Armagh

Abbreviations used in these GENUKI County Armagh web pages:

• AIGS = Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies
• FHL = Family History Library (Church of Latter Day Saints)
• NLI = National Library of Ireland
• PRO = National Archives (formerly, the Public Record Office) at Kew, England
• PRONI = Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
• QUB = Queen's University, Belfast

History

• Excerpt from Bassett's Guide to the Co. Armagh, 1888: "Armagh seems to have had a library, or house for the preservation of manuscripts, at a very early period. It was, no doubt, the knowledge of this fact that influenced Primate Robinson to build, north of the Cathedral, the public library which continues to this day one of the chief attractions of the city. It was opened in 1771. He bequeathed to it his private collection of hooks and engravings, and a revenue of £339 a year. There are at present in it about 17,000 books. A large part deal with theological subjects. Departments are also devoted to classics, archeology, [sic] science, and general literature. An interesting feature is a collection of manuscript records of the archbishops since 1361. By an Act passed in the reign of George III., the Primate and Dean and Chapter are trustees. Busts of the late Lord John George Beresford, and Charles R. Elrington, biographer of Ussher, adorn the reading-room. There is also a small collection of antiquities, bequeathed by the late Primate, Marcus Gervais Beresford, D.D. The library is open to the public every day in summer from noon until four o clock, and in winter from noon until three o 'clock. New books are added from time to time. This year, 1888, about £150 was expended in the purchase of books, &c."
• Stacey, Aileen Patricia, A history of the Armagh Public Library from its bicentenary 1971 to the Mill..., [The author], [Belfast], 2000 (QUB)
• Weatherup, D. R. M., Armagh Public Library, Belfast, 1976 (QUB

• Archives of the Armagh Observatory, 1790-1916
• Armagh, Public Library, Register: Cassel. Ms. C/i.c. no.386 and other manuscripts relating to Armagh (QUB)
• Armagh (Northern Ireland). Public Library, List of books selected from the catalogue of the public library of Armagh with a catalogue of its manuscripts, Belfast, 1892 (NLI)
• Conway of Conway Castle, Edward Conway, Viscount (1594-1655), Catalogue of Viscount Conway's Library ca. 1635-1641: Microfilm of Armagh, Queen's University, Photographic Unit, Belfast
• Dix, E. R. McC. (Ernest Reginald McClintock) (1857-1936), List of books and pamphlets printed at Armagh in the eighteenth century, Compiled by E. R. McC. Dix, (printed for private distribution only), Dublin, 1901 (NLI)

• A narrative of the life and experience of William Gardner, of Armagh, Printed by William D. Ashe, Armagh, 1825 (NLI)
• Alexander, Eleanor, Lady Anne's walk, E. Arnold, London, 1904 (NLI)
• Armagh Observatory - Directors:
  • Dreyer, John Louis Emil (1852-1926) - Director, 1882-1916
  • Lindsay, Dr Eric (1907-1974)
  • Opik, Ernst Julius (1893-1985)
  • Robinson, Thomas Romney - Director, 1823 - 1882

• Allison & Co., Armagh, photographic firm, Armagh, 1889-1953 - records held at the PRONI (ref. D/2886)
• Bassett's Guide to Co. Armagh, 1888:
  • Armagh City Directory: Business Branches, Professions, Public Bodies, etc., from Pat Connors' County Armagh web pages
  • Farmers and Residents, from Dave Jassie's County Armagh pages.
• Milford House Museum
• Mill Row Memories, 1914-1970, on the Armagh & District History Group site

• Cemeteries in the parish of Armagh:
  • Armagh (Fairview) New Cemetery, in Ballynahonebeg townland
  • Armagh 2nd Presbyterian, Armagh
  • St. Mark's Church, Armagh
  • St. Patrick's Cathedral (Roman Catholic), city of Armagh
  • Sandy Hill cemetery (Roman Catholic), Armagh
  • St. Patrick's Cathedral (Church of Ireland), city of Armagh
• FHL holdings:
  • St. Patrick's Cathedral (Armagh), Inscriptions, St. Patrick's Cathedral and Churchyard, Armagh; FHL Film 1279356 Item 44

• Principal Residents in the City of Armagh 1840 - hosted by Ulster Ancestry

For a complete list of churches & cemeteries in & around Armagh, click on the "Nearby churches" tab above (or click here).

