the history of the parish of creggan in the 17th and 18th centuries

County Louth Archaeological and History Society

The History of the Parish of Creggan in the 17th and 18th CenturiesAuthor(s): L. P. Murray, Isaac Dobson, Wm. Frankland and J. SoutheySource: Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society, Vol. 8, No. 2 (1934), pp. 117-163Published by: County Louth Archaeological and History SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27728408 .

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Reproduced from the Northern Ireland Ordnance Survey Map, with the sanction of the Controller

of H.M. Stationery Office, and printed by W. Tempest, Dundalgan Press, Dundalk.



THE JOURNAL OF

THE COUNTY LOUTH

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Vol. VIII. 1934 No. 2

Cfte Ht?torp o? t?je $ari?n of Creasan in t?je I7t?) anb I8tf) Centuries. "

tvtife au peA-? 5A11 cionn, 5A11 c?ite,

tj? t? 50 h-AOi?inn ^aoi 1?Iac ?AnyiAOi ;

*00 501|\CAT) T?A h-U^-DAip 'Ovi?Alj 'tl?lll T)?0111 ; 1Uo ??ijro?n cuiintA luib ?lio?c p?AnAiy?

1ajiIai 'y p|tiontrpAi 'v ciotm ha cl?ipe ;

xN'-p mo CAifte?n ?Iaudi Ai5e rAob "u?n-R?ni?e."

This article deals with the 17th and 18th century history of the Barony of

Upper Fews (Gos. Armagh and Louth) ; and more particularly with the extensive

parish of Creggan, the limits of which are almost identical with those of the Barony. The period under review was the most important in Irish history?comprising the

Ulster Plantation, the Kilkenny Confederation, the Restoration Settlement, the

Williamite wars, and the period of the Penal Code. It was also the era of the Courts

of Poetry and of the South Ulster Poets?MacCuarta, MacAlinden, O Doirnin,

MacCooey, and scores of others. To illustrate the history of the parish during the

period, we have selected for publication a series of eight, historical documents

relating to the territory :

A. The First Census of the Fews (1602) ; B. The Lands of Turlagh MacHenry, last Chief of the Fews (1639) i C. Decree of the Court of Transplantation concerning Henry O Neill

of the Fews ; D. The Cromwellian Confiscation of the Fews ; E. Census of the Fews?1659 '>

F. Hearth Money Roll of the Fews (1666-7) i G. Census of Creggan?1766 ; H. Will of Johnson of the Fews?1753.

Five of these documents (D-H) had never previously been printed?of three of them we probably had the only transcripts which were in existence after the destruction of the Record Office. The first Census of the Fews is taken from the

B



Il8 COUNTY LOUTH ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Fiants of Elizabeth published in one of the Reports of the Deputy Keeper of the

Rolls ; the account of the lands of Turlagh MacHenry is taken from the rare volume

of the Ulster Inquisitions ; while the Decree of the Court of Transplantation was

printed in the valuable Report made by Dr. Russell and Mr. Prendergast on the

Carte Collection in the Bodleian Library. Two of the documents (E and F) deal

with the baronies of the Upper and Lower Fews, but we thought it well to print them in their entirety. The portion of the Hearth Money Rolls which covers the "

Five towns of the Fews in Co. Louth "

has already been published in the Journal for 1932. The Census of 1766 (Doc. G) deals only with the parish of Creggan, and

does not include those scattered townlands in the north of the barony which belong to the parishes of Loghgilly and Kilcluney.

The O Neills of the Fews.

The earliest chiefs of the Fews Territory of whom we have mention were the

MacMurphys (also called 1U t)ei|\nig), descended from Beirn, brother of Niall

Frasach, Monarch of Ireland. The original territory of the MacMurphys was

Muinntir-Beirnn in Co. Tyrone ; whence they were driven southwards by the O Neills

during the 13th century. Moving into Armagh, they established a supremacy over the Fews, then chiefly inhabited by the Garveys, O Callaghans, and Hanrattys.

As the O Neills grew strong in Tyrone, they, in turn, spread out into Co. Armagh, each generation seeking to plant its younger sons in new territories. Some of the

later manuscripts tell us that the Castle of Glasdrummond was built by the O Neills

in the time of Brian-Catha-an-D?in (circa 1258) ; but the story is not worthy of

credence. The connection between the families of Tyrone and the Fews is shown

in the appended genealogical table on opposite page. It will be noted that the

great Hugh O Neill and Turlagh MacHenry of the Fews were half-brothers.

Turlagh MacHenry.

Turlagh was chief of the Fews during the whole period of the Elizabethan wars.

The Description of Ireland in I$g8 gives an interesting account of this chief?written

from the viewpoint of an English official :

Fues bordereth upon the Inglish Pale, within 3 miles to Dundalke. It is a verie

strong Countrie of Wood and Bogg, peopled with certen of the O'Neals, accustomed

to live much upon the Spoiles of the Pale. The Capten hereof is Sir Turloghe McHenrie

O Neall, Brother by the Mother to the now Earle of Tyrone, but no way affected to

the Earle. For while the Earle of Tyrone was a good subject, he overruled the sd. Sr.

Turloghe with his strength and Authoritie, and thereby kept him from annoying the

Pale. But afterward, when Tyrone was a Rebell, the said Sr. Turloghe rebelled from

his Brother and came in to the L. Burrowes, Late L. Deputie, whom he served Faith

fullie during the Life of the said Deputie, after which he was won by fair promises to

returne from the Guene to Tyrone with whom, when he had remained a certen tyme, he was committed to close Prison in a Castle within a Loughe upon a Suspicion of a

Second revolt from the Earle to the Quene, where he remayneth in cheynes cruelly used for a long time, for whose deliverie divers attempts were made, but without success.

At length he got his liberty by force, and ever since bath been a good Subject. lie

hath this Countrie by Letters Patents from his Majestic This country is able to make

about Fiftie Horsemen and 200 Footemen.



Brian Catha-an-D?in (circa 1258)

Donall

I Hugh

Niall ?g

Owen (d. 1456)

Henry of Tyrone

Conn

Conn Bacach (Earl of Tyrone)

Matthew Shane

(marr. Joan Maguire)

I"

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HUGH

Henry (marr. Joan Maguire)

Art

OWEN ROE

Hugh of the Fews

Art of the Fews (d. 1514)

Felemy Ruadh

Donall Conn

TURLAGH Mac HENRY (d. 1639) Henry Brian Niall

Sir Henry Art Aodh Buidhe Caitrin Jane Rose

j I I (marr. Robt. (marr. Conn (m. O'Reilly)

j J Hovenden) McMahon) Tirlagh Tirlagh |

Conn Art ?g Brian

Aodh Buidhe Brian

Father Felim, O.S.F. Turlagh (alive in 1744)

Mary Owen



120 COUNTY LOUTH ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL

The 17th and 18th century poets of South Ulster never grew tired of singing Turlagh's

praise ; but, unfortunately for his fame, the State Papers have disclosed that he was both a traitor and a schemer. The only excuse that can be made for him is

that he ruled a border territory, and stood in greater danger of destruction than

did his kinsmen of Tyrone. He aided Hugh Roe O Donnell to escape from Dublin ; he assisted the Lord Deputy to raid Tyrone in 1597 ; while helping Hugh O Neill

in 1601, he was in secret correspondence with the English ; and, after receiving a

pardon for his whole clan in 1602, he helped Mount joy to subdue the Northern

chiefs. "

For services rendered," a large portion of his territory?about 9000

acres?was exempted from the Plantation of Ulster. Chichester was anxious to

remove him to an alternative estate in Cavan, but O Neill preferred to remain where

he was. He got a legal grant of the estate of the Upper Fews in 1611 ; and appears to have lived in peace until his death in February, 1639 (1640).

The First Census of the Fews.1

For this list we are indebted to the Pardon granted to Tirlagh and to his clan

in 1602. We may take it that it contains the names of all the males in the territory who were capable of bearing arms?and of the few females who were property

owners in their own right. The list contains over 270 names. From internal

evidence, it is clear that it was drawn up by an official of the clan ; and that

there is an order of precedence. The names are arranged according to families.

The O Neills themselves wrere twenty in number. The chief and the members of

his family are named first ; then the children of his brother Donall ; and, after that, the more distant relatives. After the O Neills, there are about 170 names of people

with various occupations?priests, tenants, 3^eomen, husbandmen, horsemen and

kerns?the free clansmen and their families. Finally there is a nondescript col

lection of seventy-five names?probably the semi-free class and the mere tillers of

the soil. It is interesting to

number under each family

Mac Eghire O Quyn MacShane

MacArdle

MacMurph}' MacEvire

MacCowan

MacGarway

O Lowhans

O Hulli O Hanrntty

(') (allagh.iii

O Kellie

note the order in which the families are ranged, and the

3 11

19

19

35

4

5 8

4

4 TO

5

3

O Corry O Hanlon

MacGloskie

MacEldonie

O Boyle MacCoime

MacElyre MacElane

MacConwell

MacGlosker

MacEnerncy

() Cnhnn

4

5

3

4

4 3 2

2

6

3

1. DOC. A.



PARISH OF CREGGAN IN I7TH AND 18TH CENTURIES 121

The MacEghires were probably Meghuidhirs?relatives of Tirlagh's mother?

who had settled in the Fews. Next came the O Quyns, the head of which family was a sub-chief under O Neill in the northern part of the Fews. The MacShanes

were a branch of the O Neills ; and the MacArdles, another strong clan, were

a branch of the MacMahons. The MacMurphies?the most numerous of all?had

ruled the Fews before the advent of the O Neills ; while the MacGarways, O Callaghans and O Hanrattys had been territorial chiefs before the MacMurphies came. After

these came the MacEvires (MacMoyres),

" whose ancestors tyme out of mynde,

have been seised of "

territory in Lower Fews ; and the MacCowans?" the Clann

McCoane"?whose ancestors "

tyme out of mynde have been possessed of eight townes

of land, by the auntient and continuall rent of tw7entie shillings onelye." The

O Hanlons had overflowed into the Fews from the neighbouring territory of Orier ; the MacConwells gave their name to Drum-macawale ; while the MacCowans left us

Mowhane. It is interesting to note that all the O Boyles, O Cahans, MacConies

and MacGloskirs were kerns and horsemen?probably hired soldiers from other

districts. In the Inquisition of 1609 we read ".the said jurors doe uppon their oathes say that within the Territory of Toaghie, the ancestors of Sir Henrie Mc

Tirlagh MacHenrie O Neale were, long before the tyme of Con Backagh O Neale, seised of townes and lands ; and that Sir Tirlagh McHenrie's ancestors have been

tyme out of mynde seised thereof ; and being to bear the bonnaght of some of the

Galloglasses for O Neale, did give to the said Galloglasses foure of the said townes

for their bonnaght."

The division of occupations is also worth noting. There were two priests ;

37 yeomen ; 20 horsemen ; 39 tenants ; 41 husbandmen ; and 21 kerns. In 1598,

MacHenry was receiving -pay from the English Government for keeping a garrison

in the Fews of 50 horsemen and 200 footmen. Their ranks must have been seriously

depleted by four years of war.

In MacCuarta's long poem on Glasdrummond he says that what he chiefly laments

are the three great families?the Quinns, MacShanes and MacArdles?" those three

valiant families that always defended the princely line of Glasdrummond on all

expeditions wheresoever they went." These were evidently the three official sub

clans of the territory.

Sir Henry O Neill.

Henry O Neill succeeded to his father's estates in 1640. His lot was cast

in evil days, and in circumstances with which he was ill-fitted to cope. He was

totally opposed to the Rebellion of 1641?but all his children and relatives were

deeply implicated in it. Carte tells us that the original plan of the Rebellion was

decided on at a secret meeting at Loughross, "

in the house of Mr. Torlough 0 Neill, son to Sir Henry of the F ewes." The following were present at the meeting?Sir Phelim O Neill, Lord Maguire, Rory O More, Captain Torlough O Neill and Emer




MacMahon. It is very evident that Sir Henry was out of sympathy with the project. He assisted the English, was

" robbed

" by the Irish troops, arrested by General

Owen O Neill, and held a prisoner in Kilkenny.

The following letters deal with his activities during the period of the war :

ORMONDE TO HENRY O NEILL.

3 June, 1646. After our hearty commendations : These are to signify unto you that uppon your arrivall with your goods, family and criaghts in the quarters of the

guarrison of Slaine (whereof Capten Rich. Burrowes is commander) or dureing your abode there, none of the adjacent guarrisons of our party shall neyther trouble nor

molest you, provided you doe continue the payment of such contributions as the said

Capten Burrowes shall agree with yow for towards the maintenance of that guarrison. And soe we bidd vou farewell. Your loveing friend,

ORMONDE.

HENRY O NEILL OF THE FUES TO ORMONDE. 16 Dec, 1648. Your honor may understand that it is not want of good will that

I have not waited uppon your honor since yr. Ldship. arrived in this Kingdome, but the crosses of the time happened in September last ; one Major James Barnwall with a partye of horsse and foote came uppon my creaghts in the King's County wher I was

fleeinge from Generall Neill's forces, and tooke from mee 700 cowes, 300 horsses, 1000

sheepe, and the worth of ?300 sterling, of other goods, haveinge all the protections and assurance that could be demaunded from the Councell, and having taken my oath for the Cessation at the Councell Boord, alsoe being a member of the said Councell

my self e, and the said Major Barnwall of our owne party ; all this made me flee into the

County of Longford where Owen O Neill's forces took the most part of what Barnwall

left, in respect I was against them, soe that I am left nothinge to mentaine mee at home either to bear my charges abroade, what few catle that was left with my creatts

they are gone with them unto my owne former estate wher they pay dayly contribuci?n to the enemye, and I must of necessity followe them unlesse some relife by had from the nowe Assembly or Councell ; yett ? am much loath to trust myselfe to any of the

King's enemie, for I am allwayes for his majestie and soe will continue dureing my life. In the meantime I shall desire your honors advise particularly, as alsoe not to alter any good opinion of mee, for your honor may understand when you kept Dublin and the rest of the garrisons for the Kinge, that I had your proteccione, and had mee creatts about Slane and that waye, and waited upon your honor onst in Dublin, and doc hope to doe againe. I rest

Your honors most humble servant, HENRI O NEILL.

Fenna, 16 December, 1648. For his Excellency the LORD MARQUESS OF ORMONDE Lord Lieutenant of Ireland : These present.

Endorsed: HENRY O NEILE of the Fues. Dated 16. Rec. 2* Dec, 1648.

ORMONDE TO HENRY O NEILL "

OF THE FUES."

In answer to your letter of the 16th of this moneth, received on the 24th of the

same, wee think ritt to lett you know that wee are very sencible of your losses and

sufferings since our departure out of this Kingdome, and that as wee are very well satisfied of your integrity and good affection to the service of His Majestie, soe shall

wee be ready on all occasions to manifest our good acceptance thereof to your advantage and to afford you all possible incouragement to persevere in these loyall principles professed by you.

And soe we bidd you very hertily farewell from Kilkeny Castle, the 28th Dec. 1648. Your very loveing friend

ORMOND. To HENRY O NEALE of the Fewes, Esq.




In spite of all these proofs of "

integrity and good affection," Sir Henry was

deprived of his estates by the Cromwellian government. The legal proceedings which followed illustrate very vividly the whole history of the period. At the Court

of Transplantations in Athlone in 1655, the Attorney General produced depositions, taken in 1642, which went to show that Sir Henry O Neill had not only been in

rebellion in 1641, but that he had robbed and despoiled a number of his Protestant

neighbours. O Neill, however, obtained permission to have two of these witnesses

(Littlefield and Chappell) examined in court. Both of them admitted that they had given their evidence on mere hearsay. O Neill produced the depositions of

numerous other witnesses to prove that he had always been favourable to the English. The Court set aside the depositions of 1642?thus deciding that issue in O Neill's

favour. It might be expected, after this, that he would get back his estates?but, in order to escape transplantation, a mere Irishman would have to prove

" constant

good affection during all the years of the war." In O Neill's circumstances, this

was absolutely impossible?his territory had been within the Irish area, and he

had been forced to contribute levies and provisions to the Irish armies. He was

adjudged to transplantation?to get two-thirds of the value of his estate in Connaught lands. The decree is printed in Doc. C. He settled in Newcastle, Co. Mayo. The

whole territory of the Fews was divided amongst a number of adventurers, and the

O Neill lordship came to an end.

