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In 1868, the parish of Loughgilly contained the following places:"LOUGHGILLY, a parish in the baronies of Lower Fews, and Lower_and_Upper Orior, county Armagh, province of Ulster, Ireland, 4 miles S.E. of Market Hill, its post town. It is a station on the Newry and Armagh railway. The parish is 8 miles long, and about three-quarters of a mile in breadth. The surface consists generally of good arable and pasture land. The lakes Shaves, Loughgilly, and Mullaghmore diversify the landscape. The interior is traversed by the road from Dublin to Armagh. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Armagh, value £995, in the patronage of the primate. The church was erected in 1811 by aid of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. Here are three Presbyterian meeting-houses, a Roman Catholic chapel, Sunday and day schools. Loughgilly House is the principal residence."
"BELLEEK, (or Baleek), a village in the parish of Loughgilly, and barony of Upper Orior, in the county of Armagh, province of Ulster, Ireland, 4 miles to the W. of Newtown Hamilton. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Armagh and Clogher, of the value of £191, in the patronage of the Incumbent of Loughgilly.
"MOHAN, a hamlet in the parish of Loughgilly, barony of Lower Fews, county Armagh, province of Ulster, Ireland, 2 miles S. of Markethill."
"MOUNT-NORRIS, a post-office village in the parish of Loughgilly, barony of Lower Orior, county Armagh, province of Ulster, Ireland, 4 miles S.S.E. of Markethill. It is situated on the road from thence to Newry, and has a Presbyterian meeting-house. A fort was built here by General Norris in the time of Elizabeth, which was given to Bishop Usher by Charles I. Fairs are held on the second Monday in every month."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018