• Book list
• Coote, Charles, Sir, Excerpt from Statistical Survey of the County of Armagh, pub. 1804
• Flood, W.H. Grattan, The last years of Archbishop Creagh of Armagh, from The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, 4th Series, Vol. XXVI, No. 501, September 1909 - hosted by Library Ireland
• Primate Beresford (1773-1862), Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (1822-62) - papers held at the PRONI (ref. D/664, D/327, T/2772)
• Succession of the Bishops of Armagh, from Powicke and Fryde (eds.), A handbook of British chronology (2nd ed., London, 1961) - hosted by Ulster Ancestry
• The Cathedral Church of Armagh, from The Dublin Penny Journal, Vol. 1, No. 24, 3 December 1832 - hosted by Library Ireland
• The history of St. Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral
• Ussher, James, Archbishop of Armagh, from The Dublin Penny Journal, Vol. 1, No. 21, 17 November 1832 - hosted by Library Ireland

• ---, A letter addressed to the late Grand Jury of Armagh with some observations on the subject of tithes, Dublin, 1808 (NLI)
• Register of Prisoners in Armagh Jail, c. 1881. Held by the AIGS, ref. Film Irl Gen 29

• Armagh (Northern Ireland: District), Urban District Council, Armagh: official guide / issued by authority of Armagh District Council, Home Publishing, Wallington (20 Belmont Rd, Wallington SM6 8TA), [1984?] (NLI)
• Armagh (Northern Ireland: District), Urban District Council, The urban district of Armagh: official handbook, Pyramid Press, London [c.1938] (NLI)
• Armagh (Northern Ireland: District), Urban District Council, The city of Armagh: official guide, [Armagh: 1962] (NLI)
• Armagh Tourist Information Centre - Visit Armagh
• Beecham, Thomas, Beecham's photo-folio. Vol. II: Ireland. 24 photographic views: Warrenpoint, Rostrevor, Newry, Armagh and Dundalk. Beecham, Lancashire, [c.1897] (NLI)
• The Wikipedia entry for Armagh.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• 1820 - Thomas Bradshaw, The general directory of Newry, Armagh, and the towns of Dungannon, Portadown, Tandragee, Lurgan, Waringstown, Banbridge, Warrenpoint, Rosstrevor, Kilkeel, Rathfriland, 1820, Davidson Books, Ballynahinch, 1984
• 1820/1 - Pigot, J., The Commercial directory, of Ireland, Scotland, and the four most northern counties of England, for 1820-21 and 1822. 1820/21 & 22 - FHL film 0962702, Item 1
• 1824 - J. Pigot and Co., City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincial Directory
  • Alphabetical index of Armagh residents
• 1839 - Mathew Martin, Belfast Directory. Also 1841, 1842
• 1840 - Lennox, William, The new commercial directory of Armagh, Newry, Londonderry, Drogheda, Dundalk, Monaghan, Omagh, Strabane, Dungannon, Lisburn, Lurgan, Portadown, and neighbouring towns; containing a history of those towns ... [Part I.]-II, pr. at the Standard Office, Derry, 1840
• 1843 - Henderson, John, Henderson's new Belfast directory, and Northern Repository for 1843-44; containing information relating to the counties of Antrim, Armagh, and Down, with lists of the inhabitants of the chief towns, also an alphabetical list of the inhabitants of Belfast, together with a street directory, and a classification of trades and professions, Henderson, Belfast, 1843
• 1846 - Slater, National Commercial Directory of Ireland
  • Index of 839 entries for residents of the City of Armagh
• 1852 - James A. Henderson, Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory
  • Issued also in 1854, 1856, 1858, 1861, 1863, 1865, 1868, 1870, 1877, 1880, 1884, 1887, 1890, 1894, 1900
• 1856 - Slater, Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland
• 1865 - R. Wynne, Business Directory of Belfast
• 1870 - Slater, Directory of Ireland
• 1881 - Slater, Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland
• 1883 - The Armagh (County) directory and almanac: for 1883, Eighth yearly issue, Pr. and publ. by S. Farrell, Portadown, [1883]
• 1888 - Henry Bassett, County Armagh 100 years ago, a guide and directory, 1888, Friars Bush, Belfast, 1989
  • Businesses in the city of Armagh, from Pat Connors' County Armagh web pages
  • Farmers and residents, A-Cru, Cu-G, H-L, Mc-M, N-Stra, Stro-Y, submitted by Kathleen Torrisi to Dave Jassie's County Armagh Research Material Index
• 1910 - Belfast and Ulster Towns Directory - hosted by Library Ireland
  • Introduction and Institutions
  • Armagh Inhabitants A-L
  • Armagh Inhabitants M-Z

• The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
• Coote, Charles, Sir, Excerpt from Statistical Survey of the County of Armagh, pub. 1804
• Lewis, Samuel, the Armagh segment from Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, pub. 1837

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Armagh to another place.