The Cromwellian Confiscation.

The tabulated lists in Doc. D. show the thoroughness of the Cromwellian con

fiscation in the territory of the Fews. The O Neill lands were divided up amongst seventeen grantees?but the majority of these got only a very small share. The

chief beneficiary was Thomas Ball whose various grants totalled more than 6,000 acres. Next in importance came Thomas Coote and Henry Flower with over 2,500

acres ; Captain John Peirson who received about 1,500 acres ; and John Barrett

whose share was almost 1,000 acres. Thomas Rowley also got a substantial grant,

but he had sold out to Ball before the Acts of Settlement were passed. John Gaick

got 276 acres ; Daniel and Sara Jackson 250 acres. The remainder was divided

in small lots between Henry Osborne, Seafoule Gibson, Carroll Bolton, Elizabeth

Heburne and Hercules Langford.

What happened in the Fews was repeated all over Ulster?only three Irish

landholders in the North got re-grants of portions of their estates.

The Census of the Fews (1659-60).1 The original manuscript of this Census, written in 1660, was discovered in London

by W. H. Hardinge in 1865. An account of it is given in a paper in the Transactions

of the Royal Irish Academy (Vol. 26?1865) entitled "

The Earliest Known MS.

Census Return of the People of Ireland." Our transcript of the portion dealing

1. DOC. E.




with the two baronies of the Fews was made from a copy deposited in the Royal Irish Academy. This Census seems to have been compiled from the Poll Money returns ; and, on that assumption, the numbers given include all males and females

over fifteen years of age, while the Tituladoes were those who paid for their titles of "

Gent" etc. under the same tax.

This Census, and the Hearth Money Census of 1666, shatter completely the

commonly held opinion that the whole Gaelic and Norman population of Ireland

were transplanted beyond the Shannon during the Cromwellian decade. As a

matter of fact the first idea was to transplant, not merely the landholders, but the

whole Irish population. It was soon discovered, however, that there were in

superable difficulties in the way. Even the new settlers themselves objected?

they could not get English or Scotch tenants or labourers to cultivate their farms.

Their demands prevailed?and it was finally ordered that only the landholders

and those who had borne arms should be transplanted. As a result?generally

speaking?there was no removal of the ordinary tillers of the soil ; while the lowest

class of all in the social scale?the cottiers?remained a permanent element through

out all the revolutions. But, even for the peasantry, the conditions of life became

completely changed. One outstanding result was the absolute divorce between

the landowners and the tillers of the soil. The old free clansmen disappeared ;

peasant proprietorship was wiped out ; and the whole population?apart from the

landowners and the city dwellers?were reduced to a semi-servile state ; or, at best,

to mere tenants-at-will.

The decline in population, brought about by a decade of war, will be evident

from a comparison of this census with that of 1602. Petty tells us that, at the time

of the Restoration, there were only 850,000 people in Ireland?that 600,000 had

perished during the twenty terrible years which followed 1641. The baronies of

the Fews were no exception to the rule. For example, in 1602 there were ninteen

adult males of the MacArdles ; in 1660 there were only nine, which included all

males and females over fifteen. The MacMurphys numbered 35 in 1602?but only seven in 1660. The MacShanes decreased from 19 to 12 ; O Neills from 20 to 12 ;

and the O Ouinns from 11 to 7. In making this comparison, it must be remembered

that the Census of 1660 covered a much more extensive territory ; and that it in

cluded all males and females over fifteen years of age.

The Hearth Money Roll.1

This valuable record supplies the first complete census by townlands. In a

former number we gave an account of the origin and purpose of the Hearth Money Act (see L.A.J. 1931, p. 418), which enacted that 2 /- a year should be paid for every

hearth or "

other place used for firing." The Rolls for Orior and Dundalk Baronies

were printed in former numbers ; and we propose to give the remaining Rolls for

1. DOC. F.




Cos. Louth and Armagh at a future date. The information which they contain is

most useful for the study of local 17th century history. As will readily be understood, our transcript was made rather rapidly ; and,

as the original roll perished in the Four Courts, it is impossible to correct any errors

which may have been made in the course of transcription. As our own script was

not always too legible, we have thought it right to print in italics those words or

letters of which we have any doubt ; and possible variants are sometimes supplied in brackets. A few names?of more than ordinary historical interest?are printed

in heavy type. The figures in brackets after some of the names show the number

of hearths and the amount of money collected. In cases where no such figures

appear it is to be understood that the householder had only one hearth, for which

he paid two shillings. A summary of the amount collected?and sometimes of

the number of hearths?is given at the foot of each slip ; but it is evident that the

collector was not always an expert in accountancy. The first total on the list?

106 hearths ; ?10 2s. od.?includes 46 names from the Barony of Orier which were

at the top of the slip. Even taking these into account, the collector?probably in good faith?cheated the State out of 10 /-. One hundred and six hearths should

work out at ?10 12s. od.

An examination of the list shows that only two householders in the Upper Fews

had more than one hearth?Thomas Ball of Glasdrummond and George Bleeke

(als. Blyke, Blycke or B lacke) of Dorsey. The former was the new grantee who

secured about 6,000 acres of the lands of the Fews ; while the latter was the pro

prietor of the famous "

Head Inn of the Fews/' which, from time to time, was the

resort of various classes?priests, gentry, friars, rapparees, spies, soldiers, etc.

Bleeke was also a Burgess of Dundalk ; and, though a Cromwellian settler, was

married to a woman of the Gaedhil?a daughter of Patrick Gruamdha O Quinn of

Tullyvallen. That he had a foot in both camps is shown by the fact that he was

made one of the Burgesses of the Jacobite Council of Armagh in 1688. The Dorsey Inn was on the site of the haggard of a farmhouse now occupied by a family named

Burns, on the old highway by Coulter's Bridge. Tradition says that it was in this

inn that Hetherington, Murphy and MacMoyre met their accomplices?to work

out the plot against the Primate ; and one of the letters quoted below would seem

to support this story. It is as well to put on record a few of the contemporary references to the

" Head Inn

" :

A SPY'S LETTER (from the Carte Papers).

May 12, 1667. As I came from Armagh on Tuesday the 1.5th October, I lodged that night on my way to Dublin att the house of one George Blykes uppon the Ffewes,

who being then absent, uppon some discourse with his wife (who is a Roman Catholique) we happened to speake concerning Dr. Dawley,1 who she told me used to keep his visi tations at her house every yeare, but that now he kept it att Dunleer, and upon that

very day. ....

1. Dr. Patrick Daly was Vice-Primate, and Vicar Capitular of Armagh previous to 1669: and was Primate Oliver Plunket's first Vicar General.




FROM THE EXAMINATION OF Rev. BRIAN McGORKE. DEAN OF ARMAGH.

(Taken before Lord Massereene and Sir George Rawdon, 14th June, 16S2).

.He saith that he knew Mr. Blyke's house in Co. Armagh, and that he was several times with OLIVER PLUNKET there ; and also at Kinard, about 5 or 6

years ago.(Carte Papers).

LORD MASSEREENE TO SIR GEORGE RAWDON.

1681-2 (Just before the Primate's trial) .... I desired that Neal O Quin, the old friar, might come, because Mr. Bleeks assured me he knows all the whole plott and designs, and was an opposite to Plunket, and of the same faction as Wyer ; and, so far as I see, Roland MacDonnell, Brian O Neill and others have had differences

with Florence Wyer who has them and others, they say, at malice, who he accuses, and those who are well known to Sir Hans Hamilton or Sir George Atcheson to whom

you may please to mention them.(Rawdon Papers).

Not only Bleeks, but most of the others mentioned in this last letter can be

identified from the Hearth Money Rolls. The old friar, Neal Quinn of Armagh Convent, was a relative of Bleeks' wife?possibly an uncle. We find Sir Hans

Hamilton with six hearths in Monallan, and Sir George Atcheson with four hearths

in Cabragh. Roland MacDonnell will be found in Knockewan?he is possibly the

same as the Gaelic poet?Raghnall Dall MacDomhnaill?who wrote that glorious song commencing :

A Cr\e?5?m uAibfvijg pA n-A mbi?-o pluAigue T>'tiAiple j\i 051^1 t>e,

Aitrvip uaic Af 5tvA*? ?ia puAt) cf?At) p?t x>o CAomce.

We know that Raghnall Dall left Co. Armagh about this time?probably to

escape examination?and that, "

on his way to Co. Down "

he stayed for a while

with MacCuarta and Niall ?g MacMurchaidh in Omeath. A poem written in praise of Raghnall Dall by some brother-poet about this time contains a very significant line?" ScACAin 50 bjv?t, a TxAjnAitt, t?a miormAi c? ctAon

" (" O Raghnall, shun

for ever the oaths that are false and treacherous "). Evidently there was danger

of Raghnall being enticed into giving evidence against the Primate. Raghnall was

back in the Fews in 1715 when he wrote the Ode to Creggan Church.

The name of Florence Wyer is not given in the Hearth Money Roll?in fact the

list records only one of the name (Brian of Ballymacnab), although they were

numerous in the Census of 1602. The most interesting name in Lord Massereene's

letter is that of Brian O Neill, which appears in the Hearth Money Rolls under a

strange disguise?Brian MacGowbi of Glassdrummond, the ancient residence of the

O Neills. It is an English tax-gatherer's attempt at writing Brian Mac Aodh

Buidhe?Brian, son of Hugh Buidhe, son of Turlagh MacHenry, the last chief of the Fews.

The place of abode of two of the priests concerned in the conspiracy against Oliver Plunket (Father James O Callaghan of Ballywire, and Father Denis Raverty of Mullabrack) can be gleaned from this Census. We find a James 0 Kellaghan actually living in Ballywire in 1666 ; and a Donogh O Raverty in Dromentee (Lower



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Fews). The Primate often mentioned these two clergymen in his letters. Writing from prison in 1680, he referred to the charges made by Anthony Daly :

.... In the second point, Daly declares that I suborned false witnesses

to fasten the crime of laesae majestatis on Fathers James O Callaghan and

Denis Raverti. . . .

In another letter to the Internuncio, in July, 1680, the Primate writes :

.... It is said that Murphy has gone to England to accuse me of exercising Papal jurisdiction in this Kingdom ; another witness, Callaghan accuses

me in like manner, and it is an accusation that I deem most glorious. . . .

When Callaghan went to England he got merely a private examination?

evidently his testimony was not worth reproducing. In a former number we printed a letter that he wrote home from England.

We mention these names merely to show the value of this Census. There are

scores of others who were prominent in the history of the period, or were mentioned

in the compositions of the Gaelic poets.

The Census of 1766.1

This Census launches us rather precipitously into the Creggan of Art MacCooey and Se?n Johnston, of Rector Hill and Father Terence Quinn. A century had

passed since the compilation of the Hearth Money Roll ; three generations of both

Gaedhil and Gaill had gone to their reward ; and both sides had probably become

accustomed to the new conditions initiated by the Cromwellian Plantation. The

echoes of the 17th century wars and battles liad rolled away into silence?to be

succeeded by the softer but more insistent cadences emanating from the Courts of

Poetry. The 18th century poets of Creggan?O Doirnin, MacAlinden, Ohlr, MacArdle, MacCooey, MacVeigh and Dr. Woods?had already begun carving for themselves that niche in the Literary History of Ireland from which they are not

likely to be dislodged by any other group of singers. The original of the Census of 1766?like that of the Hearth Money Roll?perished

in the Four Courts in 1922. It had been compiled in 1766 by the Rector of the

parish?evidently from the Parochial Tythes Book. The list is a long one ; but

the monotony of transcription was constantly being relieved by the pleasure of

renewing old acquaintances. In every townland were names that we had already met with in the songs of MacCooey and his fellow-poets, or in the anonymous Gaelic folk-ballads of the district?the Johnstons of Roxboro and Dorsey, O Neills of

Annaghgad, Keenans of Lisgallgott, Murphys and MacGunshenans of Carnally, Harvassys of Clonalig, MacVeaghs of Carran, Lambs and MacCooeys of Ballynaghy, Rowlands of Lissgallgott, MacShanes of Carran, Bannikins and Himinaghs of Federna

Bog, Callaghans and Cunninghams of Glassdrumanaghy. There were a few particular old friends there?Se?n and Graham Johnson, Art Carraher of Drumill, Peter Woods of Loughross (father of Dr. Woods), Neece Quinn of Cullyhanna, Daniel O Neill

1. DOC. G.




(father of Art ?g) of Annaghgad, Rector Hill, and Father Terence Quinn. Many of the names preserve the Irish form?McGunshenan (Nugent), Harvassey (Harvey),

MacQuoan (Cowan), Heer (O Hare), and Mac Eldreene (Thornton). A very interest

ing name is Brian Sonna of Drummackewall?represented to-day by numerous

families who call themselves Lucky.

Some of the townland names are worth noting. Ballynagleragh was the old name of Ballsmill ; Ballynaghy is the modern Mounthill?renamed after Rector

Hill ; and Raver is evidently Ballinaclosha. It is strange that the name Crossmaglen never appeared in any of the Inquisition or Census Lists?always Cross or Crosse,?

which is also the present-day local usage. The name Cross-moy-glane appears on the

Escheated Counties Maps (1609). We note that Cnop-til-15-lploirm appears on

all the signposts?we distrust this derivation. WTe always heard Cfor-tilis

Liomi?in from the old Gaelic speakers of Clonalig and Hackballscross districts ; but it is easy to account for this variation. The village of Crossmaglen is of modern

growth?there were only five householders in the whole townland in 1766. In the local folklore it was merely famed for a well-known ale-house or shebeen?kept by

a man named Lennon. It will be noted that the 1766 Census gives Owen Lennon

amongst the five inhabitants?and his house (or shebeen), which was probably at

the cross-roads, was the origin of the variant C^op til 15 Lionn?m. If the village

is really named after a family, we would be inclined?following the form given in the Map of 1609?to select the MacCleans or MacClanes. There were no Flynns,

and but one Lennon, in the Fews in 1602 ; but the MacClanes are numerous in all the Census Lists. We feel tempted, however, to identify Crossmaglen with the ancient Magh Leamhna ; but, before doing so, it would be necessary to collect all the manuscript references. We intend to return to the subject later on. The only

important reference in Gaelic poetry is in one of MacCooey's verses in the 111 ajv-ona

Aifi? 015 Hi ?l?iU?" U?'n Cs|\of pAoi giuiAim 5AT1 cuaij\c Hi 1l?ill Ann." The

shebeen evidently lost a good customer when Art died?although a modern com

mentator has used the line to prove that Art had a "

court "

in Crossmaglen !

John Johnston's Will.1

We are printing this will on account of its historical associations?and because

the original was also lost in the Four Courts. The Johnstons were the most powerful

family in the Fews during the 18th century ; and the poems of the period are full

of references to them. The folklore of the district tells of three generations of

them?the most notable being John (or Se?n) whose Will we reproduce. The John stons controlled a band of yeomanry with headquarters in the Fews Barracks in

Camly-Ball ; and tradition?which some may regard as having a very ex-partc

outlook?was anything but kind to their memory. The contemporary poets de nounced them with ferocity ; the poets of a later century compared all

" renegades

"

either to Judas or to Se?n Johnston ; the old Gaelic speakers of twenty years ago 1. DOC. H.



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used to speak of the Johnstons with mingled fear and hatred ; while a large volume

would not contain all the stories of Seon ?ia bêA-?Â which could be collected

throughout Monaghan, Louth and Armagh. An interesting piece of history, in which

three very typical characters?Peadar O Doirnin the poet, Johnston the tory hunter, and Seumas O Murphy the rapparee?all figured, is recorded in Ar?-rv ?m

?vhse tit at").

The following lease may show the beginning of the Johnston residence in the

Fews :

Lands of 57^3- Lease?Dec. 10, 1714?from Patrick Murphy of Ballcotton, CAMILLY, Co. Louth, to John Johnston, Gent., of Camilly, Co. Armagh?all that

CO. ARMAGH. part of Camilly belonging to Sir Henry Tichborne, Bart, in barony of Fews?for lives of James, John junior, and William Johnston (3 sons)?

?1.3 p.a.?with fine for renewal on fall of life.

