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"Kilcluney, or Kilclooney, a district parish, partly in the barony of LOWER ORIOR, but chiefly in that of LOWER FEWS, county of ARMAGH, and province of ULSTER, 2 miles (S. W.) from Markethill, on the road from Newry to Armagh; containing 7627 inhabitants. It was constituted, in 1792, by disuniting 22 townlands from the parish of Mullaghbrack, and comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 12,333-1/4 statute acres, of which 3109 are heath and bog, and the remainder in a high state of cultivation. At Carricklane is a quarry of good clay-slate, from which was raised the stone for building Gosford Castle. Lead ore has been also found in considerable quantities, and there are indications of coal. The weaving of linen and cotton cloth is carried on."

[From the Kilclooney segment in Lewis' Topographical Dictionary (1837)]

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Archives & Libraries

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Business & Commerce Records

  • Blair, Liam, Damolly Mill, written 29 Mar 2004, published by the Newry Journal e-zine
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Cemeteries

  • Irish miscellanea, chiefly from County Armagh. Microfilm of manuscript: [19--]. [Manuscript is at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. M8.] Contents include "Tombstone inscriptions, Kilclooney". LDS ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279354 Item 6
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Census

  • 1901 and 1911 censuses - LDS microfilm numbers
    • 1901 D.E.D. 20/1-3 -- FHL BRITISH Film 808508
    • 1901 D.E.D. 22/1-3 -- FHL BRITISH Film 808509
    • 1901 D.E.D. 23/1-10, 31, 11C (file 2,1), 29-30 -- FHL BRITISH Film 808510
    • 1911 Clady D.E.D. 20/1 -- Townland: Ballylane -- FHL BRITISH Film1999918
    • 1911 Clady D.E.D. 20/2-6 -- Townlands: Clady Beg, Clady More, Damoilly, Enagh, Kilmachugh -- FHL BRITISH Film 1999919
    • 1911 Glenanne D.E.D. 21/1-5 -- Townlands: Cordrummond, Corhammock, Kilbracks, Lisnaght, Seaboughan -- FHL BRITISH Film 1999920
    • 1911 Killeen D.E.D. 23/1-3 -- Townlands: Ballymacawley, Carnavanaghan, Cavanagrow -- FHL BRITISH Film 1999922
    • 1911 Markethill D.E.D. 24/1-6 -- Townlands: Ballindarragh, Brackly, Carricklane, Edenykennedy, Glasdrummond, Markethill Town -- FHL BRITISH Film 1999923
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Church Directories

  • Church of Ireland - Kilclooney parish [Armagh diocese]
    • The Church of Ireland - Find a church page
      • Parish Church of St John, at Kilcluney -- Mailing address: Mullabrack Rectory, 6 Mullurg Road, Mullbrack, Markethill, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland BT60 1QN; Tel: 028 3755 1092
    • Representative Church Body Library
      • Braemor Park, Churchtown, Dublin 14; Tel: +353 (0)1 4923979
  • Presbyterian
    • Cladymore Congregation
    • Redrock 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
  • Reformed Presbyterian
  • Roman Catholic - Parish of Ballymacnab (Killcluney) [Archdiocese of Armagh]
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Church History

  • Coote, Charles, Sir, Excerpt from Statistical Survey of the County of Armagh, pub. 1804
  • McCune, Jack, The parish of St.John's Kilcuney: a bi-centenary history 1794-1994, The Author, Markethill, Co. Armagh, 1994
    • QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h p BX5510.K35/MCCU
  • Smyth, Edward D, The house on the hill: the Redrock story, 1799-1987, Redrock Presbyterian Church, Redrock, Co. Armagh, 1987; NLI call no. Ir 285 s 14, Coll Ir.
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Church Records

  • Church of Ireland - Kilcluney parish [Armagh diocese]
    • Part of Mullaghbrack parish before 1794; see also Mullaghbrack parish [link pending]
    • Baptisms, 1832-; marriages, 1835-; burials, 1837-. In local custody.
  • Presbyterian congregations
    • Cladymore -- Baptisms, 1848-; marriages, 1845-. In local custody.
    • Redrock -- Baptisms, 1808-1896; marriages, 1812-1936; stipend and other accounts, 1807-58; lists of new communicants, 1808-97; transfer certificates, 1808-47. PRONI ref. MIC.1P/285
    • Presbyterian Historical Society -- Room 218, Church House, Fisherwick Place, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT1 6DW
  • Roman Catholic - Parish of Ballymacnab (Killcluney) [Archdiocese of Armagh]
    • Includes the civil parishes of Kilclooney, part of Mullaghbrack, and Lisnadill
    • Baptisms, 1844-81; marriages, 1844-80. PRONI ref. MIC.1D/37-38
    • Baptisms, 6 Jan 1844 - 21 Aug 1870, 20 Aug 1870 - 24 Dec 1880; marriages, 16 Jan 1844 - 16 Dec 1880. NLI ref. P.5586
    • Map of RC parishes in Co Armagh, from John Grenham's Irish Ancestors web site
      • Click on the parish of Ballymacnab, to obtain a list of parish registers
  • Sources, for the references given, above:
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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference H9495936217 (Lat/Lon: 54.265993, -6.543358), Kilclooney 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
    • Clann Chearnaigh (bar. Lower Fews) VIII (1998-2000), 181 (= BUPNS Series I Vol. 1 Part 4 (Autumn 1953), 79 [58])
    • Kilclooney (bar. Fews Lr. and partly bar. Orior Lr.) VII (1996-97), 8
    • Lisnagat VII (1996-97), 9
  • Townland names in Kilclooney 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 "Kilclooney" and spelling variants into the "Find" box
    • Also try inputting townland and other placenames found in Kilclooney 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
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Public Records

  • Holdings of documents related to Kilclooney parish at the PRONI
    • Papers about individual parishes in the Armagh Diocesan Registry archive
      • "Kilclooney, near Markethill, Co Armagh -- The documents run from 1806 to 1946 (with many gaps), and include building specifications, a plan and related correspondence about the repair and enlargement of the church, 1863, and a c.1870 schedule of formal documents relating to buildings over the period 1807-1867."
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Schools

  • Markethill National School, Registers of Markethill National School, 1845-1896. Microfilm of original records at the Public Record Office, Belfast. P.R.O. ref. no.: Sch 427/1/1-4. Register of females, 1845-1873 Register of females, 1872-1894 Register of males, 1862-1896 Register of males, 1872-1886. LDS ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1656972 Items 3-6
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Taxation

  • Valuation Records
    • 1848-1864, General valuation of rateable property in Ireland, "Griffith's Valuation"

 

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Voting Registers

  • Paterson, T.G.F., Tombstone and monumental inscriptions of Mullabrack with some notes relating to same. Microfilm of original manuscripst in the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. F6 Ms. 105. Contents include: poll book for Mullaghbrack and Kilclooney parishes, 1754. LDS ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279384 Item 1