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" Drumcree, a parish , in the barony of O’NEILLAND WEST, county of ARMAGH, and province of ULSTER; containing, with the post-town and district parish of Portadown, 12,355 inhabitants. According to the Ordnance survey, it comprises 13,385 statute acres: there is a very large tract of bog, most of which is valuable. The weaving of linen and cotton is carried on to a great extent. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Armagh, and in the patronage of the Lord-Primate: the tithes amount to £650."

[From the Parish of Drumcree segment of Lewis' Topographical Dictionary (1837)]

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Archives & Libraries

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Brownlow Library, Brownlow Road, Craigavon, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland BT65 5DP
Tel: 028 3834 1946; e-mail: BrownlowLibrary[at]NI-Libraries[dot]NET
CMS
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Craigavon Museum Services
NIPL
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Northern Ireland Public Libraries
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Portadown Library, 24/26 Church Street, Portadown BT63 3LQ
Tel: 028 3833 6122; e-mail: PortadownLibrary[at]NI-Libraries[dot]NET
SELB
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SELB Information Service, 24/26 Church Street, Portadown BT62 3DB
Tel: 028 3833 6122
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Biography

  • Buckland, Patrick, James Craig: Lord Craigavon, Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 1980
    • NLI: Ir 92 c 206, Coll. Ir.
    • QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h DA976.C8/BUCK
  • Craigavon, James Craig, Viscount (1871-1940), Letter: from the Viscount Craigavon to Sir Hugh Lane, 1908 May 8
    • NLI: Ms 35,682/1(11), Coll. Ms.
  • Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer) (b. 1883), Craigavon, Ulsterman, Allen & Unwin, London, [1949]
    • NLI: Ir 92 c 93, Coll. Ir.
    • QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus - DA976.C8/ERVI; Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h DA976.C8/ERVI
  • Hadden, Rosalind, Doctor at Sea (Dr William Edward Hadden, 1858-1949), from Review - Journal of the Craigavon Historical Society, Vol. 5 No. 3
  • Kehoe, A. M., History makers of 20th century Ireland - Carson, Craig, Griffith, Collins, Cosgrave, De Valera, Brookeborough, O'Neill, Lemass, MacBride, Mentor Publications Ltd., Dublin, 1989
    • NLI: Call no. Ir 921 k 1, Coll. Ir.
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Business & Commerce Records

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Census

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Church History

  • ---, History of the Parish of Portadown, Armagh, includes List of Chairmen of Town; Commissioners & Clerks, 1828-1901; and History of the Parish; also History of the Parochial Schools; List of Clergy of Portadown Parish, 1826-1899; List of Church Wardens1826-1901; Parochial Treasurers & Secretaries of Select Vestry, 1870-1899; Organists, 1859-1897. AIGS ref. no. Irl. Gen. 29
  • ---, Photographs of local churches, from Jim Lyttle's Portadown Photos web site: St Mary's Hall, St Mark's, Thomas Street Methodist, and Parish church of Drumcree
  • Church of Ireland, St Mark's (Portadown), Portadown parish, St. Mark's, 1826-1976, Belfast: Nelson & Knox, 1876? LDS ref. no. FHL BRITISH Film 1279329 Item 13
  • Church of Ireland, St Saviour's (Portadown), St. Saviour's Church, Portadown, centenary yearbook, 1858, Portadown, 1950. Microfilm of original at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. E6
  • Clow, William Moffatt, First Portadown Centenary, (re: Methodist church), Microfilm of original at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. E6. LDS ref. no. FHL BRITISH Film 1279329 Item 12
  • Edenderry Memorial Methodist Church, Edenderry Memorial Methodist Church, Portadown, 1891-1991 : an informal account of a church and its background, Portadown, 1991. 67 pp.
  • Gilmour, Mervyn D., 100 not out: Armagh Road Presbyterian Church (Second Portadown) 1868-1968, [Ireland : Armagh Road Presbyterian Church], 1968. 24 pp.
  • Green, Wm. J., Methodism in Portadown, Belfast : Nelson & Knox. 1960?.
  • Sleator, A.G., The Presbyterians of Portadown, from Review - Journal of the Craigavon Historical Society, Vol. 3 No. 2
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Description & Travel

