KEADY

In 1868, the parish of Keady contained the following places:

"KEADY, a parish in the baronies of Turaney and Armagh, county Armagh, province of Ulster, Ireland, containing the small post town of its name. The parish is 7 miles long and 3 broad. A small proportion of the surface consists of bog, water, and waste, and Lough Clay lies within the parish. It is traversed by the cross roads from Caledon to Dundalk, and from Castle-Shane to Markethill, and by the rivulet Callen. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Armagh, value £333, in the patronage of the primate. The church was built in 1776 by Primate Robinson, and was enlarged in 1822. Two Roman Catholic chapels are joined to that of Derrynoose. Here are two Presbyterian meeting-houses and a Methodist chapel. There are four public and nine or ten private schools. The principal seats are Violet Hill, Annvale, Greenmount, with others. The town stands on the cross roads noticed above, and on the river Callan. The town is a considerable seat of the linen manufacture, and has numerous bleach-greens, a spinning-mill, and corn-mills. Building stone is quarried, and lead was formerly worked. It contains a police station, sessions house, and market house. Petty sessions are held weekly. Friday is market day, and a corn market is held twice a week. Fairs are held on the second Friday in every month."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018