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"Keady, a market and post-town, and a parish, partly in the barony of TURANEY, but chiefly in that of ARMAGH, county of ARMAGH, and province of ULSTER, 6 miles (S. S. W.) from Armagh, and 61-1/2 (N. N. W.) from Dublin, on the road from Armagh to Dublin ; containing 9092 inhabitants, of which number 896 are in the town. ... The parish, including part of Armagh-Brague, comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 15,131-3/4 acres, of which 208 are under water ; the soil is generally light and stony, but in some parts loamy and rich ; the system of agriculture is improving, and there is a considerable quantity of bog, affording a valuable supply of fuel ; nearly the whole of the waste land has been enclosed and brought into a good state of cultivation. ... The principal seats are Violet Hill, the residence of A. Irwin, Esq. ; Annvale, of W. Kirk, Esq.; Greenmount, of J. A. Kidd, Esq. ; Dundrum, of S. Kidd, Esq. ; Ballier, of J. B. Boyd, Esq. ; Millview, of Jos. McKee, Esq. ; Linenvale, of the Rev. S. Simpson ; Tassagh, of F. Stringer, Esq. ; Roan, of W. Girven, Esq.; Mountain Lodge, of H. Garmany, Esq. ; New Holland, of Lieut. M'Kean, R.N.; the Lodge, of the Rev. P. Coleman ; and Darkley, of H. M'Kean, Esq."

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

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Archives & Libraries

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Cemeteries

Anglican
St Matthew, Keady, Church of Ireland
Cemeteries
Tassagh Graveyard, Tassagh, Cemetery
Presbyterian / Unitarian
2nd Presbyterian, Keady, Presbyterian
Tassagh Presbyterian, Tassagh, Presbyterian
Roman Catholic
St Mary, Granemore, Catholic
St Mochua, Crossnamoyle, Catholic
St Patrick, Keady, Catholic
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Census

  • 1901 and 1911 censuses - LDS microfilm numbers [Source: FHL Catalogue Online]
    • 1901 D.E.D. 10/1-3 -- FHL BRITISH Film 808504 Item 3
    • 1901 D.E.D. 11/12-17; 12/15-20 -- FHL BRITISH Film 808505 Items 1-2
    • 1901 D.E.D. 13/3-10, 11C-12C 1901 D.E.D. 14/1-12 -- FHL BRITISH Film 808506 Items 1-2
    • 1911 Armaghbrague D.E.D. 10/1-2 -- Townlands: Aughnagurgan, Corkley -- FHL BRITISH Film 1999856
    • 1911 Armaghbrague D.E.D. 10/3 -- Townland: Granemore -- FHL BRITISH Film 1999857
    • 1911 Crossmore D.E.D. 11/12-17 -- Townlands: Crossmore (Rural), Drumderg, Dunlarg (Rural), Iskymeadow, Tassagh, Tullynamalloge -- FHL BRITISH Film 1999858
    • 1911 Derrynoose D.E.D. 12/15-20 -- Townlands: Brackly, Carrickduff, Crossnamoyle, Kilcalm, Tievenamara -- FHL BRITISH Film 1999860
    • 1911 Keady (Rural) D.E.D. 13/3-4 -- Townlands: Cargaclogher, Clay -- FHL BRITISH Film 1999860
    • 1911 Keady (Rural) D.E.D. 13/5-11 (file 1) -- Townlands: Crossdened, Darkley, Dundrum, Lagan, Racarbry, Tullyglush, Darkley Town -- FHL BRITISH Film 1999861
    • 1911 Keady Rural D.E.D. 13/11 (file 2)-12 -- Darkley Town (cont.), Carmoyle Town -- FHL BRITISH Film 1999862
    • 1911 Keady Urban D.E.D. 14/1-7 -- Keady Town -- FHL BRITISH Film 1999862
    • 1911 Keady Urban D.E.D. 14/8-12 -- Keady Town (cont.) -- FHL BRITISH Film 1999863
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Churches

Anglican
St Matthew, Keady, Church of Ireland
Cemeteries
Tassagh Graveyard, Tassagh, Cemetery
Presbyterian / Unitarian
2nd Presbyterian, Keady, Presbyterian
Tassagh Presbyterian, Tassagh, Presbyterian
Roman Catholic
St Mary, Granemore, Catholic
St Mochua, Crossnamoyle, Catholic
St Patrick, Keady, Catholic
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Church Directories

  • Church of Ireland - Keady parish [Armagh diocese]
    • The Church of Ireland - Find a church page
      • Parish church at Armaghbreague (partly in Keady parish and partly in Lisnadill parish)
      • Parish church of St Matthew
      • Mailing address for both churches: 31 Crossmore Road, Keady, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland BT60 3JY; Tel: 028 3753 1230
    • Representative Church Body Library
      • Braemor Park, Churchtown, Dublin 14; Tel: +353 (0)1 4923979
  • Presbyterian
    • Armaghbreague Congregation
    • Keady First (The Temple) Congregation - see under Derrynoose parish [link pending]
    • Tassagh 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 BT1 6WD; Tel: 028 9032 2284
  • Roman Catholic - Keady and Derrynoose parish [Archdiocese of Armagh]
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Church History

