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"Jonesborough, a parish, in the barony of UPPER ORIOR, county of ARMAGH, and province of ULSTER, 4-1/2 miles (S. W.) from Newry, adjoining the post-town of Fleury-bridge, and containing 1598 inhabitants, of which number, 174 are in the village. According to the Ordnance survey it comprises 2185-3/4 statute acres, including about 700 acres of bog and mountain. Clay-state and good granite for building are obtained here. The village, which comprises 35 houses, is situated on a mountain pass at the foot of two lofty hills close to the confines of Louth, and was burnt in 1798. Here is a good inn ; and a dispensary has been established, which is supported in the usual way. ... Near the village is Jonesborough House, the residence of Hamilton Skelton, Esq. ; and the glebe-house, of the Rev. Robert Henry. Here were formerly barracks for the accommodation of a troop of infantry, but the building has been converted into a private residence. The parish was formed out of that of Killevy, or Ballymore, in 1760, and endowed with the tithes and glebe, in 1789, by Primate Robinson."

[From the Jonesborough segment of Lewis' Topographical Dictionary (1837)]

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Archives & Libraries

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Census

  • 1901 and 1911 censuses - LDS microfilm numbers
    • 1901 D.E.D. 60/1-3 -- FHL BRITISH Film 812103 Item 1
    • 1911 Jonesborough D.E.D. 62/1-2 -- Townlands: Edenappa, Foughill Etra -- FHL BRITISH Film 1999607
    • 1911 Jonesborough D.E.D. 62/3 -- Townland: Foughill Otra -- FHL BRITISH Film 1999608
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Church Directories

  • Church of Ireland - Parish of Jonesborough (Ballymascanlan) [Armagh diocese]
  • Roman Catholic - Parish of Faughart (Dromintee) [Archdiocese of Armagh]
    • Historically, the County Armagh portion of the R.C. Parish of Faughart (the larger part of which was in the County Louth) comprised the civil parish of Jonesborough
      • Church of the Sacred Heart, at Jonesborough; Tel: 028 3084 8343. Mailing address: Parochial House, 30 Newline, Killeavy, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland; Tel: 028 3088 8381
    • Today, that County Armagh portion of Faughart parish is part of the R.C. parish of Dromintee
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Church Records

  • Church of Ireland - Jonesborough parish [Armagh diocese]
    • Baptisms 1802, 1812 -1829, 1833-1942; Marriages 1824 -1827, 1829-1844, 1845-1939, 1940-1978; Burials 1826-1827, 1829-1891, 1894-2000. Surname index, Tithe Register 1834.
  • Roman Catholic - Dromintee parish [Archdiocese of Armagh]
    • Baptisms, 1853-1879; marriages, 1853-1877. PRONI ref. MIC.1D/41.
    • Baptisms, 7 Jan 1853 - 31 Aug 1879; marriages, 8 Nov 1853 - 13 Dec 1877. NLI ref. P.5590
    • Map of RC parishes in Co Armagh, from John Grenham's Irish Ancestors web site
      • Click on the parish of Dromintee, to obtain a list of parish registers
      • Hold the mouse pointer over the parish to see variant names.
  • Roman Catholic - Faughart parish [Archdiocese of Armagh]
    • Baptisms 1851-1896, 1861-1881 (indexed); Marriages 1851-1900, 1851-1881 (indexed). PRONI ref. MIC.1D/47.
    • Baptisms 1851-1880 (indexed); Marriages 1851-1880. LDS ref. FHL BRITISH Film 926040 item 1-5.
    • Baptisms, 16 April 1851 - 23 Dec 1880; baptisms index, 1851-73 and 1874-96; marriages, 21 April 1851 - 24 Nov 1880; marriages index, 1851-75 and 1876-1900. NLI ref. P.5596
    • Map of RC parishes in Co Armagh, from John Grenham's Irish Ancestors web site
      • Click on the parish of Faughart, to obtain a list of parish registers
  • Sources, for the references given above, include:
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Description & Travel

  • The Wikipedia entry for Jonesborough.