Witnesses : Owen McArdell, and Arthur Fleming of Drogheda.

From the information given in this lease, in the Census, and in the Will, it is

easy to reconstruct the three 18th century generations of the Johnstons :

John Johnston of Camilly (1714)

lames John (d. 1759) William

I ' 1 I W illiam

I i i i 1 1 honias Graham J ohn Anne Charity

(marr. Adam Noble) (married Thos. Shekleton)

In the Census of 1766 we find Graham Johnston in Roxborough ; and John, William, Sr., and William, Jr., in Dorsey.

Glasdrummond Castle.

Some of the scribes of the 18th century manuscripts tell us that the Castle

was built in the 12th century by Brian-Catha-an-D?in ; but their statement was

evidently based on a misunderstanding of portion of MacCuarta's Elegy on Glas

drummond :

1p beA5 a -oir a' miAX) Aguf a' -oocAft T)AirrpA p?m ah AfigAiti c?A*oiK\ .

o'poitlfuÂT) T)AOibpe, Agur- An c?-|i A5V)f ah CAjictnr-ne x/fnilAinj; rnir-e ? t? Sip 1l6n]u U? tl?itt Agup a rriAC, Uoiff?eAtOAC ITIac enp?, r?uc "fer?time Raiai-? rruc Aijir; ihic X\0"OA 1?11C AOX)A T?11C OO5AIII 1?11C 1l6ltt ?1? 1?11C 1l?ltt lh?l|t TT11C <\OT)A 1?11C

*OoivmAitt iiuc Vj|\iAin-?AtA-An-X>xiiTi, \?']\ r?gAX) nnyo 50 jwoa, pionn-AotrA, ?

$|\iAn?n 50 grurmeAt t?a rJAt??An.

Our own interpretation of this is that the castle was built in the 16th century

by Henry O Neill and by his son, Turlagh MacHenry. The importance of the

castle to the native Irish may be judged from the following note by O Kearney :

The wood of Dunreimhe (Diinmivv), the harrier between the l'aie and the Irish

territory extended from the Newrv mountains to the (rieat l?o^ o? hederna, and I'roin

the L'astJe of Koche to the most southerly O Neill fortress of Glasdrummond.




The circumstances under which the castle was first destroyed (a.d. 1642) are

described in O Mellan's Journal :

On 21 st May, a troop sallied out from Dundalk to the Fews. They took some

plunder, which was recovered from them by Turlagh Mac Art Mac Turlagh MacHenry. On the following day another troop left Dundalk?a large force of footsoldiers, with horses laden with arms?to place a garrison in Glasdrummond Castle. Shane O Neill

happened to be in the Castle, and having set fire to the upper part, he with his followers left the castle in flames and went out among the bogs. When the soldiers saw the

Castle in flames, they returned to Dundalk.

The walls must have been left in good condition, for the Castle is clearly marked on the Down Survey Map. MacCuarta ascribes its final destruction to a gentleman named Patrick Murphy (circa 1700)?in a notable passage of which the following is a literal translation1 :

There came an offshoot of the free-clans of Erin?of the same stock as my own

royal line?a certain gentleman named Patrick O Murphy, whose descent is reckoned from Niall of the Nine Hostages. It was he who pounded and overthrew me, and prostrated me flat on the earth, in little torn gaping fragments?all for a small increase of lucre for himself?and this, at the time that he found me a feeble widow without guidance, without children and without a spouse, without clergy, without followers, without princes or princesses to defend me, without nobles or high assemblies for mv protection, without youths or maidens to make merry, without rents or tributes to sustain me, without the ancient customary feastings within my battlements, without

musicians or poets or scholars to beguile me, without ollamhs or sages to enlighten and praise me with their seanchas?without any man of the whole world to serve or rescue me :

No rescue, no relief, sad is my destruction ; The death-knell rings in my ears?eternal will be my sleep.

The 17th century Church of Creggan.

There is no Pre-Reformation list of the clergy of Creggan?for the reason that the Prior of the Armagh Culdees, by right of his office, was always Rector of Creggan.

The first important reference to the parish is contained in the "

Report of the Com mission of Escheated Lands in Ulster (1609) :

.... In the said Barony of the Fiughes there is a parish church of Creggan, with a balliboe and a half of gleabe belonging thereto, viz., the balliboe called Ballincreggan and the half-balliboe called Drumbally ; and the tiethesof the Five Towns of the Fiughes belong to the incumbent of the said church, and the Prior of the Vicars Choral of the Cathedral Church of Armagh, for the tyme beinge, is parson there in right of his place.

In the Escheated Counties Map of the same year, Creggan is the only church marked in the parish. WTe have no record of when it was built, nor much evidence

by which we might guess its age. There was evidently an older church at a place called Killylochran?between Creggan and Crossmaglen?which may have been so called from John O Loughran who was Rector of the parish from 1478 to 1487.

This would lead us to believe that Creggan was not built long before 1500. We have other evidence in support of this. The poet, Raghnall Dall MacDonnell?

1 Local tradition of twenty years ago said that the stones had been broken up by one ' Palchev

' Murphy?to build a house and make

' a piece of a road.' There is a Patrick Murphy in the J700 Census of Gkissdrummond.



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who calls Creggan a "Ue-Airipott ?vpyvAit) ?oprA "

(an ancient and storied church)?

refers to a large tree which had been planted by Art son of Hugh O Neill (ob. 1514) in the year 1490, on the south side of the church, just opposite to the altar (1 n-oo-pAf

m'-Alco-ftd -A?uf mo pruon?-eAglAir-e), and whose spreading branches had extended

over the O Neill vault. He seems to imply that the church and the tree were the same

age?he makes the former refer to the latter as "

mo tme, mo conro^c ce^nn

fottnp but) teAnn?n ?gup but) c?oim-c?ite *oom p?in ?'n UAifv a ctn-rveAt) '11-A ftAic

015 AtibpAitin ?iT)?|\e?tAAi5 ? te h-Ayr ?TIac &o*?a." This historic tree was cut down

by a workman named Moffey (m-Aof-oibf\e -oo tnnne tiAfAt ?ir\ite) on January 7th,

1715?to the great dissatisfaction and the bitter mortification of all the descendants

of the O Neills.

In the Royal Visitation of 1622, the church is described as "

in repayre "

; while the Down Survey Map delineates the glebe land of the townlands of Creggan and Drumbally in a heavy shading, and shows the church and another building

attached?probably the Franciscan Monastery to which we shall refer presently.

According to Lewis the modern church was built in 1758, but we think that this is

incorrect. The cutting down of the tree in 1715 was probably in preparation for

demolishing the old church. According to Donaldson (Account of the Barony of

Upper Fews), the foundation of the new church "

passes over in a transverse line

and intersects at nearly right-angles another ancient edifice, part of the ruins of the

south gable of which was standing within the last twenty years." Donaldson's

account was written in 1838.

The Franciscan Friary.

After the Franciscans were expelled from Armagh in the beginning of the 17th century, they divided up into two communities?one in the Brantry, Co. Tyrone ;

the other in Creggan, Co. Armagh. The first Guardian of Creggan was the famous

Father Paul O Neill, afterwards known as the ' postilian ffryar.' Here are two of

his letters written from Creggan as they are ' calendared

' by the editors of the

State Papers :

CREGGAN. June 21st. 1627. Paul O Neill to Father Robert Chamberlain.

The house of Ard mach has sent ?60 English to support Lou vain College. Asks for

letters. Mrs. Margaret Doherty, her son, and Mrs. Anne have come safely home.

If Madame Rose will deliver him /20 there, Lndovicns Dillon will pay so much to

Mrs. Margaret here. Prays for favour for Hugh Carvell the bearer. Complains of

martial law in Ireland and of people being hanged on the evidence of wood-kernes.

Requests that his brother Thomas may be taken into Mr. Aylmer's philosophic school

at Douay.

CREGGAN. Same date. Paul O Neill to his brothers Bernard and Thomas at

Douay. Gives family news. The marriage of their sister to Patrick Carvell of Crueston, and the necessity of giving lier a dowry of A25 English prevents his father from sending

any money at present. Has written to get Ayliner to receive Thomas into the logic school at Douay. Asks for news and begs to be remembered to his friends.




Those letters did not reach their intended destination?if they had they would

not be preserved in the English State Paper Office, and we might never have known

when the Franciscans first came to Creggan. We fear that the "

calendaring "

was done very carelessly?many important details are omitted.

After the Irish captured Armagh in 1641, the Franciscans returned to their

former monastery and remained there for a few years. Father Paul O Neill preached a sermon in Armagh on the first Sunday of Lent, 1642 (O Mellan) ; and was very active throughout the Confederate decade. When Lord Maguire was captured in

Dublin, Father Paul O Neill was apprehended with him, "

but, upon examination at the Council Table, was dismissed/' When Sir Phelim/s gunpowder ran short

in May, 1642, Father Paul went to Galway, and, within 40 days, returned with a

supply. In another document he is referred to as "

yt postillion ffryer or popish

priest who went 13 times to Brussels for Sir Phelim in half-a-year." He was still

Guardian at Armagh in 1643, when "

he went with the horse-carriages to meet the arms which the King of Spain was sending to Sir Phelim." In May, 1644, the friars

were forced out of Armagh ; and O Mellan tells us that "

they, with the Guardian, Paul O Neill, returned to the Fews." They were still there in 1645?they probably remained scattered through the fastenesses of the Fews during the Cromwellian

decade. It would seem to be more than a mere coincidence that, in the Hearth

Money Rolls of 1666, four names borne by friars of Armagh (Henry O Mellan, Phelom

O Corr, Neale O Corr and Teague O Corr) make up the list for the townland of

Cornevannaghan (in the Fews) ; while we find the names of Paul O Neill and Turlagh O Mellan in two of the neighbouring townlands, Carricklehane and Ballynakilly. In the time of Oliver Plunket, the friars were still in Creggan ; and many of the

friars who were active in opposition to the Primate?Felim O Neill, Neal O Quinn,

Anthony Daly, George Coddan, Duffy, and John MacMoyer?were natives of the

Fews.

During the 18th century the Franciscans remained in Creggan, but it is doubt

ful if they were able to maintain a convent. We find a Franciscan friar, Thomas

Babe, in Ballinagleragh (Ballsmill) in 1743. Father Felim O Neill was still alive

in the same year. Others of whom we have record were Phelom Hanlon (1731),

Hugh McConville (1743), Cormack and John Cowan (1731-1750), Patrick Quinn

(1750-60) and Arthur Magennis (1784). The last of whom I could find mention was friar John O Hanlon of the Dorsey?a nephew of Dr. Patrick Donnelly, Bishop of Dromore. He served the parish of Creggan during the pastorates of Fathers

Terence Quinn and James Martin. He is mentioned in Taajfe's Register at the years

1766, 1767 and 1768 as "

Hanlon of Creggan "?and also in the old Parochial Registers of Creggan and Loghgilly down to 1790. We have a summary of his Will, which was in the old Record Office--" the Will of Frater John O Hanlon of the townland

of Darcy and parish of Creggan." it was made on May 5th, 1793, and proved Sept.



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10th, 1794. After making provision for his debts and some bequests to servants, he "

appoints Revd. Bonaventure Stuart of the diocese to be Manager and Trustee

of the residue, for the brethren of the Order of St. Francis?to be disposed as shall

appear good to the Provincial of the Order." Executors?Hugh O Hanlon of Newry

(his brother), Rev. Jas. Martin, P.P., Creggan, Rev. Geo. Bonaventure Stuart,

Hugh Makin of Darcy and Rev. Raymond O Hanlon of Louth.

The Parish of Creggan in the 17th and 18th centuries.

That the succession of secular clergy was maintained in the parish of Creggan

during these two centuries is evident from the following references :

1602. "

Patrick MacCardle, priest "

and "

Hugh O Quyn, priest."?(Census of

1602). As each of these is mentioned with his own clan, we may assume that Father

MacCardle served the southern portion, and that Father O Quyn lived amongst his kinsfolk in Tullyvallen. In 0 Mellan's Journal, we are told that a

" Father Hugh

O Quyn was hanged by the Scotch in Charlemont in 1642."

1644. Shane O Connellan. "

A party of Scotch went from Armagh to the

Fews and killed Shane O Connellan, parish priest of the country" (0 Mellan*s Journal).

1667. Reference to the visitations of Dr. Dawley, Vicar Capitular of the Arch

diocese, already quoted.

1674-1704. Father Manus O Quinn?born 1644?ordained in 1669?appointed to Creggan in 1674?transferred as P.P. to Dundalk in 1704. (For further references, see previous Journal, pp. 78-8^).

1704. (From List of Registered Priests)?two priests in Creggan : Daniel MacGil

murray?age 54?ordained in 1676 at Ardpatrick, Co. Louth?resided at Carnally? P.P. of part of Creggan ;

Patrick Murphy?age 55?ordained in 1672 at Ballybarrack ?lived in Timor?

P.P. of part of Creggan.

1731. "

Creggan?2 priests, 2 popish schools, no Mass-House."?(Pari. Report).

1741-1775. Father Terence Quinn. Those who have studied MacCooey's

poems know more about "

Priest Quinn "

than we have space for here. He was

born in 1715, educated and ordained in Salamanca, and appointed to Creggan in 1741. Lie was made

" Canon and Chanter

" of the Archdiocese in 1743?I have a copy of

the letter of his appointment which was made from Rome by Benedict XIV. There are also extant several letters written by Father Quinn in that year?one of them

addressed "

e loco refugii." The Census of 1766 gives the names of Terence Quinn,

Popish Priest ; Anthony Devitt his assistant. The latter, according to tradition, lived in Glasdrummond, and opened the first church there, on the site of which

the 19th century church?still standing, but out of use was built in i$2y. Father

Devitt was curate of Creggan from 1765 to 1768. He was appointed P.P. of Killeavy c




in November, 1768 ; and was succeeded in Creggan by Father Woods. A Parlia

mentary Return of 1765 gives "

Creggan?2 chappels, 445 Protestants, 2,520 Catholics." The figures in the Census of 1766 are?" 259 Protestant families,

718 papist families." The "

chappels "

of 1765 must have been Mobane and Corliss ; Glasdrummond was not built until a year or two later, and the old thatched structure

in Courtbane probably did not deserve even the name of a "

chappel."

Father Terence Quinn lived in Crinkle, where there is a well-known Mass-rock. The street leading into the place has not changed much in appearance since Art

MacCooey wrote the famous lines :

Ca fA5Af\u pruACAc m Aie tiA n-u-Aiple

Ay ah c-f|\?iT) peo C-pion-Coilt.

There are many other mass-rocks of the same period?in Courtbane, in Creggan

(Begley's land, opposite the graveyard), in Drummackewall, and in Cornonagh. A fiat gravestone in Creggan?about five yards from the S.E. wall of the church?

marks Father Quinn's last resting place :

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF REVEREND DOCTOR TERENCE

QUINN, LATE PASTOR OF THE PARISH OF CREGGAN, WHO

DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 22nd OF JUNE, 1775, AGED 60 YEARS.

1775-1795. James Martin, last Parish Priest of the undivided parish. He

had previously been curate of Ardee ; and was promoted to Dundalk in 1795. He

is buried in Killencoole.

In 1795, the parish was divided into Upper and Lower Creggan. Rev. Redmond

O Hanlon became P.P. of the former, and Rev. Patrick Quinn of the latter.

Creggan Graveyard.

Creggan graveyard contains many notable tombs, the majority of which are

unmarked or unknown. In the O Neill vault, according to the poets, lie Phelemy

Ruadh, Henry na nGearran, Turlagh MacHenry, Aodh Buidhe, Eoghan mac Airt

?ig, Father Felim, and numerous others of the O Neills. The vault was closed up

by Rector Atkinson (1817-1851). At the time when little English was understood

in the district, the graveyard was always known to the people as the "

Indulgence of

Creggan." This use of the word Indulgence was very puzzling, until we found the

explanation in a letter written to the Primate by an old priest, over a century ago. It had its origin in the Indulgence of the Portiuncula?a privilege which, in those

days, belonged only to Franciscan Monasteries. Between Cross and Creggan there

is the site of a much older graveyard in a field still called Killyloughran (O Loughran's

church). The place is mentioned in the Inquisition of the lands of Turlagh MacHenry

?Killelogherone, I townland. It probably got its name from John O Loughran, Prior of the Armagh Culdees, who was Rector of Creggan from 1478 to 1487.