  • A Portadown Photos Page - presented by Dean Weir
  • ---, Craigavon official guide, issued by authority of the Borough Council of Craigavon, Municipal Publicity Ltd, Macclesfield, 1993
    • QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h DA994.C88/CRAI
  • ---, Craigavon Borough: official guide, Home Publishing, Wallington, [1981?]
    • NLI: Ir 91411 p 8, Coll. Ir.
  • Craigavon, Borough Council, Craigavon borough: offical guide, Home Publishing, Wallington, [1984]
    • NLI: Ir 914116 c 14, Coll. Ir.
  • Stretch of historic Newry to Portadown canal to be reflooded - BBC
  • Portadown Photos - Old photographs and local history, from Jim Lyttle of Portadown
  • Portadown, Craigavon Borough Council, Focus: information guide on Craigavon New Town
    • NLI: Ir 05 p 45, Coll. Ir.
  • Review - The Journal of the Craigavon Historical Society
  • Young, Alex F. & Quaill, Des. Old Portadown. Stenlake Publishing, 2002 [48pp. Illustrated]. Old photographs of the town of Portadown, Co. Armagh, with short accompanying descriptions]
You can see pictures of Drumcree which are provided by:

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Directories

  • 1819 - Bradshaw, Thomas, The general directory of Newry, Armagh, and the towns of Dungannon, Portadown, Tandragee, Lurgan, Waringstown, Banbridge, Warrenpoint, Rosstrevor, Kilkeel, Rathfriland, 1820 : containing an alphapetical list of the merchants, manufacturers, and inhabitants in general; and historical accounts of the respective towns..., Newry: Alexander Wilkinson, 1819. LDS ref. no. FHL BRITISH Film 1559455 Item 4
  • 1820 - Bradshaw, Thomas (copied by J.S.F. Paterson), Extracts from Bradshaw's directory for 1820. Microfilm of original records in the Public Record Office, Belfast. Includes lists of inhabitants in Armagh, Markethill, Portadown, Tandragee and Lurgan. LDS ref. no. FHL BRITISH Film 258724 Item 1
  • 1846 - Slater, National Commercial Directory of Ireland, pub. 1846
  • 1881 - The Portadown section from SLATER'S Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland, including, in addition to the Trades Lists, Alphabetical Directories of Dublin, Belfast, Cork, and Limerick, to which are added Classified Directories of the Following Important Towns: Bristol, Glasgow, and Liverpool [pub. in Manchester, 1881]
  • 1888 - Bassett, George, The Book of County Armagh: A manual and directory for manufacturers, merchants, traders, professional men, land-owners, farmers, tourists, anglers and sportsmen generally, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. and New York: Robert J. McMillan, 1888.
  • 1910 - Portadown, County Armagh, from the Belfast and Ulster Towns Directory for 1910 - hosted by Library Ireland
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Emigration & Immigration

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Gazetteers

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Genealogy

  • Families
    • ---, Miscellaneous family and genealogical notes. Notes Microfilm of manuscriptat the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. N8. Includes: Armstrong of Eden Hall, Portadown; Blacker of Carrickblacker amd Woodbrock; Ballintaggart and its owners; The Atkinsons, Blacker; The Burleigh family, Portadown; Bickerton of Clatilew; The Bredons; Christy of Moyallan; The Corry family; Cope of Drumilly; Clarke of Portadown; Dawson of Dawson's Grove; Fulton of Portadown; Kelly of Dawson's Grove; Jackson; Jones of Kilmorarity; The Mathers family;The Macans; Montgomery of Portadown; Obins of Portadown; Owens; Obre of Clantilew; Paul of Portadown; Pepper of Ballyworkan; Roe of Ballintaggart; Reed of Portadown; Richardson of Lisburn; Shiel of Portadown; Shillington; Stray Portadown notes; Searight of Portadown; Sloan of Portadown; Stanhawe; Waldrons of Richmont; Wentworth of New South Wales; The Woodhouses; Wolsey of Portadown; Workmans; Ledlie-Leadley. FHL Film 1279356 Item 38
    • Review - Journal of the Craigavon Historical Society
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History