  • Chambers, S. W., Places of interest in Northern Ireland. No. 1: South Armagh, Newry and the Mourne Mountains, [Belfast: 1941]
    • NLI: Ir 9141 p 106, Coll. Ir.
You can see pictures of Jonesborough which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

The civil parish of Jonesborough contained the townlands of:
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Language & Languages

  • Chambers, S. W., Places of interest in Northern Ireland. No. 1: South Armagh, Newry and the Mourne Mountains, [Belfast: 1941]
    • NLI: Ir 9141 p 106, Coll. Ir.
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference J0587617326 (Lat/Lon: 54.094211, -6.382512), Jonesborough which are provided by:

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Names, Geographical

  • Ó Paircín, Liam, in AINM, Journal of the Ulster Place-name Society, Index of Contents, AINM - I-VIII
    • Cuscraid Mend VII (1996-97), 152 (= BUPNS Series I Vol. 1 Part 2 (Spring 1953), 37 [25])
  • Townland names - from the PRONI's Geographical Index of Northern Ireland
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Newspapers

  • The Armagh Observer, Co Down ed. & South Armagh ed., no.1691 ,1692; 1,8 Sept.1962
  • IrelandOldNews - an ongoing, volunteer project to transcribe 18th & 19th century Irish newspapers
    • Input "Jonesborough" and spelling variants (e.g., "Jonesboro") into the "Find" box
    • Also try inputting townland and other placenames found in Jonesborough
    • Of course, you may also wish to search for your favourite personal and family names!
    • Revisit the IrelandOldNews web site periodically, as transcribers update their county pages regularly
  • The Belfast Newspaper Index, 1737-1800; compiled by Dr. John C. Greene of Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.A
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Politics & Government

  • ---, South Armagh! Your day for Ireland. [Bye-election appeal by Sinn Fein urging constituents to vote for complete separation from Great Britain], [n.p., 1918]
    • NLI: ILB 300 p 3 [Item 110], Coll. Ilb.
  • De Valera, Eamonn (1882-1975), To the voters of Armagh, printed for the Candidate, Dr. Patrick McCartan, by O'Loughlin, Murphy & Boland, Ltd., Dublin; and published by the Sinn Fein Election Committee, [Dublin], [1918]
    • NLI: Ms 25,588(57), Manuscript Colls.
  • Eye-witness, When McCartan comes marching home, [Dublin?], [1918]
    • NLI: Ms 25,588(58), Coll Ms.
  • McCartan, Patrick (1878-1966), Conscription, printed for the Candidate, Doctor Patrick McCartan, by O'Loughlin, Murphy and Boland, Ltd., Dublin; and published by the Sinn Fein Election Committee, [Dublin], [1918]
    • NLI: Ms 25,588(56v), Coll Ms.
  • McCartan, Patrick (1878-1966), Which do you choose?, printed for the Candidate at the Wood Printing Works, [Dublin], [1918]
    • NLI: Ms 25,588(60), Coll Ms.
  • O'Dwyer, Edward Thomas (1842-1917), The late Bishop of Limerick and John Redmond, printed by P. Mahon, Dublin, and published by the Candidate, [Dublin], [1918]
    • NLI: Ms 25,588(58), Coll Ms.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Public Records

  • Holdings of documents related to Jonesborough parish at the PRONI
    • Papers about individual parishes in the Armagh Diocesan Registry archive
      • "Jonesborough, near Forkhill, Co Armagh -- The documents date from 1760, [1785?] and 1798-1916 (with many gaps), and include a petition and memorial of the Protestant parishioners to the Bishop of Dromore, complaining that for several years the parish has been without any resident curate, [1785?], papers about the building and enlargement of the glebe house, 1815 and 1863 respectively, and a c.1870 schedule of formal documents about buildings over the period 1779-1861."
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Social Life & Customs

  • Book List - many of these references are provided with library call numbers for QUB and/or NLI
  • ---, Exploring living memory [(Slide)], Part 1: South Armagh reminiscence and recall, Confederation of Community Groups, Newry, 1985(Slide)
    • QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus - ts/ HV1481.N8/EXPL
  • Castleblayney Community Enterprises, Along the Black Pig's Dyke folklore from Monaghan and South Armagh, [Castleblayney Community Enterprises], [1993]
    • NLI: Ir 3991 a 15, Collection Ir.
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Taxation

  • Valuation Records
    • 1848-1864, General valuation of rateable property in Ireland, "Griffith's Valuation"