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Many of the South Armagh poets are buried in Creggan graveyard?MacAlindon,

MacVeigh, MacCooey, etc.?but not one of these graves is now known. The last

verse of Sigerson's translation of MacCooey's Vhf-citt a C^e^Ain comes to our

mind?the poet's final answer to the Fairy Queen who had been exhausting her

endeavours trying to entice him to visit the fairy Land of Promise :

One pledge I shall ask from you only ; one promise, O Queen divine !

And then I will follow faithful?still follow each step of thine?

Should I die in some far-off country, in our wanderings east and west, In the fragrant clay of Creggan let my weary heart have rest.

In the next number of the Journal, we intend to print?as an Appendix to this article?a selection from those poems of MacCuarta, MacAlinden, Raghnall

MacDonnell, and MacCooey which deal with the Fews, Creggan, Glasdrummond and Dunreavy. We have quoted from them extensively, and the record would not be complete without them.

L. P. Murray.




A.?THE FIRST CENSUS OF THE FEWS (1602).

Pardon to : Tirlagh McHenry O Neale, chief of the Fues ;

Sara Ny Neale, his wife ;

Henry O Neale, Art O Neale [ ] ;

Henry O Neale \

Brian O Neale - Sons of Donell McPhelim Roe ;

Neale O Neale )

Con O Neale \

Brian O Neale {

Henry O Neale j

J '

Patrick O Neale ) -O Neale McBrian Ballagh j

Con O Neale McPhelim Gentlemen of the Fues.

Henry O Neale ; / Art O Neale ;

Breen O Neale ;

Phelim roe O Neale ;

Neale O Neale McCon ; - O Neale Mc[ ] ;

Brian McEghir, husbandman ;

Aghie McEghire I

Patr. roe McEghire i J

Coolie O Quyn, husb. ; Kaele O Quyn McEdm, horseman ;

Hugh O Quyn, priest ; Edm [ ] O Quyn, Kaele McArt O Quyn, husb. ; Patr. O Quyn, husb. ; Doncho ? Quyn, yeoman ; Patr. Gromy O Quyn, husb. ;

Hugh O Quyn | veomen. Patr O Quyn 1 yeomen>

Kale O Quyn, husb. ;

Glassney McShane ) horsemen

.

One McShane )

He[ ], yeoman; Phelim McShane, horseman ; Neale McShane, yeoman ; Art McShane McOne, husb. ;

Tames McShane McOne ) -, ?> TVT cu r horsemen ; Rone McShane I Art McTohile roe McShane ) Brian McTorilagh McShane ,-husb. ; Brian oge McShane j

[ ] Shane, horseman ; Rorie McShane, [ ] ;

Torylagh McShane, yeoman ; Kahere McShane, horseman ;

Henry McShane, yeoman ;

Henry Rawane McShane, husb. ;

Glessny McShane, yeoman ; Patr. McShane, husb. ;

John Shenle, horseman ; Patr [ ] ; Feriagh McCardle, husb. ; Patr. McCoolie carragh McCardle, horseman ; Coolie Carragh McPhilip Duffe, husb. ; One McCardle, horseman ; Patr. Ballagh McCardle, }Teoman ;

Philip McCardle, husb. ;

Conoghe McCardle ? ,

Donoghe oge McCardle S ^^maii ,

Feragh McCardle, yeoman ; Patr. McCardle, priest ; Patr. McCardle, husb. ;

Torylagh bane McCardle, yeoman ;

Henry McCardle, husb. ; Edm. bane McCardle, yeoman ;

James McCardle McCoolie more, horseman ;




Bryan McCardle \

Torilagh McCardle Coolie McCardle

? yeomen :

Shane McCardle ) Shane McCormack carragh McCardle ) , , .

Torilagh McCardle / nuSD' '

Frances Lewis, woman ; Art McMurchie McOne .

Redmond McMurchie )

Kilty McMurchie One buy mor McMurchie - husb. ; PhelWduff McMurchie i Donchie McMurchie McCarberagh 1 Patrick McMurchie / Manus McMurchie, yeoman ; One beddie McMurchie, horseman ;

Torilagh McMurchie, husb. ; Brian McMurchie, horseman ; Art McMurchie ) , ,

Donogh McMurchie j* nusr>' ;

Donill McMurchie McPatr. | Donill McMurchie McEdm. ) yeomen >

Donchie McMurphie McOne, husb. ; Patr. bane McMurchie \ Patr. McMurchie [ yeomen ; Donchie duff McMurchie J Patr. McNeale McMany McMurchie, husb. ;

Many McNele McMurchie \

Phelim McNele McMurchie One McMurchie Mcjames

'- yeomen ; Patr. McCormach McMurchie I Cormack McMurchie j Donchie oge McDonchie McMurchie, husb. ; Donchie duff McMurchie, tenant ; Patr. Gromy McMurchie Shane Gromy McMurchie

| Coolie McGlassny McMurchie Edmund McMurchie \ Patrick McMurchie

f tenants >

Mlaghlen McMurchie ! Patrick Duff McMurchie Donill McMurchie ;

Moris McEvire \

Torilagh McEvire ' .

Cormack McEvire f luisb- '

James McEvire j Moris McCowane I James og McCowane -

yeomen ; Shane McCowane j Rorie McCowan, husb. ;

Torilagh McCowane, yeoman ; Patr. O Brengan, horseman ; Patrick McGarway

,

Doniell McGawry | Brian McGarway Torilagh McGarway

\

One McGarway ;:" tenants :

Mlaghlin McGarway I One McGarway J Donell McGarway

j"

husb. ;

yeomen ;

husb.

tenants ;

Nele O Lowhan Donill

Murtagh ? Donill Patrick O Hullig Mlaghlin ,, Brian Manus ,, ) Patr. O Hanraghtie ;

Hugh McEvicker O Hanraghtie Hugh McPhelim One Patrick Donill Phelim

James Donill Patrick Gilleduff OLorkan Nele O Kellychan, tenant ; Brian O Kellichan, yeoman One Patr. One McShane Rorie O Kellie Brian ?g Brian

Torilagh O Corry ; Patr. O Corrie ;

Many O Corry ; One O Corry ;

Many O Hanlon, tenant; Shane ,, \ Brian ,, , ,

Hugh ? tenants

Glessny ,, ) Art McGloskie ) Brian ,, ,- kerns ;

Mary ? J Patr. McEldony, yeoman ;

Rory ? ) Brian ,, j Hugh McEldonie, Shane O Boyle, Brian ,, Tohile Richd.

James boy McCoime Donchie McCoine Art Patr. Gorry Patrick O Hire

Mlaghlin McElyre Patrick One oge McElane Elin

Kayle McConwayle. Hugh ,. j

tenants;

yeomen ;

horsemen ;

yeoman ;

kerns :



I38 COUNTY LOUTH ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL

tenants ;

husb.

Redmond McConill Alexander McConile

Gilleseoge Brian ,, ) Art McGlaskir .

Brian McGloskir kern s

Many ? ) Cor mock McEneny Brian oge Brian ,, j Manu s Cahan ) Dorby Cohan ;- horsemen ;

Garry Cahan ) Mlaghlin O Cawertie ; Patr. O Murygan ;

Hugh O Haghie ; Patr. O Duffedie ; Rorie McGwigine ; Nele McTowchie ;

Feagh McCronila ; Donill O Culline ;

Hugh McEveighe ;

Hugh O Hanaghane ; Nele O Lurkane ; Rorie McSirry ; Rorie McCawill ; Art McHenry ; Brian McMany ; Patr. OTohile; Shane O Kenan ; Patr. McEghile ; Donchie ,, ; Donchan O Daly ; Donell O Dolan ; Phelim reagh McConwell ; One McConway ;

Murtagh ,, ; Brian oge McGirraty ; Patr. Modder McGerrety ;

Sowrly McConill ; Patr. O Mol?an ;

Terrilagh Ekeslan ; One O Cumar ; Thos. O Shele ;

Tege O Ferrall ;

Hugh ? ; Donchie O Fearnmy ;

Hugh McEvard ; One McEtanny ; Tho. McEvard ; Rich. O Cahan ; Donill McEcheran ;

Tirlagh McEcherane ; Coole O Crowle ; Thos. O Bwyle ; Patr. O Towill McDonogh ; Phelim O Tohill ; Patr. McGwerke ; Patr. McRorie ; Phelim McElrowhe ; Shane ,, ; Edmund O Mulish ;

Philip ., ;

Teige Moynagh ; Shane McWyline ;

Hugh McEchalle ;

James buy O Calane ;

Mlaghlen duffe ; Patr. McGillernewe ;

Conogher McCreverty ; Patr. O Conry ; Anne Geoghan alias Fitzgarrald ; One oge O Haghie ; Murcho O Casie ; Patr. O Karewlan ;

Hugh McElchrive ; Morris Leynagh ; Edm. O Brian ; Patr. McCunny ;

Henry O Brian ; Shane duff McCoddane ;

James Leynagh ; Cormock O Kellechan ;

Manus O Lennan ; Nele McKinny ; One McCawell ;

Teige O Kessidie ;

Finolly ny Cahir ;

all of the Fues ;

Stephen Dowdall of

Dundalk, Merchant ; Anne Dowdall, his wife

Murder committed before their rebellion, intrusion on Crown lands, and debts

to the Crown excepted from their pardon. Date destroyed, but Lord Deputy's warrant dated 24 June, 1602.



1 -f??r^-A^MffV3?

?rtt?al tabci^ Far-simile Zincegr&phed at the- Ordnance Surrey Office Sout/uamptoiv, luu?rt?e direction of*Gipt?A<U CScottJt.?.

CdendSirliMryJaxiesi?Z-FJlS.Sx. Superintendent.

ESCHEATED COUNTIES MAP OF THE FEWS, 1609.

Reproduced from the Northern Ireland Ordnance Survey Map, with the sanction of the Controller of H.Jb. and printed by W. Tempestt Dundalgan Press, Dundalk.



Zinc<yra,ph*d at the- Ordnance SurreyOffice Sbu/Juampt?iv, under the direction, ofGipt*Ade CScottJt.?. C<&ndSirIfoiryJa#ies,2?J'Jl,S.Jcc. Superintendent.

ESCHEATED COUNTIES MAP OF THE FEWS, 1609.

the Northern Ireland Ordnance Survey Map, with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office, and printed by W. Tempest, Dundalgan Press, Dundalk.




B.?TURLAGH MacHENRY'S LANDS AFTER THE ULSTER PLANTATION.

Inquisition?Armagh, March 26th, 1640.

Tirlogh McHenry O Neale, late of Glasdromen, in the territory of the Fues,

soldier, was seised during his lifetime of : Glasdromine?1 townland ;

Ballaghmore, al' Tullydonnell, al' Aghnekarrmore, 1 townland ;

Ballynaghey, al' Agherysullichan, 1 townland ; Cornonagh, 1 townland ; Dorsi-ene, al' Umricame, al' Tullyogallaghan, t townland ; Feneskin, 1 townland ;

Camelry, 1 townland ;

Tullyvallen, 1 townland ;

Tullynewall, 1 townland ;

Carnally, 1 townland ;

Lurgan, 1 townland ;

Collenboye, al' Dervrenan, al' Aghonollower, 1 townland ;

Cullyhanagh, 1 townland ;

Ballyneree, 1 townland ; Donrevie, ? townland ;

Carricknegan, \ townland ;

Lismoylin, ? townland ;

Cloghoge, I townland ;

Alestaghe, ? townland ;

Cregganduffe, -| townland ; Skeriv-macilea, ? townland ; Sheetrime, ? townland ; Tornicle, \ townland ; Tire, 1 townland ;

Cornelyse, -J townland ;

Dromlogher, ? townland ; Killtibane and Crinkill, 1 townland ;

Tullyard, | townland ; Creevkeeran, 1 townland ;

Lissawry, -J townland ;

Cornekarry, \ townland ;

Glasdromenaghy, al' Edenadoeny, at' Annaghgad, 1 townland ; Drombee and Corrin, 1 townland ;

Killelogherane, ? townland ;

Oregher, ^ townland ; Dromucke, ? townland ;

Monoge, ? townland ;

Clarinagh, 1 townland ; Drommacvalt, ? townland ;

Moybane, | townland ; Liscara, al' Cappie, 1 townland ; Crosse, ? townland ;

Culderry, ? townland ;

Monagallagh, al' Corcknimorye, 1 townland ; Clare, al' Rachellane, 1 townland ;

Clonligge, 1 sessiagh ;

Anaghmory and Anoghgannon, 2 sessiaghs ; and with all buildings and lands, tenements and hereditaments, within the territory of the Fues, excepting the villat' and town o? Creggan, and the half townland of Tonregie,

which are glebal lands?all lying in County Armagh.

The said Tirlogh O Neale, on March 9th, 1611, obtained license from the King to grant all the aforesaid lands, by the name of the Territory of the Fues, in trust to

Hugh Viscount Iveagh, Phelim O Neale of Kinard, Robert Hovenden, Richard




Gernon of Stabannon and Philip Reyley of Rathkenny, Co. Cavan, for the use of

the said Tirlagh and his wife, lady Sara O Neale, during their natural life ; and after

wards to the use of Henry O Neale, heir apparent of the said Tirlagh ; and, after him, to the use of Tirlagh, son of the said Henry, and his heirs ; as by the said license

appears.

The aforesaid Tirlagh, by deed made on May ist, 1639, granted to Art O Neale

of Tullydonnell in Co. Armagh, the half townlands of Tullydonnell, Legmoylan,

Carricknegin, Umericham, and Agheneternemore, and the townland of Camelly,

for 99 years, on a certain trust, as appears in the deed.

The aforesaid Tirlagh, by another deed made on the same date, granted to his

second son, Arthur O Neale, the following lands : Carine, Dromlogher, Dromby,

Crosse, Monnoge, Oregher, Killoghoren, Drommuck, Dromackenane, Liscara, Moy

bane, and Leaghs-Kalegid, for a term of 99 years, on a certain trust, as appears in

the original.

The aforesaid Tirlagh O Neale, by another deed, dated June ist, 1639, granted to Phelim O Neale, Robert Hovenden, and Philip O Reyley, all the aforementioned

territory of the Fues, to hold on a certain trust, as is specified in the said deed.

The aforesaid Tirlagh O Neale died on Feb. 24, 1639 (1640). The said Henry O Neale, his son and heir, was then of full age, and married. The premises are

held from the King, in capite, by military service.

C?TRANSPLANTATION OF HENRY O'NEILL.

DECREE OF COURT OF TRANSPLANTATIONS AT ATHLONE?1655.

(From Report on the Carte MSS. in the Bodleian Library.)

