TAMLAGHT FINLAGAN

In 1868, the parish of Tamlaght Finlagan contained the following places:

"TAMLAGHT FINLAGAN, a parish in the barony of Keenaught, county Londonderry, province of Ulster, Ireland, near Newtown-Limavady, its post town. The parish lies between the sea-coast and Lough Foyle. It is bordered on the S. by the river Roe. The soil is generally boggy, mountainous, and barren. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Derry, value £960, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is a spacious building in the Early English style, erected in 1778. The old church is still standing, but has been since converted into a Roman Catholic chapel. Here are a Presbyterian meeting-house and three or four day schools, besides a Sunday-school. Roe Park is the chief seat. The monastery was founded here in the 6th century by St. Columkill."

"BALLYKELLY, a village in the parish of Tamlaght-Finlagan and barony of Keenaght, in the county of Londonderry, province of Ulster, Ireland, 3 miles S.W. of Newtown Limavady, its post-town, and 13 miles to the N.E. of Londonderry. This place belongs to the Fishmongers' Company of London, to whom it was granted with about 18,000 acres of ground, by James I. on the settlement of Ulster. The village, which is not far from Lough Foyle, contains some good houses and pretty cottages, a school supported by the company, a dispensary, and a handsome chapel belonging to the Presbyterians. There are some remains of the castle which was built by the company. The parish church is near the village."

"CRINDLE, a village in the parish of Tamlaght Finlagan, barony of Keenaght, in the county of Londonderry, Ireland, 3 miles from Newtown-Limavady."

"MOYS, a village in the parish of Tamlaght Finlagan, barony of Keenaght, county Londonderry, province of Ulster, Ireland, not far from Newtownlimavady."

 

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018