DRUMGLASS

In 1868, the parish of Drumglass contained the following places:

"DRUMGLASS, a parish in the barony of Middle Dungannon, in the county of Tyrone, province of Ulster, Ireland, containing its post town, Dungannon. It is situated on the road from Armagh to Coleraine. The surface consists of a medium soil, intersected by tributary streams to the Blackwater. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Armagh, value £615, in the patronage of the primate. The church, situated at Dungannon, is a handsome building erected in 1790; it was enlarged in 1812 by the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to those of Killyman and Tullyniskin. There are five Presbyterian meeting-houses, a National school, a school assisted by the Erasmus Smith Charity, and fourteen other schools. Northland Park is the seat of Earl Ranfurley, the lord of the manor. The Drumglass collieries are extensive."

"DUNGANNON, an inland town and parliamentary borough in the parish of Drumglass, barony of Dungannon, in the county of Tyrone, province of Ulster, Ireland, 85 miles from Dublin. It is a station on the Portadown, Dungannon, and Omagh Junction railway. It contains, according to the census of 1861, a population of 3,886, inhabiting 728 houses. It is a place of great antiquity, having been the chief seat of the O'Nials, kings of Ulster, and earls of Tyrone from the earliest period of Irish history. Here was the site of an ancient fortress which played a conspicuous part in the wars of the O'Nials, and was finally destroyed by the parliamentary forces in 1641. A Franciscan monastery was founded here in the reign of Henry VII., which flourished till the time of the Reformation. The town is beautifully situated on the slope of a hill, about three miles from the S. shore of Lough Neagh, and is sheltered on the W. by a lefty range of hills. It is spacious and well built, and consists of a square and four principal streets. Among its public buildings are the court-house, bridewell, market-house, savings-bank, union workhouse, temperance hall, fever hospital, and Dungannon Institute. Besides the parish church, a handsome edifice with a lofty octagonal spire, there is a Roman Catholic chapel, two Presbyterian chapels, and Methodist meeting-houses. It possesses an endowed school and a school supported by the Earl and Countess of Ranfurley. The Royal College was founded in 1628, and is well and airily situated, comprising 9 acres, presented by Primate Robinson to the establishment. The borough returns one member to parliament. The manufactures are principally linen and coarse earthenware: some little trade is done in grain and flax. The Drumglass and Coal Island collieries are in the neighbourhood. Here are the head-quarters of a constabulary district. The town gives the title of Viscount to the family of Hill-Trevor. The presbytery of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland has its meetings in Dungannon. Market days are Monday and Thursday. A fair is held on the first Thursday of every month. It is a sessions town and head of a Poor-law Union."

"EGLISH, a village in the parish of Drumglass, county Tyrone, Ireland, 4 miles S.W. of Dungannon."

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