.Touching the qualification of the said Henry O Neile, it appeared by the evidence pro duced on behalf of the Commonwealth, and by the genaral oaths of John Corren of Drumboate,

Charity Chappell, late wife of Richard Chappell, late of Armagh, and George Littlefield, late of

Loughgall, that, on the 20th day of October, 1641, Sir Henry Spotswood, Knight, was stripped and despoyled of all his goods, ready money and chattells, that ever he had, in the severall counties of Monaghan and Armagh, to the value of over ?4160, by Henry O Neile of Glasdromine, Arthur O Neile his brother, Tirlogh O Neile his son, and divers other Rebells ; that the said Charity

Chappell and her late husband and the said George Littlefield were in the first yeare robbed and

despoyled of all their goods etc. by the parties then in the present rebellion, to wit, Henry O Neil of Glasdromine, Esq., and divers others, and, whereas it was alleged by the councell on behalf of the said claymant, that some of the deponents were yett living who had deposed against the said claymant (O Neile), to witt, Charity Chappell and George Littlefield, and therefore (he)

prayed a commission to re-examine them touching their former depositions, against the said




claymant ; and the Court being desirous to be fully informed of the truth thereof, gave liberty to the claymant to produce them viva voce in court, which accordingly he did, and the day being appointed for the re-hearing of the said cause, the Court having entered into a full and deliberate

hearing thereof : and the said Mrs. Chappell being demanded upon oath the cause of knowledge of her former depositions against the said Sir Henry O Neue, said she heard he was in rebellion in the said first yeare, when she was in prison in Armagh, and the reason then inducing her to believe the same was, that all the country was generally in rebellion ; and the said George Little field deposed upon oath, that he heard the said Henry O Neue was out in action, but not a plunderer, but neither of them of their own knowledge did knowe any such matter to be true ; but, on the contrary, the said Charity Chappell did affirme her knowledge of him to bee a greate friend to the English ; and by the oath of Richard Lee it appeared that Sir Henry Spotswood

was robbed in the first evening of the Rebellion ; the persons that so robbed the said Sir Henry were tennants to the said Henry O Neue : and the oaths of the said John and Samuel Corren

being too generall and uncertaine to amount to convincing proof es ; and, touching the good affection of the said claymant, it appeared to this Court by depositions of several! witnesses, taken in behalf of the saide claymant, that the said Henry ? Neile, at the beginning of the Re

bellion, secured and saved the lives of Mr. Thomas Taylor of Armagh, his wife and family, and six more families of the said towne which lied unto him for safeguard, and sent them away to the English quarters, and did likewise save the lives of Mr. Fitzgarrett, a minister, his wife and

family, and one Mr. Trevors, a minister, and Mr. Edward Trevors of Monaghan, with severall other English to the number of 290, all which persons he kept in his house, from the violence of the rebells, until he found conveniency to send them safe to Dundalke ; and from time to

time, as often as he heard of the approach of the rebells into the country, the said Henry O Neile did send intelligence to the Governor of Dundalke or Newry, or the next adjacent garrisons of the English, and that for giving such intelligence, General Owen O Neile sent a party of horse and took the said claymant prisoner, and sent him to Kilkenny, where he was kept prisoner until the army was then gone out of the country, being about a quarter of a yeare after, at which time he made his escape, and the rebells did at the same time take a great number of horses, inares, cows and other cattle from the said claymant ; that the said claymant's cattle and horse

were burned at Glasdromine by Sir Phelim's orders ; that the claymant could not endure any of his sons to come near his castle ; that he once shott at one of his sonns who was with a party comeing to his house, because he was in Rebellion, and did oft with weeping teares bemoan himself saying, what would be thought of him, his sonns being gone into rebellion, hee having ever being faithfull unto the Crown of England ; so that comparing the evidence of the said

claymant with the evidence against him, upon the whole matter, the Court is not judicially satisfied that the said Henry O Neile did not aid or assist or otherwise promote rebellion in the

first yeare, nor was in arms since. The Court doth therefore think and adjudge the said Henry O Neile to be comprised, and doth fall under the 8th qualification of the Act of Settlement of

Ireland, bearing date the 20th day of August, 1652. And it is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that the said Henry O Neile shall have and enjoy two thirds part of his said estate to

him, his heirs and assigns forever, in Connaught or Clare, according to the true extent of the said 8th qualification of the said Act : Saveing etc. (Saving clause to possible creditors).

Dated at Athlone, the 5th day of November, 1655.

Examd. by Isaac Dobson.

Rd. Course, Registrar. Wm. Frankland.

J. Southey'

Compared with the original, the 29th Deer., 1663.

John Taylor, Regr. Wm. Cooper.




D.? THE CROMWELLIAN CONFISCATIONS?UPPER FEWS.

(Summary of the information in the Books of Survey and Distribution and in the Abstracts of Grants.)

Parish of Creggan?Lands owned by Henry O Neill, Irish Papist in 1641.

Townland

Rathkeelan1

Lisamry2

Creevekieran3

Cornacarry (Bally carry)4

Carrickamone5

Monagillagh6

Glassdrumanaghy7

Umracam (part)8 ..

Tullydonnell (part)9

Skerriff Mac Ilea10

(part)

Kiltybane11

Drumlougher12

Red Bog & Loghs13

Grantee* Acreage*

Profitable Unprofitable

John Barrett

(

do.

27)| (30)'

A. R. P.

23 o 14 ( 37 1 23)

88 o o

(129 2 14)

do. (29)

do. (31)

do. (33)

do. (32)j

do. (34)|

John Gaich j

(50)! do. (47)

Thos. Coote and

Henry Flower

(I4) do. (22)

205 2

(333 1 71 o

(115 o

109 o

(176 2 86 o

(*39 x 86 1

(139 3 93 o

38 2) o

1) o

10) o

9) 12

13) 19

do.

do.

(36)

(22*)

183 1 16

191 2 6

182 o o

138 1 34

25 2 6

46 o o

20 o o

76 o o

Date

of enrol ment

1666

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

1667

1667

1667

do.

do.

do.

Remarks.

In 1668, Barrett sold all his lands in

County Armagh to William Cunning ham, of Coagh, Co.

Tyrone.

" Red Bog and

Loghs "

evidently means Kiltybane Lough, bordering Kiltybane and

Drumlougher.

* The figures in brackets in the column are the identification numbers on the Down Survey Map here appended.

** The figures in brackets show the statute acreage supposed to correspond to the Irish acreage in the other figures. Only in a few cases are these figures given fn the Abstracts.

1 als. Rockland, Rachiland and Rakeylane. 2 al. Lysawry.

3 al. Crewkyren, Crowkyron. 4 al. Cornakarry. 5 als. Corrakineony or Carreckenvoney.

6 als. Mongoleagh or Monaghelleagh. 7 als. Glassdrumagh

or Glassdrumeenagh. 8 als. Emoricam or Emorycam.

9 als. Tonnydonnell. 10 als. Skermaleagh or

Skermaghlea. X1 als. Killaghbane or Killtaghbane.

12 als. Drumloughery. 13

(common to adjacent towns).




Townland Grantee

Glasdrummond1 .

Dunrevey2

Lurgancullenboy .

Carnally3

Cregganduff

Tullydonnell (part)

Clare (with ye island on Loughros)

Tullyard (part)

Creenkill (part)

Shetrim4

Corliss (part)5

Teer (part)6

Annaghmar7 and ;

Leshighe !

Cullyhanna (part)8 j

Drumlougher (part)

Skerriff Mcllea (pt.)9j

Alesteagh10 ..:

Urcher11

Cloghoge

Thos. Cooke and

Henry Flower (1 (2 do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

(7

(18:

(47

Thos. Ball (26

(24

(28)

(13

(25

(23

(20

(15

(36

(14:

(16;

(39!

(17

337 o o 20 o o

223 o o 75 o o

274 o o 90 o o

Date

of enrol

ment.

393 O O

242 O o

76 3 4

133 o o

92 o o

282 o o

147 o

27 o

83 o

82 o

43 o

99 2

25 2

177 o

213 o

414 o

od.

do.

do.

do.

do.

Remarks.

60 O O

60O

? \ do.

? ?1668

5 o or 668

102 o o do.

240 o o do.

43 o o 1 do.

60 o o do.

prop of

unprof. Id. do.

36: prop of

? unprof. Id. do.

37J 42 o o ; do.

34 15 o o I do.

o 40 o O; do.

o| 69 o o do.

o! 34 o o j do.

Ball also got extensive

grants in the barony of Orier ; and in the Counties of Meath, Westmeath,

Kerry and Down. He got 3,000 acres (plantation

measure) in Munster, and

5,911 acres in Co. Armagh. In addition to his own

grants, he purchased those of Rowley and Richard son. He died before 1678; and his widow, Frances,

married Jas. Donaldson. In 1678, on the petition of James and Frances, Donaldsou,

" guardians

?and trustees of Thos. Ball,

json and heir of the said ?Thomas Ball," a remittal

?of the quitrent on portion

of the estate was granted.

I Ballsmill (recte Baile

\na-gCleir) and Camley

|Ball preserve the name.

1 als. Glasdrummene, Glassdromin, etc. 2 als. Donrey, Donry, etc. 3 als. Cormoloy. 4 als. Seytrim

or Seatrim. 5 als. Cornalise or Cornaleise. 6 als. Teyrne, Teirye, Teeyree, etc. 7 ais. Aghmore, Annagh more, Enaghmore.

8 als. Collaghenagh or Culloghneagh. 9 als. Scirmaghea or Scar McKillea.

10 als. Avesteagh or Allesteagh. 1X als. Orher or Orgher.




Townland. Grantee

Garran (part)1

Crosse (Crossmaglen)

Rathkeelan (part)2

Tullyvallen (part) . .

Umracam (part)3 . .

Legmoylan (part) . .

Tullyvallen (N. side)

Drummackawall4 . .

Skerriff Macllea

(part)

Cullyhanna (N. side)

Garran (part) ..;

Monog5

Dunrevey

Drumill (Nth. part) | Do. . J

Tullyvallen (North | side) i

Camley (part)6 . .'

Dorsey (part)

Umracam (N. part) ;

Do. .. !

Thos. Ball (35)

do. (37)

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

(27)

(n)

(5o)

(49)

(11

(41

Thos. Ball (14)

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

(IS)

(35)

(38)

(2)

(9)

(9)

Thos. Ball and Edw. Richardson

(11) do. (51)

do.

do.

do.

(10)

(50)

(50)

A creage


181 I 28

161 O o

5 ? 2o|

163 o oj

15 3 27J

113 2 24

446 2 25

132 o 0|

198 0 3

o 3 4|

4 2 I2|

108 o o|

10 o o

361 i 37|

15 o oj

21 o 7

69 3 27

333 2 37j

221 1 38J

no 3 21

22 o o

76 o o

prop, of

unprof. Id.

25 o o

10 o o

prop, of

unprof. Id.

62 o oj

prop, of!

unprof. Id.

do.

do. !

16 o o|

prop, of,

unprof. Id.

prop, of I unprof. Id.

do.

prop, of

unprof. Id.

prop, of

unprof. Id.

do.

do.

do.

Date

of enrol-\ ment

do.

do.

do.

1668

do.

do.

do.

1668

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

Remarks

Richardson sold his share to Ball, four months after date of enrolment.

1 als. Carreene or Carne. 2 als. Rathlane, Rakeylane, etc. 3 als. Emoricaum, etc. 4 als. Drummack

wale or Drum McVale. 5 als. Maghnoge, Munnoge or Moghneage.

6 als. Cormoloy, Camoley, etc., "

a

town contiguous to Drumill."




Townland Grantee

Tullyvallen

Rathkeelan (part)

Creevekeeran

Corliss1 & Tullyard

Teer2

Creenkill

Dorsey (part)

Drumill

Umracam (part)3 .

Dorsey (part)4

Finiskin (part)

Drumill (Sth. part)5

Tullydonnell (part)

Legmoylan (part)6. .

Tullyvallen7

Ballynarea (part)8 & Tullyvallen (part)

Ballinarea (part)9 . .

Tullyvallen (part) . .

Camley (part)l0

Thos. Ball?to

the use of Daniell & Sarah Jackson

(11) Elizb. Heburne,

widow (27) do. (29)

Peter Beaghan '

(24-5) do. (23)

do. (28)

do. (10)

do. (9)

Henry Osborne

(50) Alderman John Forest and Wm. Markham (10)

do. (52)

do. (9)

Major Seafoule Gibson (47) do. (49)

Carroll Bolton

(11) Hercules

Langford (n-12;

Capn. J. Pierson

(12) do. (11)

do. (51)

\Date 1 of

_^ enrol

Profitable Unprofitable \ment. ?

A creage Remarks

249 i 13 (403 3 20)

101 3 6

35 1 10

57 o o

45 i o

10 o o

154 o 19

23 2 O

93 o 19

383 o o

263 o o 1

78 2 3 j I 153 3 20 j

222 2 6 i

80 o o

(129 2 13) 53 o 3 (87 O II)

857 I 14

257 2 34

357 2 34

do. do.

do. 1 do.

do. j do. j

J1677 do. i do. i

do. ' do. '

do. 1 do. !

do. ! do.

? 11666 !

? 1668 ! !

i ; ?

i do. j

? j do. !

1668^

do. '

1669 j

1667 ;

! 1669 i

do. I

do.

" in ye N.E. part of

Edward Rowley's re

trenchment.

57 acres in Corliss "

to

jBall for Beaghan."

Forrest and Markham are to hold these lands forever to such uses as are specified in a certain indented deed made to them in 1660 by Henry Flower of Dublin.

Gibson was a noted historical character of the period. He had also

Grants in Louth and Meath. He sold his

Armagh lands to Captn. Anthony Nixon.

1 al. Cornaleise or Carnasdiffe. 2 al. Teecry, Teenye, Teecy, Tyre. 3 als. Emoricam or Emorycam. 4 als. Dercy, Dorcey, etc. 6 als. Drumhill, etc. ft als. Loghmoylan or Leaghmoylan.

7 als. TaJly vannegh, etc. 8 al. Ballyenragh and Ballinarea and Ballynery.

9 als. Ballyduffneragh or ?allynery. 10 als. Cumlogh als. Camoley.




Townland

Creggan

Ballenaghy (Mount hill)1

Cornonagh2

Coolderry

Drumbally

Tullyvallen (part)

Clarinagh

Clonalig3

Glassdromenaghy (part)

Dromuck

Mobane4

Lisgalgat5

Lissaraw6

Drumbov7

Grantee A creage


Glebe Land (C) j 244 o o

Edward Rowley (3)

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(11)

(19)

(21)

91 1 21

Date-\

of

enrol-] ment \

Remarks

One

I Sessiagh (34) j I07 2 28

(40)

(42)

(43)

(44)

(45)

These lands had been

granted to Edw. Row

ley in the time of Crom well ; but they were not

included in the Acts of Settlement as they had been purchased by and

conveyed to Thos. Ball.

1 als. Ballyonaghey. 2 als. Correvonagh. * als. Lisserea. 7 als. Drumbee.

1 al. Clonleg.

4 als. Maghbone. 5 als. Leatstalkat.

In the above summary it will be noticed that there is one townland that does

not now exist?Alesteagh, which has evidently been swallowed up by Shetrim.

Of the fifteen modern townlands of Creggan which are not mentioned in the above

summary, a comparison of the modern map with the Down Survey Map will show

that Tullinawall and Freeduff are included in Drumill ; Ballinaclosha in Tully donnell ; Cornahove in Ballinacarry ; Culloville in Moneygillagh ; Drumgose in Clare

bane ; Cappagh in Lisseraw ; Annaghgad in Glassdrummanaghy ; Sheila nd in Mobane ; Carickacullion in Camley ; Drumaltnarnuck in Finiskin ; Umeravore in Umeracam ;

Mullaghduff in Drumloghery ; while Altnamacken and Cortamlaght cover the portion marked

" C? coarse boggy pasture

" on the Down Survey Map.



OF

?Urojny

Including on the left the portion

Reproduced from the Northern Ireland Ordnance Survey



OF Q f~?) THE dAI

/ J?4R0NY ^o

\?

THE _ \.._,x

DOWN SURVEY MAP OF UPPER FEWS, 1655. Including on the left the portion of the Fews now in Co. Louth?the latter taken from the D.S. map of the Barony of Dundalk.

\e Northern Ireland Ordnance Survey Map,' with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office, and printed by W. Tempest, Dundat



TUE ?AROJVV

OF

Oryer or

map of the Barony of Dundalk,

and printed by W. Tempest, Dundalgan Press, Dundalk.



PARISH OF CREGGAN IN 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES I47

In addition to the townlands dealt with above, there are fifteen other townlands

in the northern part of the Upper Fews?seven in Ballymacnab parish and eight in Ballywire. They had evidently belonged to the Parish of Armagh in the 17th

century?church lands pertaining to the Archi?piscopal Mensa. They were not

in Turlagh Maclienry's grant ; and are shown as follows on the Down Survey Map :

Aghecorke (now Aghincurk) .. .. 8B+

Crockvanan (now Knockavannon) .. .. oJB-f

Ardmaghbregg (now Armaghbreague) . . 10B +

Corranmore (now Corran) .. .. 12B -|

Farnaghmucklagh .. .. .. 13B +

Tollebrone (now Tollybrone) .. . . 14B f

Tullenegeine (now Tullynagin) .. . . 16B +

Lissaleagh (now Lislea) . . .. 17B +

Lisnadell (now Lisadill) .. . . 18B +

Ballentample (now Ballintemple) .. .. iB -j

Cavanakill .. .. .. .. 2B +

Uttlekan (now Outleckan) .. .. 3B -f

Lorgonagh (now Lurgana) .. .. 5B +

Correlatte (now Corlat) .. .. .. 6B+

T?te (now Ballintate) . . .. .. 7B +

The portion marked "4B + , Boggy Mountaine Pasture" (now Tullyogallaghan) was also church land.