• Families
  • Armstrong family of Dean's Hill, Armagh - papers held at the PRONI, Belfast (ref. D/3737)

• AIGS holdings
  • Armagh County Museum records, ref. fiche Arm2
  • Film IRL Gen34 Contents: Miscellaneous (including Electoral Rolls). State of Diocese of Derry & Armagh, 1693. (Lists of clergy, state of churches, etc). School registers & Rent Rolls, 1700-1865. Inch School Records, 1840-1847. Southwell Rent Roll, 1742. Annacloy School Roll, 1825-1865. Robert Maxwell Rent Roll, 1742-1743. Peace Book warrants, 1663-1844. High Sheriffs of Co. Armagh, 1656-1704. Leases, Bonds of Co. Armagh, 1783-1842. Creggan Parish, 1611-1840
• Armagh Observatory - History
• Book list
• Bradshaw, Thomas, Historical Account of the Town of Armagh
• Joyce, P.W., The Battle of the Yellow Ford (1597-1598), from A Concise History of Ireland - hosted by Library Ireland
• Verner, William, Sir, A short history of the Battle of the Diamond [ca1835: Grange Lower townland, Newry parish, Oneiland Barony; ref. http://www.orangenet.org/winter/briefintro.html], and other matters connected with the state of the county of Armagh previous to 1798 ... [Microform, Ulster Gazette, Armagh, [1913?] (NLI)

• Sources
  • Holdings at the PRONI
    • Armagh Diocesan Archive
    • Dawson estate (Viscount Cremorne), in the Dartrey papers (PRONI ref. D3053); see page 27 for a description of the Armagh estate papers

• AIGS holdings
  • Incumbered Estates Court, Sale of Lands of Marlacoobeg, Rentals, ref. Film Irl Gen 29
  • Rental of the Archbishop of Armagh, 1615, ref. Film Irl Gen 29
• PRONI's Introductions to significant privately deposited archives. Holdings related to the county of Armagh include the following:
  • The Armstrong of Deans Hill Papers, PRONI ref. D3727
  • The Caledon Papers, PRONI ref. D2431-D2433
  • The Dartrey Papers, PRONI ref. D3053 and D526/2
  • The MacGeough Bond Papers, PRONI ref. D288
• Manor Court of Armagh, 1625-1627: Leases of Land. Held by the AIGS, ref. Film Irl Gen 30.
• Introduction to the Armagh Diocesan Registry Archive - at the PRONI

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference H8711845142 (Lat/Lon: 54.347546, -6.661068), Armagh which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Copy Armagh and paste it along with the county name into the search box at Ordnance Survey Ireland.
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• --- , Poems, military, moral, and religious, by an Armagh Man, an out-pensioner from the 82d Regiment, pr. by L. Richardson, Magherafelt, 1851 (NLI)

• Ó Paircin, Liam, in AINM, Journal of the Ulster Place-name Society, Index of Contents, AINM - I-VIII
  • Annaghboy (par. Armagh) IV (1989-90), 204
  • Ard Sailech IV (1989-90), 101
  • Legarhill II (1987), 32
  • Loch Cearr (tl. Tirnascobe, par. Armagh, Co. Armagh) VIII (1998-2000), 48
  • Lowry's Lough (tl. Tirnascobe, par. Armagh) VIII (1998-2000), 48
  • Tirnascobe (par. Armagh) VIII (1998-2000), 48
• Bulletin of the Ulster Place-Name Society [BUPNS] (Series One) 1952-57:
  • Arthurs, J.B., Macha and Armagh, Vol. 1, Part 2 (Spring 1953) p. 37
  • Paterson, T.G., Armagh street-names, Vol. 1, Part 2 (Spring 1953) p. 31
  • Paterson, T.G., Armagh street-names (contd.), Vol. 1, Part 3 (Summer 1953) p. 67
• Townlands in Armagh parish, from the PRONI's Geographical Index of Northern Ireland

• Book list
• Clendinning, K., The Armagh by-election 1753, Review - Journal of the Craigavon Historical Society, Vol. 1 No. 1

• Book list
• The Royal School Armagh

• Hicks, Dermot. Murray, Raymond, ed., Road bowls in Armagh, [Cumann Seanchais Árd Mhrea], ([c/o Rev. Raymond Murray, The Presbytery, Armagh, Co. Armagh, N. Ireland]), 1973 (NLI)
• Macauley, Thurston, Donn Byrne, bard of Armagh, The Century Co., New York, London, [1929] (NLI)
• Nixon, John, Echoes at Droím Cairn: evocative accounts of road bowls in Armagh, Bolchumenn Na Meirleach, Armagh, 1996 (QUB)

• ---, The fourth report of the Armagh Branch of the Hibernian Missionary Society 1824, Printed by James Pooler, Armagh, 1825 (NLI)
• ---, Words of wisdom addressed to the working classes, containing simple directions, by which they may secure to themselves and to their descendants for ever, and abundant supply of all the comforts and conveniencies, with many of the luxuries and refinements of life, to which are subjoined the laws of the First Armagh Cooperative Society, First Armagh Cooperative Society, Armagh, 1830 (NLI)
• Harrison, Joseph, District Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Armagh: a brief history of the first fifty years, 1911-1961, [n.p., n.d.] (NLI)
• London Hibernian Society Armagh Auxiliary, Abstract of a report read at the annual meeting of the Armagh Auxiliary to the London Hibernian Society, on Monday, the 10th of August, 1829, ... the Earl of Caledon in the chair, printed by R. Stevenson, Scotch-Street, Armagh, [1829] (NLI)