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"Killyleagh, a district parish, partly in the barony of TURANEY, and partly in that of ARMAGH, county of ARMAGH, and province of ULSTER, 5 miles (W.) from Armagh, on the road from that place to Caledon; containing 3452 inhabitants. It was formed out of the parishes of Armagh, Tynan, and Derrynoose, under the provisions of the act of the 8th of Geo. IV., cap. 43 ; and comprises 5635 statute acres of very fertile arable and pasture land, which is under an excellent system of cultivation. A great part of the parish and the whole of the village belong to Trinity College, Dublin. ... The principal seats in the parish are Elm Park, the residence of the Earl of Charlemont, which is in a beautifully planted demesne ; Knappah, of J. Johnston, Esq. ; Woodpark, of A. St. George, Esq. ; Fellows-hill, of T. K. Armstrong, Esq. ; and Dartan, of Maxwell Cross, Esq."

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

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Archives & Libraries

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Census

  • Protestant householders of the parishes of Derrynoose and Tynan in 1740. Includes a list of Protestant householders in the parishes of Derrynoose and Tynan in 1740 as enumerated in Parliamentary Returns in Record Office Dublin, bundle 75, no. 645. [Source of information: LDS FHL Catalogue online.]
  • 1911 Tynan D.E.D. 31/10-30 -- Townlands: Killylea Town, and other townlands. LDS ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1999948
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Church Directories

  • Church of Ireland - Killylea parish [Armagh diocese]
  • Methodist Church at Killylea -- Contact information from the Methodist Church in Ireland, Portadown District
  • Roman Catholic - Parish of Tynan (Middletown) [Archdiocese of Armagh]
    • Killylea is a village in the civil parish of Tynan
    • Historically and currently, the R.C. parish of Tynan (Middletown) comprises the civil parish of Tynan
      • Church of St John (1826), at Middletown
      • Church of St Joseph (1813), at Tynan
      • St Louis Convent, at Middletown
      • ... Mailing address for St John's and St Joseph's: Parochial House, 290 Monaghan Road, Middletown, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland; Tel: 028 3756 8406
    • Modern R.C. pastoral areas are shown on this Pastoral Area Map
    • Refer to Parish of Middletown (Tynan) at CatholicIreland.net for a current directory listing
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Church History

  • Henderson, Isobel, St. Mark's Killylea, 1832-1982: a short history of Killylea Parish, its chu... , (St. Mark's Church, Killylea), 1982
    • QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h p BX5510.K45/HEND
  • L'Estrange, Guy W. C., Killylea parish: being an outline of the history of the parish from its foun... , printed at the Rectory Press, Killylea, 1917
    • QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h p BX5570.D7/LEST
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Church Records

  • Church of Ireland - Killylea parish [Armagh diocese]
    • Formed out of the parishes of Derrynoose, Tynan and Armagh.
    • Baptisms, 1845-1901; burials, 1845-1914. PRONI ref. MIC.1/85
    • Baptisms, 1901-; burials, 1914-; marriages, 1846-; vestry minutes, 1829-; preachers' books, 1845-; parish visiting book, 1860-1888; orphan register, 1876-8. In local custody.
  • Methodist Church at Killylea
    • Baptisms, 1815-. (At Armagh). In local custody.
  • Roman Catholic - Parish of Tynan (Middletown) [Archdiocese of Armagh]
    • Baptisms, 1822-34, 1838-42 and 1845-84; marriages, 1822-34 and 1845-77. PRONI ref. MIC.1D/40
    • Baptisms, 1822-1834; "Removed from Killmore to Tynan : baptisms, 1838-1842; marriages, 1822-1833"; baptisms, 1845-1884; and marriages, 1845-1877. LDS ref. FHL BRITISH Film 979710 Items 6 - 8
    • Baptisms, 2 June 1822 - 11 Aug 1834, 12 Aug 1838 - 25 July 1842, 17 May 1845 - 2 Sept 1880; marriages, 6 June 1822 - 26 Oct 1834, 22 June 1845 - 18 Oct 1877. NLI ref. P.5589
    • Map of RC parishes in Co Armagh, from John Grenham's Irish Ancestors web site
      • Click on the parish of Tynan, to obtain a list of parish registers
  • Source for the references, given above:
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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

The civil parish of Killylea contained the townlands of:
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference H8000245131 (Lat/Lon: 54.348616, -6.770471), Killylea which are provided by:

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Newspapers

  • IrelandOldNews - an ongoing, volunteer project to transcribe 18th & 19th century Irish newspapers
    • Input "Killylea" (and spelling variants) into the "Find" box
    • Also try inputting townland and other placenames found in Killylea parish
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    • 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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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Public Records