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In 1868, the parish of Garvaghy contained the following places:"GARVAGHY, a parish in the baronies of Lower and Upper Iveagh, county Down, province of Ulster, Ireland, 4 miles S. of Dromore, its post town. It is situated on the road from thence to Newcastle. The surface, which is slightly hilly, is traversed by a head water of the river Lagan, and consists of a good soil with a proportion of bog. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Dromore, value £281, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is a small building erected in 1699, and repaired some 80 years later. Here is a Roman Catholic chapel belonging to the Dromore Roman Catholic district, and two Presbyterian meeting-houses. There are parochial and several Sunday schools. Carniew is the principal residence. Good building stone is quarried."
"MILLTOWN, a village in the parish of Garvaghy, barony of Lower Iveagh, county Down, province of Ulster, Ireland, 3 miles S.S.E. of Dromore. It is situated on the road from Dromore to Castlewellan."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018