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"Mullaghbrack, a parish, partly in the baronies of ONEILLAND WEST and LOWER ORIOR, but chiefly in the barony of LOWER FEWS, county of ARMAGH, and province of ULSTER; containing, with the district parish of Kilcluney, the post-town of Markethill, and the village of Hamilton's-Bawn (all of which are separately described), 16,099 inhabitants, of which number, 7627 are in the district parish of Kilcluney."

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

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Archives & Libraries

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Cemeteries

  • Tombstone and monumental inscriptions of Mullabrack with some notes relating to same; copied by T.G.F. Paterson; microfilm of original manuscripst in the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. F6 Ms. 105. Contents include: vestry books, ca. 1764-1837; list of churchwardens, 1763-1904; poll book for Mullaghbrack and Kilclooney parishes, 1754; muster roll, 1618; volunteers in the militia, 1783; poll tax of 1660; tithe payers, 1834; freeholders, 1830; families of the parish with some genealogical information. LDS microfilm ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279384, Item 1
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Census

  • 1901 Census - LDS microfilm numbers [Microfilm of original records at the National Archives, Dublin]:
    • 1901 D.E.D. 21/7-30, 31c, FHL BRITISH Film 808509
    • 1901 D.E.D. 23/28c (file 2), 27, 22-26, 19-21, 28c (file 1), FHL BRITISH Film 808510
    • 1901 D.E.D. 31/1-11, FHL BRITISH Film 812087 Item 2
  • 1911 Census - LDS microfilm numbers [Microfilm of original records at the National Archives, Dublin]:
    • Hamilton's Bawn D.E.D. 22/7-26 Townlands: Ballygoobany, Ballynewry, Carrowmoney, Cornacrew, Corry, Drumachee, Drumatee, Drumfergus, Drumman, Drumnagloy, Drumorgan, Drumshallan, Garvagh, Hamilton's Bawn, Johnstown, Killyruddan, Lurgaboy, Macantrim, Magheradogherty, Mullaghbane. VAULT BRITISH Film 1999921
    • Hamilton's Bawn D.E.D. 22/27-32 (file 1 of Drumorgan not filmed) Townlands: Mullaghbrack, Mullurg, Ratarnet, Rocks, Mullaghbane, Drumorgan or Hamilton's Bawn Town VAULT BRITISH Film 1999922 1911 Markethill D.E.D. 24/7-15 Townlands: Ballyanny, Bryan drum, Cabragh, Coolmillish, Crunaght, Drumlack, Dunesmullan, Gosford Demesne, Lattery. VAULT BRITISH Film 1999923
    • Markethill D.E.D. 24/16 (file 1-3) Markethill Town. VAULT BRITISH Film 1999924
    • Mullaghbrack D.E.D. 33/1-5 Townlands: Cabragh, Dinnahorra, Drumart, Drumnamether, Marlacoo Beg. VAULT BRITISH Film 1999949
    • Mullaghbrack D.E.D. 33/6-11 Townlands: Marlacoo More, Moyrourkan, Shanecrackan Beg, Shanecrackan More, Tannaghmore, Teemore. FHL BRITISH Film 1999950
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Church Directories

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Church History

  • Anderson, Michael, St Joseph's Church, Poyntzpass, parish of Ballymore and Mullabrack, Armagh archdiocese its parish priests and curates, 1788-1996, [S.l.] [the author], 1996
    • NLI: 280 a 7, Coll. Ir.
    • QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus - q BX1508.P6/ANDE; and Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h q BX1508.P6/ANDE
  • Coote, Charles, Sir, Excerpt from Statistical Survey of the County of Armagh, pub. 1804
  • Hamilton, Alexander (b. 1774), Miscellaneous data from Ireland, Microfilm of manuscript: [19--]. 237 p. Manuscript is at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh. Contents include Mullabrack notes. LDS microfilm FHL BRITISH Film 1279332, Item 1
  • McConnell, Patrick (fl. 1821), A reply to a statement which first appeared in the Newry Telegraph of 6th October, 1821, under the signatures of the Roman Catholic priest and curate of the parishes of Ballymore and Mullabrack, in the county of Armagh, respecting a trial which took place at the Assizes of Armagh on the 15th September last. To which is prefixed, a full and accurate report of the trial, together with the Rev. Gentleman's statement, and several documents illustrative of the subject, printed by M. Goodwin, 29, Denmark-Street, Dublin, 1821
    • NLI: P 1178(11), Coll. P; P 415(7), Coll. P.
    • QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h p DA953/MCCO
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Church Records