  • ---, Centenary souvenir of the coming of the Poor Clares to Keady, Co. Armagh, 18.., [S.l. : s.n.], 1971
    • QUB: Armagh Campus Lib. - Daly/ p BX4363.I6/CENT
  • Blacker, Rev. J.S., Rector, Three lectures, intended to illustrate the subject of reading to edification: delivered in the Church of Keady, published for the use of the congregation, John McWatters, Armagh, 1835
    • NLI: P 362(9), Coll. P
  • Coote, Charles, Sir, Excerpt from Statistical Survey of the County of Armagh, pub. 1804
  • Dickson, William Steel (1744-1824), A narrative of the confinement and exile of William Steel Dickson, D. D., formerly minister of the Presbyterian congregations of Ballyhalbert and Portaferry, in the county of Down, and now of Keady, in the county of Armagh. To which is annexed, an account of an assault committed on the author, September 9th, 1811, on his return from the Catholic meeting in the city of Armagh; with a sketch of proceedings consequent thereon, printed for the author, by J. Stockdale, Dublin, 1812
    • NLI: J 92, Coll. J.
    • QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus - BX9225.D5/DICK; and, Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h BX9225/DICK
  • Geary, Trevor Robert and Dorothy Shilliday (Illustrator), Armaghbreague Presbyterian Church: 150 Years of Christian Witness, 1847-1997, Armagh: Armaghbreague Presbyterian Church, 150th Committee [318 pp., ISBN: 0953051404]
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Church Records

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Description & Travel

The Wikipedia entry for Keady.

You can see pictures of Keady which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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Genealogy

  • Coyle, Michael F., Genealogy of the Smyths of Carrickaduff in the Parish of Derrynoose, Carnagh, Keady, Co. Armagh, [The author, Dunleer, Co. Louth], 1980
    • NLI: GO 613, Coll. Go.
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Historical Geography

The civil parish of Keady contained the townlands of:
Aughnagurgan, Brackly, Cargaclogher, Carrickduff, Clay, Corkley, Crossdened, Crossmore, Crossnamoyle, Crossnenagh, Darkley, Drumderg, Dundrum, Dunlarg, Granemore, Iskymeadow, Kilcam, Lagan, Racarbry, Tassagh, Tievenamara, Tullyglush, Tullynamalloge,
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History

  • Hogg, Matthew Banks, Short history of Keady parish, its church & people, [Armagh, Ire., 1928]
    • NLI: Ir 274116 h 1, Coll. Ir.
    • QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Issue Desk) - p BX5570/HOGG
  • Online resources
    • Keady Heritage Centre at The Old Mill, Keady, along the Beetlers' Trail
  • Societies
    • ---, Keady and District Historical Society, Keady, 1992
      • NLI: Ir 0000, Coll. Ir.
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Land & Property

  • Blackwatertown rentals, Jan. 1842 ; Rental of the estate of Lee McKinstry for the year ending 1st Nov. 1849. Microfilm of manuscript: 1842-1849. 2 v. [Manuscript is at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh. Armagh County Museum no. ref. 11B.] LDS ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279332 Item 15
  • Reference to the town and town parks of Keady. Notes Microfilm of original: [1838?]. 1 v. Includes list of tenants and the quality of their holdings. [Original is at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh. Armagh County Museum ref. no. 10B]. LDS ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279331 Item 3
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Maps

  • 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
    • Reprint of originals published: Dublin : Ordnance Survey Office, 1908-1909. Held by the LDS, ref. FHL BRITISH Book 941.5 E7gbo arm 1906.
    • Also available from Alan Godfrey Maps

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference H8480932344 (Lat/Lon: 54.232993, -6.700178), Keady which are provided by:

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Names, Geographical

  • Ó Paircín, Liam, in AINM, Journal of the Ulster Place-name Society, Index of Contents, AINM - I-VIII
    • Aughnagurgan (par. Keady) IV (1989-90), 209; VII (1996-97), 168n (= BUPNS Series I Vol. 2 Part 2 (Summer 1954), 33)
    • Clea Lake VII (1996-97), 167 (= BUPNS Series I Vol. 2 Part 2 (Summer 1954), 33)
    • Crossdened VII (1996-97), 163 (= BUPNS Series I Vol. 2 Part 2 (Summer 1954), 33)
    • Darkley VII (1996-97), 167 (= BUPNS Series I Vol. 2 Part 2 (Summer 1954), 33)
    • Keady IV (1989-90), 209; VII (1996-97), 163 (= BUPNS Series I Vol. 2 Part 2 (Summer 1954), 33)
    • Lagan VII (1996-97), 167 (= BUPNS Series I Vol. 2 Part 2 (Summer 1954), 33)
    • Tassagh Bridge VII (1996-97), 168 (= BUPNS Series I Vol. 2 Part 2 (Summer 1954), 33)
    • Wolf Island Bog (tl. Aughnagurgan, par. Keady) IV (1989-90), 209
  • Townlands in Keady parish - from the PRONI's Geographical Index of Northern Ireland
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Newspapers

  • IrelandOldNews - an ongoing, volunteer project to transcribe 18th & 19th century Irish newspapers
    • Input "Keady" and spelling variants (e.g., "Keadie", "Kedie", etc.) into the "Find" box
    • Also try inputting townland and other placenames found in Keady 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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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Public Records

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