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Land & Property

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference H9845955208 (Lat/Lon: 54.435879, -6.483398), Drumcree which are provided by:

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Military History

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Newspapers

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Occupations

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Politics & Government

  • Communist Party of Ireland, Craigavon in the dock: an indictment by the Communist Party of Ireland, [Belfast]: 1938
    • NLI: Ir 3239 p 70, Coll. Ir.
    • QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h p DA974/COMM
  • O'Donnell, C. J. (Charles James) (1850-1934), Outraged Ulster: why Ireland is rebellious: with an introductory letter to the Right Honourable Viscount Craigavon, Anglo-Eastern Pub. Co., [London?], c1932
    • NLI: Ir 94108 o 11, Coll. Ir.
  • Shearman, Hugh, Not an inch, a study of Northern Ireland and Lord Craigavon, Faber and Faber Limited, London [1942]
    • NLI: Ir 32341 s 20, Coll. Ir.
    • QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h DA973/SHEA
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Probate Records

  • Atkinson, Robert, of Drumcree - will included in the Montgomery Hyde Papers [PRONI ref. D/3084]
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Public Records

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Schools

  • Class photographs, from Jim Lyttle's Portadown Photos web site: Ballyoran P.S., Church Street Primary School, Clounagh J.H. School, Derryhale School, Edenderry School (1960), Hart Memorial School, Killycomain J.H. School, Park Road Junior School, Portadown College, Richmount Primary School, St Columba's School, Thomas Street School, Old Technical College
  • Hadden, Rosalind, Portadown College in the Past, from Review - The Journal of the Craigavon Historical Society, Vol. 8 No. 1
  • Richmount Primary School - History, written by Principal Gray in 1999
  • Sir Robert Hart Memorial School (Portadown, Armagh), Registers of Hart Memorial School, 1935-1940. Microfilm of original records at the Public Record Office, Belfast, PRO ref. no. Sch 1027/1/1-2. Includes indexes. LDS ref. no. FHL BRITISH Film 1551099 Items 1-2
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Social Life & Customs

  • Foy, Harry, Growing up in Portadown in the Thirties and Forties, from Jim Lyttle's Portadown Photos web site
  • Martin, Berties, Woodhouse Street, It's past and it's people, from Jim Lyttle's Portadown Photos web site
  • Review - Journal of the Craigavon Historical Society
  • Social vignettes, past and present -- from Jim Lyttle's Portadown Photos web site, including: Country comes to town 2001 and 2002; Moses Teggart, the Poet of the Bog Lands; Regal Cinema; Rugby, football and golf clubs; Men's and Ladies' choirs; Charles Street/Charlie's Walls or Dawson's Row during the 1800's; etc.
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Societies

  • Craigavon Historical Society
    • John Trimble (Honorary Secretary), Craigavon Historical Society, 103 Drumgor Park, Craigavon, Co. Armagh BT64 4AH
    • Lutton, S.C., Coming of Age - 21 Years of CHS (Craigavon Historical Society), from Review - The Journal of the Craigavon Historical Society, Vol. 6 No. 1
    • Mooney, Rev B.J. Dean, Foreword (How the Society began), 1968
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Taxation

  • Johnston, George Hamilton, Irish miscellanea, chiefly from County Armagh. Microfilm of manuscript at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. P8. Copied by T.G.F. Paterson from a manuscript by George Hamilton Johnston. Contents include List of tythe payers of Drumcree & Portadown 1734, etc. LDS ref. no. FHL BRITISH Film 1279356 Item 45
  • Valuation Records
    • 1848-1864, General valuation of rateable property in Ireland, "Griffith's Valuation"