  • Church of Ireland (C.I.) - Mullaghbrack (Armagh diocese)
    • Parish Register of Mullaghbrack: Marriages, 1767-1812; held in Folder 17 by the British Columbia Genealogical Society's Irish Interest Group; ref. no. 941.72 V26m
    • Parish registers, 1764-1811. Microfilm of handwritten transcript of original records. Transcript is located at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh.Contains baptisms, 1764-1779, and marriages, 1767-1811. FHL BRITISH Film 1279326, Item 2
    • PRONI holdings:
      • Earliest registers destroyed in Dublin, i.e. baptisms, 1737-63 and 1813-75; marriages, 1737-63 and 1812-45; and burials, 1737-60 and 1813-74.
      • Baptisms, 1764-83 and 1799-1803; marriages, 1767-83 and 1798-1811; vestry minutes, 1764-89 and 1826-1905; preachers' books, 1842-74 and 1907-21; subscription book, 1901-22; Sunday School attendance book, 1917-32; notes on families in Mullaghbrack parish, 1847-51. PRONI ref. MIC.1/833-85; T.1075/19; T.636/153-156
      • Entries from baptisms, marriages and deaths pertaining to the Beck family, 1804-48. PRONI ref. T.1202/1
      • Baptisms and burials, 1875-1935; marriages, 1845-1935. In local custody.
    • The parish registers of Mullaghbrack, Diocese of Armagh, County Armagh, 1767-1812. Contents: Marriages, 1767-1812. FHL BRITISH Film 990092, Item 14
    • Tombstone and monumental inscriptions of Mullabrack with some notes relating to same; copied by T.G.F. Paterson; microfilm of original manuscripst in the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. F6 Ms. 105. Contents include: vestry books, ca. 1764-1837; list of churchwardens, 1763-1904. LDS microfilm ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279384, Item 1
  • Roman Catholic - Ballymore and Mullabrack parish (Armagh diocese)
    • Baptisms and marriages, 1843-56 and 1859-80. PRONI ref. MIC.1D/37
    • Parochial registers of Ballymore and Mulaghbrac, 1843-1880. Microfilm of original manuscripts filmed at the National Library of Ireland. FHL BRITISH Film 926031
  • Source, for the PRONI references given, above: Guide to Church Records: An Irish Genealogical Source/Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation on behalf of [the] Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 1994
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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

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Genealogy

  • Families
    • Tombstone and monumental inscriptions of Mullabrack with some notes relating to same; copied by T.G.F. Paterson; microfilm of original manuscripst in the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. F6 Ms. 105. Contents include: families of the parish with some genealogical information. LDS microfilm ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279384, Item 1
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History

  • McGleeson, C.F., "Patterns of settlement in the Catholic parishes of Ballymore and Mullaghbrack in the 17th and 18th centuries", Seanchas Ardmacha volume 15, number 2 (1993), pp 51-83.
  • McGleeson, C. F. 'The Battle of Mullabrack, 5 September 1595', Seanchas Ardmhacha, 13 (1989), pp 90-101.
  • Noel, Ref. F., "Mullabrack Parish," Before I forget..., the historical journal of the Poyntzpass & District Historical Society, Issue 3 (1989)
  • Quinn, William, "Road works at Mullabrack," Before I forget..., the historical journal of the Poyntzpass & District Historical Society, Issue 6 (1993)
  • Tombstone and monumental inscriptions of Mullabrack with some notes relating to same; copied by T.G.F. Paterson; microfilm of original manuscripst in the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. F6 Ms. 105. Contents include: vestry books, ca. 1764-1837; list of churchwardens, 1763-1904; poll book for Mullaghbrack and Kilclooney parishes, 1754; muster roll, 1618; volunteers in the militia, 1783; poll tax of 1660; tithe payers, 1834; freeholders, 1830; families of the parish with some genealogical information. LDS microfilm ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279384, Item 1
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Manors

  • Greig, William, General report on the manors of Coolmalish and Baleek with Hamilton's Bawn, H.M.S.O. (for the) Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast, 1976
    • QUB: Geosciences Lib. - DA903/GREI; and Main Lib., Belfast Campus - DA903/GREI; and Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h DA903/GREI
  • Gosford Castle at Markethill, built by Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, 1819+, ref. Mark Bence-Jones, The Country House Database [A Guide to Irish Country Houses, 2nd ed., Trafalgar Square Books, 1996]
  • Landed Estates Records held at the PRONI
  • Major Collections held at the PRONI
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Maps

  • Townland maps from Bob Sinton of Portadown. These maps superimpose modern roads onto townland maps; locations of parish churches and other landmarks are also shown:
    • East of Mullaghbrack: Ballyanny, Ballygroobany, Ballynewry, Cabragh, Cornacrew, Drumshallan, Macantrim, Magherydogherty, Marlacoo Beg, Marlacoo More, Mullaghbrack, Mullurg, and Tannaghmore
    • South of Laurelvale: Cabragh, Drumart, Drumnamether, Moyrourkan, and Teemore
    • Around Hamiltonsbawn: Carrowmoney, Drumachee, Drumfergus, Drumman, Drumnagloy, Garvagh, Hamiltonsbawn, Johnstown, Mullaghbane, Killyruddan, Ratarnet, and Rocks

