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In 1868, the parish of Mullaghbrack contained the following places:"MULLAGHBRACK, a parish in the barony of Lower Fews and West O'Neilland, county Armagh, province of Ulster, Ireland, containing part of Markethill, its post town. It is 6 miles long by 4½ broad. The surface is diversified by several lakes. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Armagh, value with another, £1,313, in the patronage of the primate. The church was erected in 1830. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to those of Ballymore and Acton. There are also two Presbyterian meeting-houses, and several Sunday and daily schools. Gosford Castle is the seat of the Earl of Gosford, the lord of the manor. The district appears to have been a Culdee possession before the close of the 13th century. It afterwards fell to the Acheson family by gift of James I. There are several raths, a cairn, and traces of forts."
"HAMILTON'S BAWN, a village in the parish of Mullaghbrack, in the barony of Lower Fews, county Armagh, province of Ulster, Ireland, 2 miles S. of Richhill. It is situated on the road from thence to Dundalk. In 1641 the village was destroyed, and the inhabitants were subjected to great cruelties. Hamilton's Bawn is the subject of some lines by Dean Swift. On the summit of a hill in the vicinity are the ruins of a castle or bawn. Fairs are held in May and November."
"MARKETHILL, a small post and market town in the parishes of Mullaghbrack and Kilclooney, in the barony of Lower Fews, county Armagh, province of Ulster, Ireland, 6 miles S.E. of Armagh, and 76 from Dublin. It is a station on the Newry and Armagh railway. The town is situated on the road from Armagh to Newry. It contains a police station, bridewell, and court-house, and petty sessions are held at intervals. There are three chapels and a school. The dispensary is within the Armagh Poor-law Union. In the vicinity is Draper's Hill, spoken of in Dean Swift's works, also Gosford Castle, the seat of Lord Gosford."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018