Nearer home, there was another portion of the territory of the Fews?" the

Five Towns "?the part of Creggan Civil Parish which lies in Co. Louth. As a matter

of fact, there are ten townlands now included in the area?Courtbane, Tavenamore,

Rassan, Annavacky, Cavananore, Shanmullagh, Treagh, Clonalenan and Killy

clessy. This territory was included in Co. Louth, as it had been wrested by the

Bellews of Castletown and Roche from the Irish at some earlier period. In an

Inquisition taken at Ardee as early as 1625 we find Sir John Bellew seised of 10

messuages and 720 acres in the Fues.

The following table, from the Books of Survey and Distribution, shows how

this territory fared in the Restoration settlement. The modern names are inserted

in brackets in the list of townlands. Six remain unchanged in name and extent?

Tavenamore, Sheelagh, Cavananore, Annaghvacky, Clonaleenan and Treagh.

Shanmullagh of the D.S. takes in two modern townlands?Shanmullagh and Killy




clessy. The modern Courtbane is represented by Carnahiely (or, perhaps, Carnan

eely !)?while the modern Rassanmore includes Cavan-Drumquin, Roscowmore

and Dertrimats of the D.S. :

CREGGAN PARISH.?The Five Townes of the Fewes.

Denominations. Acres

Profitable.

Cavanmore

(Cavananore) Taughranmore

(Tavnamore) Cavan Drumkin

(now part of Rassan) Cornahiely

(now Courtbane) Selagagh

(Shelagh) Enaghvacy

(Annaghvacky) Clontenan

(Clonaleenan) Shanmullagh

Do.

Trey (Treagh)

Dertrimats and

Roscowmore

(Rassanmore)

Lands

Unprofitable.

600

Bogg 600

Bogg

29 o o

Bogg

112 o o

94 o o

83 o o

18 o o

137 o o

161 o o

145 3 o i 21 o 32 i Bogg

203 2 O j 10 o o

I 9 * 24 82 2 O !

I

83 2 O !

rO

PQ

O

1220 178 O 10

CO

cd



PARISH OF CREGGAN IN 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES

E.?CENSUS OF THE FEWS, 1659-60.

149

Parishes

Creagan

Townlands

Glasdroman

Dunrevy [ Cornonagh

Clarenagh Cregganduff Ballynaghy Droumvale

Cregan Corliss

Cornacary

Drumlogher Clonlatescale

Ballynarea Dorsy & Fyniskin Drumbee

Clare & Cablane

Tullyvallen ? Cullyhanna ! Lissara

Lismoylen

Lurgencullenboy Clonligg Shetrym Enaghmar Drumill Numricam

Cloghog Carnaly Camly Ballintemple Cnockevanane

Aghecorke Cavenkill Uttleakean

Aramaghbegg Tonergee

Tollenagin Lisnadell

Killyfody Balleoyre

No.ofl PeoUe ! Titulad oes' Names

22

12

9 6

10 12 10

9 9 6

7 16

17 IT

46

37

6

14

En". Irish

15 10

13

17 16

9 18

30

15 17

?6 10

5 10 16 12

Lt. Thos. Ball & Thomas Proctor, Gents.

Patrick Groumy O Coune, Gent.

20

32

10

15

12

Q

6

10

12

10

9

9 6

7 16

12

11

26

37

6

14

227

15 10

13

17 16

9 18

30 19 15 17

2 16 10

5

16 12

10 j 250




Parish Townlands

The tv/o Balleleans

Cladibegg Damonly Cladymore Kilmakne Carne

Cavan

Dromnecy The Lr. half of j

Lurganboy S

Ballynakeally Droumalty Moylurge Mullackbrack Monalan

Cory

Broghan Drumconwell

Ennislate al' )

Monpolog ) Ballenmanran

Latmacollen

Droumga

Kyllyne Kilnecapell , Baltetowne I Uttleck Droumbeemore

Droumbeebeg Edamnaragh Conlone

Folly Ballynamacnabe

Seygahane

No. of People

18 18

14 21

14 12 11 18

2

16 10 11 10

17

Titulado es' Names

16

7

21

4 10

12

18

3

13 16

6

6

John Earph, Esq.

Hance Hamilton and Francis Hamilton, Gents.

Eng.

9 10

17

44

16

7

16

4 10

10

5

4

10

3

68



PARISH OF CREGGAN IN I7TH AND i8th CENTURIES 151

Parish Townlands

No. of

People Titulado es Names Eng. Irish

Ballynury Ballygrumbonagh Killordan Drounenis

Droumforgus

Garvagh Droumnegloy Maghredoghery Derenenagh Dromen

Dromargan

Magantrim Mullaghbane & \ Droumnecross i

Corenecrue & ) Dromensalla f Derercane

Drumsavagh

Lanylea

21

9 8 6 2 2

12

9 9 7

8

12

12 6

10

John Grundle, Gent. Pierce Joanes, Gent.

John Reemes, Gent.

2

9

7 2

80

21

2

2

12

7

12

75

Part of Killclinov

Ye other

pt. of

Loghgilly

Upper Creagan Lower Creagan Lisdromcor

Corovagh

Maghernevery Kilbrackes

Brackly Balliandargh Lower Cullmalish

Lisnegatt Cordromon

I townland of )

Edneranany )" Corrohomacker

Derynesmulen

Bryandrum Ballyanny Carrickeeane

Loarierose

Dromgoyne

Derylet Dromlary Derykeeghane

10 6

13 11 8

15 9

11

13 10

9 Wm. Henny, Gent.

3

9

Sir George Achyson, Bt.

12 8 6

10

10

4 7

10

4

9

13

3

9

10 8

4 8

30

2 6 1

4 15

11

10

9

4 4

78




PRINCIPALL IRISH NAMES.

McArdell McCardell McCane

O Coune McDonnell O Gorman McGill

McGrory O Heharty Mcllroy Mcllvalluly McKeyne McKeene

4i 5)

4) I5?

10 12 9 6

6 5 6

19

O Kelly O Kelloghane &) O Kealloghane }

Murphy O Neill McParlan

OQuin O Ravarty McShane

McSherry O Toner O To?le

6

6

7 12 6

7 5

12

5 6 6

F.- HEARTH MONEY ROLLS.?Barony of Fewes, A.D. 1664.

Glasdroman. Thomas Ball (ii?iiii) Ralph Brunt

Bryan McGowbi

CORNIONAGH.

Turlagh O Lawell

James O Mullaghan Patte O Lawell Patt O Mullaghan Philip O Lawell

Dru M WALLE.

Turlagh Mcllrudd

Teage O Boyle Owen McCarney Bryan McGorman

Carrin. Cullowi0 McShane

Hugh O Rugan Manu s O Lawell Gilernowic McVagh

Krankill.

John Pillow

Clare. Thomas Proctor {Proctox ?)

John Logherbee Hugh McCome

DORSY.

George Bleecke (ii?iiii) Shane O CulJein (?)

Hugh O La wan

Turlagh O Heartye Patte McManus Cullow McGorman

William McGorman Patte Mclgallogly Henrv McMurphy Artt McMurphy Shane O Moony

TULLINVALE.

Turlagh Mcllroy Turlagh McGugan Patte McMackin

Bryan Mclngale Patte O Hirty Connor McQuafifye Phellom O Hearty Patte McQuaf?e

Tullydonnell. Patte McCardill

LlSMULLIN.

Laughlin McMurphy Bryan Mcllvale

Turlagh O Dailly Donnell O Quyne.

Crukirin. Patte O Haggan (O Huggan)

Bryan O Boyle Edmond McShane

Drombee.

Turlagh McCardle

James O Mulberan Patte McCunigan Bryan O Mulbern

LlSRAH. Patte O Hugh Patrick M Cardill Edmond McGrory

T'hire (T'hoio ? T'hrie ?) Owen McShane

Bryan Mcllroye Hugh McKeever

Hugh O Lue

LURGINCULLINBOY.

Donagh McGrannah

Bryan McGranna

Hugh O Heere Patt O Mellan




Kryaghan.

Rory O Tonner

Torlagh McGranna Neece O Tonner Cahir McShane Owen O Muophye Torlagh McGarbe

(Total?106 hearths?

?10 2s. od.)?(sic !)

Toll 1 vallen. Patt Grome O Quyii Owen Mclnering Bryan O Mar?roll Patte O Dullaghan Cormock O Ou y ne

Murtagh O Murkroll Shane O Dullaghan Shane O Marbin (O Mackin ?) Edmund boy McCardill Patte McMoyne

CULHENNAGH. Patte McShane

Phillipp McCardill

Turlagh O Morish Cormock O Lavell

James O Branigan Art O Branigan

Ballynarea. Neale M Shane

Laughlin McGughin Patte McCome

Hugh McCome Edmond McShane Edmond O Mulkeran

Bryan O Mulkeran Phellom McShane Patte Hanratty Owen Mcllgoye

Ballintemple. Patte McSharry Patte Mcllroye Turlagh duffe Moony Perice Mcllgoy Torlagh McHoldony Bryan O Tonner

Murtagh O Tonner Shane Mc Shirr y Patte roe McShirry

Cavannekill. Phellom McShane Phellom McKeever

Turlaugh McShane Owen McKeone

Rory McKeone Patt McKeone

U?Zackan. Allexander McDonnill Artt McKeone

Hugh McCarvillan Patte O Mulcroone

LURGANNAH. Cor mock McKeene Connor O Shirrilan

Gillaspick McDonnell

Carrowbatt (Carrowhat ?) Patte Grome McSharry

Tatv?. Alexander MeDonnell

Farnaghnamurlagh.

Bryan O Tonner

Hugh O Donnelly

Tollonegin. Artt O Hugh Owen O Hugh Patte O Hugh

Lis H ELE A. Patte McMurphy Bryan O Gormly

LlSNADELL.

Ralph Read Clemenne Read

Tonnregee.

Bryan O Haggan Neale O Kanevran Shane McGuvha/e (?)

Faghecurk. Neece McParlan Artt McParlan

Bryan O To?le Cormac boy McParlan Shane boy McParlan

Owen McParlan

Knockevan (Knockwan ?) Rowland McDonnell

Torlagh O Conwery Patte Mcllgallogly Donnell Mcllrullin

Hugh O Maddygan Donnell O Lamph

Ardmaghbreag. Shane Kreaghan Patte McEnnally Hugh O Cunnagh Patte Me Grane

Cavan. Patte OHaggan Teage O Kelly Patte McEngald Neale McGugin

Ballyeimagh. Phellom O Neale Edmond O Branigan Owen O Hearty Bryan O Neile

CONKRArYALLING and CORtfM MONY.

Torlagh O Neile

John Gray James Dowdall

John Holebrooke

Hurker. Patte Fean

Hugh O Farrassy TOTAL . . 92 hearths

?9 45. od.

KlLLYBANE. Cahir McShane Donnell O Quyne Artt O Quyne

Cloyoge. Patte O Kellaghan Cormock O Kellaghan

William O Doogan Patte modder Award

Annaghmaire. Donnell O Brannigan Edmond O Qyyne

Shitrim. Cormock O Quyne Neece O Quyne Neale O Lu?n Artt McElroyc Owen McGugin

Drumlogery Cormock McGill Artt McGill

James O Hugh James McGill

Glasdromaghy.

Bryan O Donnelly Donagh O Cawalte

Carnmally. Cormuck O Herill Patte O Hirrill

Hugh McGeny Owen McGeny




LOWER FEWES.

Cabragh. Sir George Acheson (iiii?

viii)

Markethill. Archibald Woods (ii?iiii) William Richardson

James Protherston Arthur Wilson

John Harwood

Lisnegatt. Patte McConnell Daniel McCully Gilbert McCully

Brackly.

John O Marron (?) (O Marry : Andrew Pinker (?)

Carricklehane.

Turlagh O Mellan Mr. John Ay ton (ii? iiii)

Glasdromin. Patte Cargagh Murtagh Cargagh

Ballyeicke. Patte McNedeer

Donagh McKeone Toole McKeone Edmond O Lorkan

Corromanan. Phellom McDonnel

Rodger McDonnell Patte roe McKeone Evor McDonnell

') Patte McKeone

Dromgean. Robert Browne Andrew Spence John McMorran

James Gray Total . . 104 hearths.

?10 085. ood.

Lurgarross.

John Camwell Donnell Gibson Robert Gibson

BallymcCally. Pawle O Neile

Turlagh Mcllmartine

Bryan Mcllmartine

Donagh Mc Kelly Neale O Fywghan Bryan Mcllcree Neale Mcllcree

Cordroman. Widdow Hunter Toole McDonnell

Hugh Bartly

Kilbracke Patte Quyne Art O Quyne Turlagh O Quyne Patte O Kelly Connor O Quynne

Corhomock. Shane McKeone Cormick McKeone Cormock McWard

Derynasmillan.

John McKeone William Murtagh

Brayndrum. Nicholas Little

James Michaeli

Cronaghten. Robert Armstronge Robert Greene

B all? an Y. William Greene

Dromlocke.

George Little Lenard Bunce

Ballydaragh. Edmond O Corr Edmond Cargagh

Drumnehunsin. Phellem boy McKeone

Sorely McKeone

Gillaspick McDonnell

Torlagh Mc Keane

Creehillagh.

Murtagh McCunigan Henry McCunigan Shane McShirry

Carrickgallogly. Phellom McKeone Toole McKeone Edmond McDonnell

Upper Creggan. David Shawe Nealle Hamill

John Car san

Lower Creggan. Gilbert Cromy John Baxter

LlSDROMCORR.

James Gibbson

Henry Baylister

CORRONAGH.

John Little William Little William Blackstoke

Derrebatt (Derrehat ? Derrelat ?)

Edward Armstrong Thomas Qua Andrew Fynlyn

Neale McGillownew Neale ? Lasfy

Dromnohoy. Donnell ?ge O Neile Cormock McRory Shane McRory Patte McRory Henry O Cassidye

CORNEVANNAGHAN. Phellom O Corr Neale O Corr

Henry O Mellan

Teage O Corr

Cavan. Owen McClory Shane Kennan

Neale roo McHaughy Edmond O Kenan Edmond McKennah Thomas O Branigan

Largaboy (Lower Half). Teage O Pronty Edmond O Pronty james O Connellan

Dromentee.

Teage O Raverty Domnagh 0 Raverty Patte O Raverty

Cladymore.

Turlagh McQurte Neal Mcllvallely Patte Mcllvallely Bryan boy Mcllvallely

Donnell McGivrin Owen Cargagh Hugh McCoskeraghan




Cladybegg.

Gildony O Kernan

Torlagh O Kenan Owen ?g McLennan Neale Cargagh Rory McLennan Cormock Mcllvallully Manus McMeehan

Damvolly. Patte Mcllvallelly Rory O Cowan Donnell McGugin Artt Mcllvallolly Owen O Hugh

Kill McKue(n). Donaghy O To?le

Philipp O Breene Edmond O Donnell Cahill O Quyne Dorby O To?le

Ballyleenmore.

Henry McCunigan Patte McQuorte Eneas Mcllvelly Donnell Mcllvallully

Ballyleenbeg. Francis Colty Donnagh O Kennan Patt McKeone

John Story John Anderston

KlLLFADDY. Cahill Quiyne Shane O Quyne Patt O Heere

Donagh McCardle Owen Oneale

Broghan. Patte McCardill Edmond McCardill

James McCardill

Ballynegallagh. Patte McCartan Artt McGurygan

Drumconnell.

John Johnston Patte Taylor

William Bell

Ballinegallagh (Lower). Allexander Frissell

William Sloan

Timislare.

James Hay er

John Jreland Francis Johnston

William Carbett

John Pattaww

Ballywire. Donnell O Neile Donnell McGoghagan James 0 Kellaghan Owen O Neile

Hugh McGoghagan

Eddenknappagh.

John Andrew

John McCullagh John McClure Cullowe McKce

Ballyman^an.

John O Morrow William Irvin Richard Irwin

John Hardy

Utlocke. Robert Johnston John Johnston James Scott

Lutt McCollin.

John Feemster Robert Wood

Bally McNabb.

Torlagh O Quyn Bryan McMoyre

Folly.

