan History Society
    • McGuinness, Siobhan, The February 1918 by-election in South Armagh, 1992, Vol 6
    • McMahon, Kevin, The United Irishmen in Creggan parish, 1997/1998, Vol 8
  • O'Dwyer, Edward Thomas (1842-1917), The late Bishop of Limerick and John Redmond, printed by P. Mahon, Dublin, and published by the Candidate, [Dublin], [1918]
    • NLI: Ms 25,588(58), Coll Ms.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Public Records

  • Holdings of documents related to Creggan parish at the PRONI
    • Papers about individual parishes in the Armagh Diocesan Registry archive
      • "Creggan (Newtownhamilton), Co. Armagh -- The papers date from 1734-1735, 1773 and 1790-1950 (with many gaps), and include certificates of Bernard Murphy's conformity to the Church of Ireland, 1734-1735, plans and valuations relating to alterations to the church, 1851-1852, and a c.1870 schedule of formal documents relating to buildings over the period 1732-1852."
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Schools

  • Journal of the Creggan History Society
    • Kieran, Tony, Saint Bridis's P.S. Re-opened 1989, 1999/2000, Vol 9
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Social Life & Customs

  • ---, Exploring living memory [(Slide)], Part 1: South Armagh reminiscence and recall, Confederation of Community Groups, Newry, 1985(Slide)
    • QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus - ts/ HV1481.N8/EXPL
  • Castleblayney Community Enterprises, Along the Black Pig's Dyke folklore from Monaghan and South Armagh, [Castleblayney Community Enterprises], [1993]
    • NLI: Ir 3991 a 15, Collection Ir.
  • Journal of the Creggan History Society
    • Bourne, Mary Ann, "Youse the Bourkes?" (A Childhood in Creggan), 1999/2000, Vol 9
    • Cumiskey, Mary, Folk memories of the famine, 1994/1995, Vol 7
    • Mhic an Ghirr, Con, Crossmaglen Rangers GFC & AC, 1987, Vol 2
    • Murphy, Jem, Memories [reminiscences of an August evening and day in 1930], 1990, Vol 4
    • Ó Fiaich, Cardinal Tomas, Poets and scholars of Creggan parish, 1986, Vol 1
    • Ó Fiaich, Cardinal Tomas, Poets and scholars of Creggan parish, 1997/1998, Vol 8
  • O'Callaghan, Michael, The Culloville [Creggan parish] G.A.A. story: 1888 - 1992, Culloville Blues G.F.C., [Culloville], 1994
    • NLI: IR 396 o 69, Coll Ir.
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Societies

  • Creggan History Society
    • Áras an Chairdinéil Ó Fiaich, Slatequarry Road, Cullyhanna, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland BT35 0JH
    • Tel: 028 3086 8757
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Taxation

  • 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
      • Creggan parish segment -- online at John Hayes' web site