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"Ballymore, or Tanderagee, a parish, in the barony of LOWER ORIOR, county of ARMAGH, and province of ULSTER ; containing, with the town of Tanderagee, the village of Clare, and the greater part of the village of Poyntz-Pass (all which are separately described) 7963 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the road from Newry to Portadown, and comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 14,158-3/4 statute acres, of which 13,958 are applotted under the tithe act and valued at £10,052 per annum : about 100 acres are under plantation, 300 are bog, and 60 waste and water ; the remainder is all arable land, remarkably good and in a high state of cultivation, producing abundant crops. There are veins of potters' clay and fullers' earth, both of excellent quality and lying near the surface close to the town ; but neither have been worked. Several quarries in the parish yield excellent building stone ; that at Tullyhue is now being worked for building the splendid castle of Tanderagee, and produces stone of very superior quality. This castle, which is now being rebuilt by its proprietor Viscount Mandeville, is situated near the town, and forms a conspicuous and highly interesting feature in the view. The other seats are Dromenargoole House, that of Davis Lucas Esq.; Acton House, of Conway R. Dobbs, Esq. ; Harrybrook, of R. Harden, Esq. ; Cooley Hill, of R. Hardy, Esq. ; Orange Hill, of J. Creery, Esq.; and Derryallen, of J. Behan, Esq."

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

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See also the villages of Clare and Tandragee.

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Archives & Libraries

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Census

  • Wight, Judith Eccles, 1850 decade census of the parish of Scarva, co. Down, Ireland, [Salt Lake City : s.n., 1996?]
    • A religious census that included Aughlish, Drumiller, Druminargal and Terryhoogan townlands in county Armagh; monograph held at the FHL in Salt Lake City, call no. 941.65 K2
  • Ireland, Census Office, 1901 & 1911 Census returns, Ballymore Parish (Armagh) - FHL Film numbers
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Church History

  • ---, St. Mark's Church, the parish of Ballymore, Tanderagee; also entitled, Parish of Ballymore (Tanderagee), past and present. FHL BRITISH Film 1279329 Item 16
  • ---, Hymns used in Tandragee church, parish of Ballymore, Reilly, Tandragee, 1847.
    • NLI: Ir 245 h 4, Coll. Ir.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Richardson, John of Ballymore, Co. Armagh, Assignment from John Richardson, of Ballymore, Co. Armagh, son of the late Francis, to Terence Donnell, of Maghery, Co. Armagh, 1674 Aug. 15.
    • NLI: Ms 33,690/G, Coll. Ms
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Description & Travel

The Wikipedia entry for Ballymore.

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Gazetteers

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History

  • McGleenon, C.F., Patterns of settlement in the Catholic parishes of Ballymore and Mullaghbrack in the 17th and 18th centuries, Seanchas Ardmacha, Vol 15 no 2 (1993) pp 51-83
  • Patterson, T.G.F., The parish of Ballymore - Early history, in Armachiana, Vol. 6 pp 1-16
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Land & Property

  • Rentals of the estates of the manors of Ballymore and Kernan, the property of Lady Bernard and Mrs. Frances St. John, Armagh County Museum no. P9, Microfilm of original: 1782-1789 2 v. Originals are at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, FHL Film 1279332 Items 11-12: May and Nov. 1782 -- May and Nov. 1789.
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference J0342241569 (Lat/Lon: 54.312422, -6.411675), Ballymore 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
    • Aughlish IV (1989-90), 128
    • Ballymore IV (1989-90), 208
    • Cusher II (1987), 30
    • Druminargal (par. Ballymore) IV (1989-90), 208
    • Island Hill (tl. Druminargal, par. Ballymore) IV (1989-90), 208
  • Townlands in Ballymore 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
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  • 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

  • Holdings of documents related to Ballymore parish at the PRONI
    • OS Map portions of parishes in Killevy, Loughgilly, Killmore and Ballymore, Co. Armagh, PRONI ref. D/1577
    • Papers about individual parishes in the Armagh Diocesan Registry archive
      • "Acton, Co. Armagh -- The documents relating to this parish run from 1788 to 1963 (with many gaps). There are documents and a plan, August-October 1860, relating to alterations to the church."
      • "Ballymore (Tanderagee), Co Armagh -- The papers date from 1732 and 1845-1973 (with many gaps), and include papers of 1845 about the `want of accommodation in the parish church'."
      • "Clare, near Tanderagee, Co. Armagh -- The papers fun from 1840 to 1852 and there is a schedule of formal documents dated c.1870. Correspondence, specifications, plans, etc, of 1840-1843 and 1845 relate to a new church."
    • Tithe composition details for the parishes of Armagh, Ballymore, Killevey, Loughgilly, Mullaghbrack and Tynan, Co. Armagh, 1837-1838, in maps, surveys, plans, and valuations held within the Gosford papers
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Taxation

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