Laughlin O Kelly Cahill McCann

Bryan O Connery Rory O Lappan Bryan Mcllvallully Patte McCann

Killin. Cuthbert Graham. Alexander Yourth

William Flemer

Drombeemore. Richard Graham

Conluan.

Laughlin O Neile Magheredogherty

Teage McVinsy Shane O Raverty -Shane O Lorkan

Total . . 97 hearths. Hugh O Ravery

?g 14s. od Cullowe O Carran Patte O Convery

Drombeebeg.

John Mcllroy Alexander Gah Thomas Carnaghan

Dromagh. William Betty

James Graham

Monallan. Sir Hans Hamilton (vi?xii)

Drom McCrosse and Mullagh BANE.

James Fergisson John Browne

Leatry. Nevan Agnew Alexander Shaine Alexander Wattson

Cornecrew and Drumnegallan

John Hall

Symon McClinsy John Allan

Mullaghbrak. Robert Mountgomery Thomas Andrews

William Tompson John Glendenon

Widdow Muntgomry

Ballynury.

John Grundell

John Browne Pattle (?) Lindsy

Corry. Thomas Grundell

William T?te

James Oghletree George Carter

Ballynegrubinagh. Peirce Jones Thomas Jones Archibald Bratherston

Dromon.

John Reamer Andrew Scott Thomas Grundall Richard Runen




Mull arge.

John Longe Ringian Dowlapp Edward Richard

Dromargan. Thomas Stooper Henry Read

James Anderson Richard Matthews Patt Mcllroye

Dromonie.

John Richy Robert Gordon Gilbert McHaghy

Killeroddan. Thomas Benny Richard Watken

james Twibill

Derynenagh.

John McDowell

John Reylly

Deryreane. William Kairnes

John Nixson

Dromsavagh. Adam Mcllroye John Irwin

RUTTARNAGHT.

Henry O Neile

Henry McKeegan Phellom McKeegan Phillip Edwards

George Mathew

Runnylea. William Williamson Thomas Taylor

G.?LIST OF THE FAMILIES IN THE PARISH OF CREGGAN IN THE COUNTYS OF ARMAGH AND LOWTH.

Protestants and Papists distinguished and numbered separately taken 8th day of April, 1766.

CO. OF LOWTH.

Protestants in the Five Towns,

i. John McCormick 2. Henry McCormick

3. Hugh Reynolds 4. John Tipping 5. William Johnson 6. William Brown

7. Archibald Me Allas ter 8. Charles McAllaster

9. James Magee 10. Robert Magee 11. Dennis McAllaster 12. John King 13. Andrew Davison

14. Patrick Davison

15. John Parks 16. Archibd Parks

17. David McCullagh 18. Dennis Keehan

19. Andrew Forgy 20. James Forgy 21. John Bailies 22. Robert Dicky 23. Francis Rynard 24. John Morrow

25. John Crossby 26. Hugh McCullogh 27. Ephrm McCullagh

28. William Parks

29. David Mcllvine

30. John Coulter

31. Andrew Coulter

32. John Bradford

33. James Coulter

Papists in the Five Towns.

1. William Branagan 2. James McVeagh 3. David McVeagh 4. Patrick Casey 5. Patrick Coyle 6. James McArdle

7. Patrick Murphy 8. Nicholas Fitzsimons

9. James Brady 10. John McNamey ii. Lawrence Kerran 12. Owen Jackson 13. Laurence McQuoan 14. Thomas McQuoan 15. Michael Finegan 16. Francis Boylan 17. Bryan Martin 18. Patrick Dowdall

19. James Dowdall 20. Hugh Brady 21. Patrick Martin 22. Patrick Rodgers

23. Bryan Rodgers 24. Michael McGorman

25. James McGorman 26. Loughlin Martin

27. Patrick Flin 28. James Rodgers 29. Patrick Quigley 30. James McGorman

31. Patrick Roony 32. Phillip Brennan

33. Thos McGorman

34. Terence McGorman

35. Matthew Thornton

36. John Brady 37. fames Brady 38. Patrick McKitrick

39. Francis McDonald

40. Patr Hurreran

41. James Martin

42. Patrick Kirk

43. Patrick Gallogly 44. Owen Gallogly 45. Bryan Murphy 46. Ever McMahon

47. Francis Rogan 48. Neese McAllaster

49. Dan1 McFarlane

50. Loughlin Burns

51. Henry Rogan 52. Peter Morgan 53. Lawrence McDonald




54- John McMahon

55. Bryan McMahon

56. Dennis Daly 57. James Doran

58. Peter McMahon

59. Owen McArdle 60. Bryan McArdle 61. Michael McArdle 62. Anthony McArdle

63. Fergus McArdle

64. Cormuck Garvy 65. Patrick Duffy 66. Hugh Waters

67. Arthur McArdle 68. Bryan McArdle

69. Bryan Hanratty 70. Patrick Murtagh 71. Daniel Quilkin 72. Patrick McShane

73. Bryan Daly 74. Dominick Duffy 75. Bryan Fannin

76. Patrick Duffy 77. Laurence Connolly 78. Peter Murr y 79. Samuel Develin 80. Dan* Fox 81. James McArdle 82. Andrew Duff

83. Edward Murphy 84. Bryan Callaghan 85. Matthew Silver 86. Patrick Connelly 87. John Caherty 88. Neal Murphy 89. Terence Bigly 90. John Taafe

91. James Kerran

92. Patrick Kerran

93. James Makkin

94. Patrick Makkin

95. Henry Makkin

96. James Brady 97. Patrick Kerran

98. James Hullan

99. Hugh Makkin 100. Rodger Corr 101. Sylvester McKenna 102. Francis McKenna

103. Terence Donaghy 104. Edward Donaghy

PROTESTTS in THE CO. ARMAGH PART OF

PAR. OF CREGGAN.

LlSGALLGOTT. i. George Jackson 2. James Heal

3. Thos. Heal

4. John Marks

5. John Rowland

Lissera. 6. John Stephens 7. Richd Heal 8. Patrick Jordan

Clonaligg.

9. Hugh McMaster 10. James Gwin

Cullovill. it. James Ferguson

Rakeelan. 12. James Marks

13. Wm Marks

14. Thos Marks

15. John Laverty

Cross. 16. Wm. Stephens 17. Adam Little 18. Alexr Donaldson

19. Wm Donaldson 20. Sam1 Momt 21. John Brown 22. William Smith

23. David Mcllvine

24. Patrick McManus

25. George McCullagh 26. William McCullagh 27. Samuel McCullagh 28. John Barry 29. William Tomson

30. Josh McKnight 31. William Cullin

32. John Buchanan

33. Patrick Hillan

34. Widow Bickerstaff

35. Widow Hillan

36. Widow McNeely 37. Widow Donaldson

Urchere.

38. John Johnson

Freeghduff.

39. John Stitt

40. WTm Stitt

41. Widow Moffit

42. Alexander Clark

43. Jos Peery 44. Sam1 Donaldson

45. Robert Hughston

Carnolly.

46. James McCullagh 47. John Babe

ROXBOROUGH.

48. Graham Johnston

DORSY.

49. Wm Johnston, Sr.

50. Wm Johnston, Jr. 51. John Johnston

52. Robert Henry 53. None

54. Wm Middleton

55. John Jeffers 56. James Stoker

57. James Burn

58. Jonathan Smith

Lurgan.

59. Thos Dixon

Ballynagleragh. 60. Samuel McGill

Mounthill. 61. Rev. Mr. Hill 62. John Coulter

63. Widow Coulter

Corneonagh.

64. John McIIvine

65. Edmund Keane 66. John Hutcheson

67. James McGaw 68. Joseph Powell

Cregganbane.

69. Rodger McLeane

Cregganduff.

70. Matthew Jeff er s

MULLACHDUFF.

71. James Lockart

72. Samuel Porter, Sr.

73. Samuel Porter, Jr. 74. Robert McCormick

75. Widow McBride

76. James McBurney 77. Wm Wyly 78. Wm Sleeth

79. Robert Revy (or Reny ?) 80. Thos Sleeth 81. William Summervil 82. William Smith

Skerrive McKea

(Tichburn). 83. Thomas Mcllvine

84. John Robinson

85. James Magan 86. Robert Miller

87. James Divin 88. Sam1 Tipping 89. Patrick McCann



I58 COUNTY LOUTH ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Carro wtamlatte.

90. Alexander Clark 91. Andrew Stephenson 92. William Graham

93. John Hutcheson

94. John McKee

95. Robert Kelly 96. John Culbreath

97. Samuel Taylor 98. Andrew Clark

99. James Kelly 100. Andw Willson 101. Richd Thomson 102. Wm McKee

103. Thomas McKee

104. Robert McKee

105. James Clark 106. Hugh Latimer

107. John Allen 108. Hugh Donalson

109. John Gordon no. John Duncan

Altnamoighan. in. David Boyd 112. Robert Tomson

113. Henry Boyd 114. John Meek

115. James Bradshaw 116. Alexander Wyly 117. Andrew Arnett 118. Sam1 Mulligan 119. John McCormick 120. Alexander McCandless 121. James Brown 122. Henry Miller (or M?ller ?) 123. Alexander Allen

124. Robert McCullagh 125. Thomas Barber 126. Sam1 Stephenson 127. John Tomson 128. David Black

129. Corns Hughs 130. John McElwaine

131. John Bell

132. William Bell

*33- William McElroy 134. John Aston

135. D. Logan 136. John Kelly 137. James Hanna

138. John Brown

139. Thos Anderson

140. John Gray 141. Samuel Tomson

142. John Smith

145. James Davison

144. Alexander McComb

Ballynarea.

145. Sa ml Mcllvme

Tullyvallen.

146. Robert Patten

147. John Rowland 148. John Lilly 149. Sam1 Harris

150. Francis Hamilton

151. James Corbett

152. Wm Clark

153. Robert McGreggor 154. Artr Hamilton

155. Thos Ewart

158. Alexander Inkins

157. Isaac Smith

158. David Lee vers

159. Hugh McDugal 160. Andrew Anderson 161. John Preston 162. Robert Preston

163. James Preston

164. John Alban

165. Wm Alban 166. Samuel Kenedy 167. Josh Warmington 168. William Simpson 169. John Ranshy (or

Banshy ?), Sr.

170. Hugh Bailie

171. John Rodgers 172. John Cook

173. William Cook

174. Alexander Clark

I75- Josn Gilliland

176. William Gilliland

177. John McHallow

178. William Kennedy 179. James Gordon 180. John Dinsmor 181. Elizabeth Donaldson 182. Wrm Logan 183. James McElwaine

184. Widw McAllaster

185. John Lowry 186. John Kennedy 187. Felix McCormick 188. James Stewart

189. John McConnell 190. John Freelon

191. William McConnell

192. John Conn

192. James Conn

193. William Conn

194. John Douglas 195. Widow Copeland 196. James Bradfoot

197. Samuel Copeland 198. Edward Ard

199. James McCandless 200. Henry Peele 201. Thomas Harret 202. John Rowland

203. James Doran

204. John Doran

205. Thomas Rowland 206. Samuel McRoberts, Sr.

207. Samuel McRoberts, Jr. 208. William Anslow

219. George Willson 210. John Miller 211. Richard Jackson 212. John Nixon

213. William Duglas 214. Alexander Shaw

215. James West 216. Patrick McCann

217. Robert Boyd 218. Robert Hargrave 229. Francis McCammon 220. John Kennedy 221. John Runshy, Jr. 222. John Gordon

223 William Palmer

224. Robert McCreedy 225. John McLeane

Glassdriman. 226. Edward McLeane

PAPISTS IN THE CO. OF ARMAGH PART OF THE

PAR. OF CREGGAN.

Terence Quinn, Popish Priest

Anthony Devitt, his assistant

Lissgallgott. 1. Patrick Keenan

2. Edward Keenan

3. Terence Grimes

4. Thomas McGunshenan

5. Murtogh Lamb 6. Terence Herety 7. Cormuck Heer 8. James Owens

9. Coll Heer 10. Bryan Heer

n. Owen Carragher 12. John Burn

13. Francis Burn

14. Phillip McArdle

15. Tedy Burn 16. James Burn

17. Hugh Casey 18. Patrick Hughs 19. John Me Parian 20. Terence Lennan 21. Cormuck Lennan 22. Bryan Lennan

23. Edmund Lennan

24. Thomas Lennan

25. Daniel Laverty 26. Hugh McGeeny




Drumackevall.

27. Owen McEteggart 28. Patrick McEteggart 29. Bryan Sonna

30. Widow Callaghan 31. Thomas Callaghan 32. Neal Callaghan 23. Owen Callaghan 34. Cor muck McKeone

35. Philemy McKeone

36. James McKeone

37. Owen Harvassy 38. Catherine Harvassy 39. Patrick Harvassy 40. John Burns

41. Owen Burns

42. John Martin

43. Thomas McCave

44. Widow McCave

45. Bryan McCave

46. Patrick McCave

47. Phillip McCave

48. Hugh McCave

49. Patrick Murphy 50. Bryan McShane

Clonaligg.

51. Owen Mc Kenna

52. John McArdle

53. Hugh Harvassy 54. John McMahon

Drumbee.

55. Robert Waters

56. F. Campbell 57. Patrick Campbell 58. Ross McKenna

59. Edward Carragher 60. Bryan Burn 61. Patrick Hughs

Anaghgad. 62. Daniel O'Neile

63. Owen O'Neile

64. Francis O'Neile

65. Edward Lappen 66. -McGill

67. Patrick Moony 68. John Cunningham 69. Edmund Cunningham 70. Hugh Makkin

Glassdrumonaghy.

71. Widow Callaghan 72. Michael Callaghan 73. Thomas Callaghan 74. Patrick Boyle 75. Edward Cunningham 76. Edmund Cunningham

Monnygellagh.

77. Owen Callaghan 78. James Laverty 79. Neal Waters 80. Patrick Boyle 81. Hugh McVeagh 82. Danl McVeagh 83. Charles Burn

84. Matthew Kelly 85. Owen McGee 86. Widow McGee

87. Patrick McMahon 88. Edmund McMahon

89. James Brannagan 90. Laurence McCave

91. Art McArdle

Carrickenmoan.

92. Robert Cunningham 93. Andrew Cunningham 94. Cormuck Daly 95. James Makkin

Cornancarrow.

97. Patrick Hall

98. John Gillmor

99. Michael Mallon 100. Patrick Callan

Cornahoo. 101. Patrick McGeaugh 102. Michael Bannikin

103. Patrick Rodgers 104. Phelemy McShane

105. John Kelly 106. Edmund McShane

107. James Callan 108. Edmund Bannikin

Crievekerran.

109. Christopher Murphy no. John McEnolty in. Owen Kelly 112. Patrick Finegan 113. Terence Morrise

114. Neale Morrise

115. Manus Morrise

115. Widow Murphy 116. Patrick Murphy 117. Hugh Hinimnagh 118. Patrick Murphy

Lissaury.

119. Hugh McShane 120. Patrick McShane

LOUGHROSS. 121. Art McShane 122. John Morisse

123. Peter Woods

124. Neal Hanratty 125. John Boyle

126. James Lennon

127. Bryan Garvy 128. James Murtagh 129. Bartly Clinton

130. Henry Lennan

Creenkill.

131. Stephen McKenna

132. Michael Lennon

133. Bryan McShane

Tollyard.

134. Patrick McCabe

135. Hugh Lennon

136. Widow Wroods

137. Patrick Quin

Clarebane.

138. Murtagh Woods

139. John Woods

140. Hugh McConvall

141. Phelamy Nugent 142. John Fannin

143. Widow Woods

144 145 146 147 148

Rakeelin.

James McMahon

James Carroll Patrick Carroll

James Hanratty Widow Lennon

Cross.

149. Dennis Keenan

150. Terence Canaway 151. Bryan McGill

152. James Makkin

153. Hugh McShane

154. Dennis McGrane

155- Owen Lennan

156. Patrick Keenan

Monogg.