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference H9683842900 (Lat/Lon: 54.325665, -6.512366), Mullaghbrack which are provided by:

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Military History

  • Great Britain. Army, Extract of a letter from Lord Viscount Gosford [Mullabrach parish], Colonel of the Armagh militia, and Major Wardle, of the Ancient British Light Dragoons, to Lieutenant General Lake, dated Naas, Thursday morning, 8 o'clock, 24th May, 1798, printed by George Grierson, Dublin, [1798]
    • NLI: J.94107.IRI(11), Coll. J; J.94107.IRI(12), Coll. J; LO.folder 6/1798/8, Coll. Lo.
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Military Records

  • Tombstone and monumental inscriptions of Mullabrack with some notes relating to same; copied by T.G.F. Paterson; microfilm of original manuscripst in the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. F6 Ms. 105. Contents include: muster roll, 1618; volunteers in the militia, 1783. LDS microfilm ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279384, Item 1
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Names, Geographical

  • Paterson, T.F.G., and W.T. Latimer, The place names of the parish : [Kildarton, Armagh, Mullaghbrack]. Microfilm of typescript: [19--], held at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. M7. Also contains lists of leaseholders, evaluations, muster rolls, etc. FHL BRITISH Film 1279352, Item 5
  • Townland names - 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 "Mullaghbrack" and spelling variants into the "Find" box
    • Also try inputting townland and other placenames found in Mullaghbrack 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

  • Blacker, William (1777-1855), Address to the small farmers on the estates of the Right Hon. the Earl of Gosford [Mullabrach parish] and Maxwell Close, Esq., [Killevy Parish] in the County of Armagh, Murphy, Dublin, 1834
    • NLI: Ir 630 b 9, Coll. Ir.
  • Blacker, William (1777-1855), An essay on the improvement to be made in the cultivation of small farms by the introduction of green crops, and housefeeding the stock thereon: originally published in an address to the small farmers on the estates of the Earl of Gosford [Mullabrach parish] and Colonel Close [Drumbanagher, Killevy parish], in the county of Armagh, W. Curry, Jun. and Co., Sackville-Street, Dublin. London: R. Groombridge. Edinburgh: Blackwood and Sons, 1845
    • NLI: Ir 630941 h2(2), Coll. Ir.
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Politics & Government

  • McGleenon, Cornelius Francis, Perspectives on the political influence of the Gosford Family [Mullabrach parish] in County Arma... , [Belfast], 1998
    • UB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h q DA990.A8/MCGL
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Public Records

  • Holdings of documents related to Mullaghbrack parish at the PRONI
    • Papers about individual parishes in the Armagh Diocesan Registry archive
      • "Mullaghbrack (Markethill), Co Armagh -- The documents run from 1799 to 1965 (with gaps), and include: correspondence and papers of the committee for conducting the building of the tower of Mullabrack Church, among them plans, estimates, accounts and agreements, 1809-1814; account books for tithe and tithe rent-charge, 1821-1840, N.D.; copies of a memorial from the Rev. Dr Samuel Blacker for a faculty to build a glebe house, and the report of the commission of dilapidations condemning the old house, 1827; and plans, specifications and other papers about alterations to Mullaghbrack Church, 1856."
    • The Brownlow Papers, PRONI ref. D/1928
    • The Gosford Papers, PRONI ref. D/1606 and D/2259
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Schools

  • Irish miscellanea, chiefly from County Armagh. Manuscript is at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. M8. Contents include "Schools in Mullabrack Parish circa 1835." FHL BRITISH Film 1279354, Item 6
  • Registers of Markethill National School, 1845-1896. Microfilm of original records held at the PRONI, ref. Sch 427/1/1-4. Markethill is a town divided by the parishes of Kilclooney and Mullaghbrack. The school was under the jurisdiction of the Southern School Board. Original documents are in poor condition, faded, torn and many pages out of sequence. Contents include: Register of females, 1845-1873; Register of females, 1872-1894; Register of males, 1862-1896; Register of males, 1872-1886. FHL BRITISH Film 1656972, Items 3-6
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Taxation

  • Mullaghbrack Parish tithe book, 1834. Microfilm of original at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. D6. FHL BRITISH Film 1279324, Item 21
  • Tombstone and monumental inscriptions of Mullabrack with some notes relating to same; copied by T.G.F. Paterson; microfilm of original manuscripts in the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. F6 Ms. 105. Contents include: poll book for Mullaghbrack and Kilclooney parishes, 1754; poll tax of 1660; tithe payers, 1834; freeholders, 1830. LDS microfilm ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279384, Item 1
  • Valuation Records
    • 1848-1864, General valuation of rateable property in Ireland, "Griffith's Valuation"