156. Charles McShane

157. Michael Hinimnagh 158. Philemy Hinimnagh 159. John McGurk 160. Hugh McEnolty 161. Widow Lennan 162. Cornelius McArdle

163. Widow McNamee

164. John McNamee

165. Laughlin McArdle 166. Peter McArdle

167. Bryan Harvassy

Urcher. 168. James Doyle 169. James Duffy 170. Patrick Callaghan 171. Charles McShane

172. Art Hughs 173. Michael McGeeny



TOO COUNTY LOUTH ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL

174- Owen McGeeny 175. Terence Meehan

176. Bryan Lavill

177. Patrick McGill

178. Henry Morrise

189. John McGeeny 180. Owen Morrise

Carran. t8i. Edmund Garvy 182. Owen Maguire 183. Edmund McVeagh 184. Cornelius McArdle

185. Bryan McEnolty 186. Patrick Morrise

187. Owen McShane 188. John Harvassy 189. Widow Boyle

Corliss.

190. Art Lurcan

191. James Ronaghan 192. Peter Cullen

193. Patrick Caffry 194. Bryan McShane

195. Stephen McShane

196. James Smith

197. Bryan Cullin

198. Patrick Lurcan

Teere.

199. Alexander McCabe 200. Patrick Heer 201. Daniel Heer 202. John Duffy 203. Phillip Duffy 204. Owen Duffy 205. Nicholas Duffy 206. James McConvoll

Drumlogher.

207. John McEnolty 208. Art McArdle

209. James Breen 210. Laurence McEnolty 211. John Daly 212. Hugh McMahon

213. James McCooy 214. Bryan McCreese

215. Widow Toal 216. Peter Heer

217. Patrick McShane 218. James McShane

219. Andrew Mulligan

Killtebane. 220. Bryan Callan 221. James Garvy 222. Patrick McMahon

223. Ever McElduff

224. Bryan Callaghan 225. Patrick Murtagh

Anaghmar. 226. John Donaghy 227. Ml Gernon 228. Loughlin Conelan

229. Widow Conelan

230. Bryan Daly 231. Patrick Daly 232. Neal McShane

233. Edmund McShane

234. Hugh McEnolty 235. Patrick Quin

Sytrim.

236. Patrick Roony 237. James Garvy 238. James Hullan

239. Edward Hughs 240. Art McQuade 241. John Callaghan 242. Henry McArdle

243. Hugh Makkin

244. Michael Donaghy 245. Terence Hughs 246. Charles Quin 247. Daniel Donaghy 248. Phelemy McArdle

249. Edmund Loy 250. Edmund McShane

251. Patrick Sie vin

252. Widow Quin 253. Patrick Kelly 254. Terence Kelly 255. Hugh Feaghan 256. Widow Feaghan

Cloghogg.

257. Michael McEldargy 258. Owen Toner

269. Neese Moley 260. Art Moley 261. James McGaghrim 262. Widow Grimes

Cregganbane

263. James Garvy 264. Daniel Garvy 265. Owen Garvy 266. Edward Murtagh 267. John Hirety 268. Peter Hirety 269. Daniel Hirety 270. Cormick Hirety 271. James Hirety 272. Bryan Garvy 273. Robert Garvy 274. Bryan McShane

275. Patrick Mulligan 276. Martin Hamill

277. Matthew Mulligan 278. Daniel Murry 279. Michael Herety

Cregganduff. 280. Francis McShane 281. Terence Hillick 282. John Grimes

283. Cormack Grimes

284. Teage Moley 285. Patrick Moley 286. Daniel Moley 287. Neese Moley 288. Widow Mo?ey

Drumill.

289. Cormick McArdle

290. Hugh Martin

291. Art Oarragher 292. James McVeagh 293. J ames Loy 294. Bryan McCave

TOLLYNEVALL.

295. Patrick Makkin

296. Cormuck Makkin

297. Phelemy Makkin

298. Peter Makkin

299. Peter Roony 300. James Dullaghan 301. Patrick Quin 302. Neal McGeone

303. Bryan Toner

304. James McCreese

305. John Toner

306. Hugh Toner

307. John Kelly 308. Bryan Cromy 309. Dennis Cromy 310. Bryan McCave

311. Widow Cromy 312. Hugh Lappin 313. Philip Makkin

314. James Makkin

315. Phelemy Keenan

316. Art Keenan

317. Bryan Keenan

318. John Roony

CULLYHANNAH.

319. Cormick Quin 320. Owen Quin 321. Manus Quin 322. Peter Hugh 323. Murtagh Quin 324. Phelemy Quin 325. Ross McMahon

326. Neese Quin 327. Owen Hanratty 328. Patrick McArdle

329. Patrick Hughs 330. Patrick Toner

Carnolly.

331. Tedy Killday 332. Patrick Murphy 334. Patrick Maly



PARISH OF CREGGAN IN 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES l6l

334- Edmund Feaghan 336. Art McGinn

337. Matthew McKenna

338. Patrick Duffy 339. Daniel Finegan 338. Bryan Duffy 339. Henry McArdle

340. Charles Quin 341. Collum Kelly 342. James McGunshenan

343. Owen McCreese

344. Henry McCreese

345. Hugh Kelly

Drumaltanamuck.

346. Francis Troy 347. Jaffry Brown

CORGAGHROVADDY.

348. James Cassidy

TOLLYGALLAGH AN.

349. Neal McGeany

Cargaghteel.

350. Denis Murphy 351. Bryan McCartan

352. Bryan Sheeky 353. Cormick Quin

Darsy.

354. John Caffry 355. Neese Moley 356. Owen Makkin

357. Owen Herety 358. James Herety 359. Hugh McElroy 360. Edmund Burn

361. John McCreese

362. Daniel Rice

363. Patrick Kelly, Sr.

364. Patrick Kelly, Jr. 365. Widow Kelly 366. Bryan Hughs 367. Bryan Moley 368. Edward Hughs 369. Francis Loy 370. Christopher Callaghan 371. Daniel Callaghan 372. Patrick McGorman

373. Pattr Hughs 374. Pattr McCave

375. Patrick Murphy

Umericam.

376. Patrick Callaghan 377. Patrick Moan

378. Manus Moan

379. James Loy 380. Hugh Farrel

381. Phillimy Raverty 382. John Hanratty

383. Neal Maglaughlin 384. Bryan Loy 385. Henry Farrell

386. Widow Crangle

Legmoylin.

387. John Murphy 388. Owen Murphy 389. Dennis Murphy 390. Barney Murphy 391. John McGinnise

392. Barney McGinnise

393. Morrice Cowan

394. Owen McVeagh 395. Peter Raverty 396. Edmund Murphy 397. Patrick Colet?n

398. Daniel McVeagh 399. Widow McElroy

Tollydonnell.

400. Hugh McShane

401. Hugh Fegan 402. Neese Short

403. Patrick Maly 404. Widow Murphy 405. James Garvy 406. Dennis Murphy 407. Hugh Campbell 408. Art Hughs 409. Cor mack Lavill

410. Hugh McCann

411. John McCabe

412. James Moan

413. Hugh Rice

414. James Murphy 415. Widow Roddy 416. Bryan Murphy 417. Richard Gernon

418. Michael Gernon

419. Cormick McCaherky 420. Patrick Murphy 421. Thomas Boyle 422. Widow Robb

423. Henry McArdle

424. Art McShane

425. John Smith

426. Patrick Trenor

427. Charles Murphy 428. Neal Kelly 429. Edmund Kelly 430. Robert Kelly 431. Terence Kelly 432. 433. Patrick Kelly 434. Michael Smith

435. Thomas Smith

436. Bryan McElroy

Ballynagleragh.

437. John McKenna

438. Darby Cassidy 439. Peter Waters

440. Art McArdle

441. James Fannin

442. Patrick Deery

Raver.

443. John Kirk

444. James Hanratty 445. Bryan Murphy 446. Garret McShane

447. Nicholas Cullin

448. Edmund McArdle

449. Patrick Murphy

Glassdrummon.

450. James Bellew

451. Neal Muinagh 452. Nicholas Trener

453. Anthony Gernon

454. John Lindon

455. Patrick McShane

456. Richard McShane

457. Terence McShane

458. Owen McShane

459. James McConwall

460. Philemy McShane

461. James Smith

462. Patrick Murphy 463. Patrick Laverty 464. Patrick Muinagh 465. Francis O'Neill

466. Patrick Banagan

Ballynaghy.

467. Giles McShane

468. Henry McShane

469. Cormick McElroy 470. Patrick Smith

471. Patrick Kirk, Sr.

472. Patrick Kirk, Jr. 473. Owen Lamb

474. Art Lamb

475. Patrick Lamb

476. Bryen Lamb

477. Bryan McElkeran

478. James McCooy

Corneonagh.

479. Patrick Donnely 480. Isaac Donnely 481. Peter Donnely 482. Art McGeeny 483. Edmund McGraw

484. Bryan Callaghan 485. Michael Herety 486. Cormick Herety 487. Dennis Keane

488. Bryan Hughs 489. Edmund McGinisse

490. Art Murphy 491. Bryan Casey 492. Hugh Lamb

493. John Quinn 494. Daniel Kieran



I?2 COUNTY LOUTH ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL

495- Neese McElterny 496. Thomas Connelan

497. Edmund Round tree

498. Phelemy McEnalty 499. Peter Tool

500. Richard Evers

501. Widow Keane

502. Laurence Keane

503. Andrew Keane

504. Owen Donnelly

Drumbally.

505. Adam Lamb

506. Patrick Moan

507. James McDonnell

508. Andrew McDonnell

509. Francis McDonnell

510. Edmund McShane

511. Edmund Lamb

512. James McMahan

Lurgan.

513. Edward Short

514. Neese Short

515. Patrick McElroy 516. Rodger Murphy 517. Owen Murphy 518. John McArdle

519. Bryan Trener

520. Widow McArdle

521. Daniel Murphy 522. Daniel Owens

523. Terence Callaghan 524. Neal Callaghan 525. James Cullin

526. John Callaghan 527. Bryan Lavill

528. Phelemy Lavill

529. Owen Lavill

530. Terence Lavill

531. John Kelly 532. Bryan Kelly 533. James Herety 534. Nicholas Herety 535- Widow McEldrene

536. Cormuck Cullin

Carnally.

537. Art Donnelly 538. Daniel Donnelly 539. Owen Branagan 540. Terence Donnelly 541. John Quinn 542. Patrick Murphy 543. James Hash

544. Owen Murphy 545. Daniel Murphy 546. Terence Quinn 547. Phelemy Murphy 548. Owen Keel (or Reel ?) 549. Cornelius Keel (or Reel ?) 550. Terence McKeever

551. Cormick Murphy 552. John Murphy 553. Richard Murphy 554. Patrick Quinn 555. Patrick Donnelly 556. Laurence Donnelly 557. Henry Donnelly 558. Patrick Mallan"

559. Roger McDonnel

560. Terence Kelly 561. Phelemy Donnelly

Skerrive McKea

(Tuchburn). 562. Patrick Lennan

563. Terence McElroy 564. Paul Waters

565. Dennis McNamee

566. Henry McNamee

567. Patrick Hughs

Skerrive McKea

(Trueman). 568. Henry Carragher 569. Patrick Carragher 570. Edmund Burns

571. Francis Conry 572. Bryan Murry 573. John Carragher 574. Peter Carragher 575. Francis Carragher

576. Owen Durnin

577. Neal McEnassy 578. Cormick Durnin

Altnamoighin. 579. Art Toomany

Ball yn area.

580. Bryan Barcah

581. Thomas Sherridan

582. James Sherridan

583. Bryan Sherridan

584. Terence Heer

585. Edmund Heer

586. Owen Lenagh 587 Owen Hughs 588. Torlagh Toomany 589. Patrick Toomany

TOLLYVALLEN.

590. Bryan McCulla

591. Art McCulla

592. Bryan McKie

593. John Murphy 594. Bryan Carrol

595. Bryan McMahon

596. Hugh McDermott

597. Patrick Hughs 598. Dennis McGunshenan

599. Patrick McGunshenan 600. Edward Duffy 601. Patrick Reilly 602. Hugh Kennedy 603. Luke McOwen

604. John McArdle

605. John Clark 606. Patrick Hughs 607. Conn O'Neill 608. James Hughs 609. Patrick Lunnin 610. Patrick Murphy 611. James Murphy 612. Edward McShane

613.- Del any

614.-O'Neill

Protestants in the Co. of Armagh part of the Parish . . 226

Protestants in the Co. Louth part of the Parish . . 33

259

Papists in the Co. of Armagh part of the Parish .. 614

Papists in the Co. of Louth part of the Parish .. 104

710 (sic)

Protestants .. .. .. .. 259

Papists .. .. .. .. .. 710

977 (sic) (c( Return not signed.")



\ y-ffo NGAAjtawnhcimilton

^ \ and Armagh)

\<lohr\ 50ns i \Barracks

r*\..:

The Dorsey District of the Fews, 1760.

Traced from Rocque's Map.



PARISH OF CREGGAN IN 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES 163

H.?WILL OF JOHN JOHNSTON OF ROXBORROW.

In the Name of God Amen the last Will & Testament of John Johnson Roxborrow in the Parish of Creggan & County of Armagh being of sound mind & memory but desirous & willing to settle the affairs of my family my Soul I commend to Almighty God & my body I desire may be Interred after such Decent manner as my Exrs. or any two of them may think proper to order & direct & what worldly substance it has pleased God to give me, my will is to dispose of the same in the following manner after payment of all my just debts & funeral expenses. I leave & bequeath to my youngest son John Johnson the sum of three hundred pounds sterling to provide equally for him with the rest of my children. I leave to my daughter Ann Noble my gold watch. I leave to the poor of the parish of Creggan the sum of 5 pounds to be divided among them in such manner as the Minister of the said Parish & any 2 of my executors may think fitt. I leave to my servant maid & Housekeeper Catherine Darby that lives with me forty pounds ster. in full of all demands for wages. I leave to Richard Johnson a child that now lives with me

& son to the said Catherine Darby the sum of 100 pounds sterling & my will is that my exrs do pay the interest thereof towards his support till he comes of age or lay out the sum or any portion of the principall they think proper for his Maintenance or in binding him out a apprentice to some trade during his minority and my will also is that my Exrs may give & allow the sd. Catherine & Richard Bryan End Cartin holding containing about 20 acres at forty shillings yearly during the life of the said Catherine as a place of Residence for her & toward the better

support of the said Richard during his minority & I recommend to my Exrs to have the sd. Richard brought up in the Protestant Religion. I leave to my friend and relation William

Johnston (Conroherna) for his many services done me the sum of 40 pounds ster. I leave to

my much esteemed friend the Revd Mr. Hugh Hill minister of Creggan my best horse or mare at the time of my decease as an acknowledgment for his many favours & a token of my regard for him. I appoint my sons Thos. Johnson & John Johnson & my sons in law Adam Noble

& Thomas Shekelton Exrs of this my will & I leave to my said Exrs all my real & personal estate freeholds goods chattels & effects whatsoever & my will is that my sd. exrs in case they find anything considerable remaining may distribute the sum of ?100 stg. or less as they shall or may find my effects to answer or turn out & in such shares & proportions as they may think fitt among sucli persons as I shall leave a return of in writing with some of my said Exrs or enclose in this my will, & my will also is that whatever shall afterwards remain shall & may be equally divided share & share alike among my 3 sons Thomas Johnson, Graham Johnson & John Johnson and my 2 daughters Ann Noble & Charity Shekleton whom I appoint residuary Legatees and

my will is that my said son Graham shall allow out of his share or Proportion of my residuary effects if the same amounts to so much the sum of ?100 which I am obliged to pay for him. My

will also is that none of my said legacys shall carry any interest till my effects are got sold &

disposed off & money in my exrs hands After payment of my debts & funeral expenses to Answer this & my will is that the Legacy left my son John shall be first & next paid after my said debts & funeral expenses & I hereby revoke all wills formerly made by me & Publish & declare this

my last will & Testament & have hereunto sett my hand & seal this seventh day January 1753 one thousand seven hundred & fifty three.

John Johnson (Seal)

Signed, sealed, published & declared by John Johnson as his last will & testament in presence of us who have subscribed our names as witnesses to the same in his presence & of each other.

Brab. Noble Fran Noble Thomas Noble.

Approved & Regd. at Court of Prerogative.

Execution granted to Adam Noble & John Johnson Nov. 27, 1759.



GLASSDRUMMOND LAKE.

The site of the castle is the top of the rock on the opposite side of the lake.

CREGGAN GRAVEYARD.

Showing the O Neill vault on the left.

{Photographs by H. G. Tempest.)



the history of the parish of creggan in the 17th and 18th centuries

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