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"Mullaghbrack, a parish, partly in the baronies of ONEILLAND WEST and LOWER ORIOR, but chiefly in the barony of LOWER FEWS, county of ARMAGH, and province of ULSTER; containing, with the district parish of Kilcluney, the post-town of Markethill, and the village of Hamilton's-Bawn (all of which are separately described), 16,099 inhabitants, of which number, 7627 are in the district parish of Kilcluney."
[From the Mullaghbrack segment of Lewis' Topographical Dictionary (1837)]
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- Abbreviations used in these GENUKI County Armagh, and library notes
- AIGS = Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies
- FHL = Family History Library (LDS)
- LDS = 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
- Before visiting a Library to consult a book or other reference, please check with Library staff to ensure that the book is actually available. You may wish to try borrowing a book from the national libraries in Australia, Canada, England, the U.S., etc., either directly or via inter-library loan.
- Tombstone and monumental inscriptions of Mullabrack with some notes relating to same; copied by T.G.F. Paterson; microfilm of original manuscripst in the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. F6 Ms. 105. Contents include: vestry books, ca. 1764-1837; list of churchwardens, 1763-1904; poll book for Mullaghbrack and Kilclooney parishes, 1754; muster roll, 1618; volunteers in the militia, 1783; poll tax of 1660; tithe payers, 1834; freeholders, 1830; families of the parish with some genealogical information. LDS microfilm ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279384, Item 1
- 1901 Census - LDS microfilm numbers [Microfilm of original records at the National Archives, Dublin]:
- 1901 D.E.D. 21/7-30, 31c, FHL BRITISH Film 808509
- 1901 D.E.D. 23/28c (file 2), 27, 22-26, 19-21, 28c (file 1), FHL BRITISH Film 808510
- 1901 D.E.D. 31/1-11, FHL BRITISH Film 812087 Item 2
- 1911 Census - LDS microfilm numbers [Microfilm of original records at the National Archives, Dublin]:
- Hamilton's Bawn D.E.D. 22/7-26 Townlands: Ballygoobany, Ballynewry, Carrowmoney, Cornacrew, Corry, Drumachee, Drumatee, Drumfergus, Drumman, Drumnagloy, Drumorgan, Drumshallan, Garvagh, Hamilton's Bawn, Johnstown, Killyruddan, Lurgaboy, Macantrim, Magheradogherty, Mullaghbane. VAULT BRITISH Film 1999921
- Hamilton's Bawn D.E.D. 22/27-32 (file 1 of Drumorgan not filmed) Townlands: Mullaghbrack, Mullurg, Ratarnet, Rocks, Mullaghbane, Drumorgan or Hamilton's Bawn Town VAULT BRITISH Film 1999922 1911 Markethill D.E.D. 24/7-15 Townlands: Ballyanny, Bryan drum, Cabragh, Coolmillish, Crunaght, Drumlack, Dunesmullan, Gosford Demesne, Lattery. VAULT BRITISH Film 1999923
- Markethill D.E.D. 24/16 (file 1-3) Markethill Town. VAULT BRITISH Film 1999924
- Mullaghbrack D.E.D. 33/1-5 Townlands: Cabragh, Dinnahorra, Drumart, Drumnamether, Marlacoo Beg. VAULT BRITISH Film 1999949
- Mullaghbrack D.E.D. 33/6-11 Townlands: Marlacoo More, Moyrourkan, Shanecrackan Beg, Shanecrackan More, Tannaghmore, Teemore. FHL BRITISH Film 1999950
St James, Mullaghbrack, Catholic |
- Church of Ireland
- The Representative Church Body Library assists with genealogical enquiries.
- Braemor Park, Churchtown, Dublin 14; Tel: +353 (0)1 4923979
- Mullabrack parish church -- Mullabrack Rectory, 6 Mullurg Road, Mullbrack, Markethill, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland BT60 1QN; Tel: 028 3755 1092\
- The Representative Church Body Library assists with genealogical enquiries.
- Free Presbyterian - Markethill Free Presbyterian Congregation -- 61 Tandragee Road, Markethill, Armagh, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland BT60 1TQ
- Presbyterian
- Cladymore and Redrock Congregations
- The Presbyterian Historical Society assists with genealogical enquiries. The Presbyterian Church in Ireland publishes a directory annually, for a nominal cost. Either subject may be addressed to:
- The Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Church House, Fisherwick Place, Belfast BT1 6WD; Tel: 028 9032 2284
- Reformed Presbyterian - Clare Reformed Presbyterian Congregation -- Clare Crossroads, near Tandragee, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland
- Roman Catholic - Parish of Tandragee (Ballymore & Mullaghbrack)
- Historically and currently, the R.C. parish of Tandragee (Ballymore & Mullaghbrack) comprises the civil parishes of Ballymore and Mullaghbrack
- Church of St James, at Mullaghbrack -- Mailing address: Parochial House, 40 Market Street, Tandragee, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland; Tel: 028 3755 1476
- Refer to church directory for Ballymore parish for churches located within that civil parish
- Modern R.C. pastoral areas are shown on this Pastoral Area Map
- Refer to Parish of Tandragee (Ballymore & Mullaghbrack) at CatholicIreland.net for a current directory listing
- Historically and currently, the R.C. parish of Tandragee (Ballymore & Mullaghbrack) comprises the civil parishes of Ballymore and Mullaghbrack
- Anderson, Michael, St Joseph's Church, Poyntzpass, parish of Ballymore and Mullabrack, Armagh archdiocese its parish priests and curates, 1788-1996, [S.l.] [the author], 1996
- NLI: 280 a 7, Coll. Ir.
- QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus - q BX1508.P6/ANDE; and Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h q BX1508.P6/ANDE
- Coote, Charles, Sir, Excerpt from Statistical Survey of the County of Armagh, pub. 1804
- Hamilton, Alexander (b. 1774), Miscellaneous data from Ireland, Microfilm of manuscript: [19--]. 237 p. Manuscript is at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh. Contents include Mullabrack notes. LDS microfilm FHL BRITISH Film 1279332, Item 1
- McConnell, Patrick (fl. 1821), A reply to a statement which first appeared in the Newry Telegraph of 6th October, 1821, under the signatures of the Roman Catholic priest and curate of the parishes of Ballymore and Mullabrack, in the county of Armagh, respecting a trial which took place at the Assizes of Armagh on the 15th September last. To which is prefixed, a full and accurate report of the trial, together with the Rev. Gentleman's statement, and several documents illustrative of the subject, printed by M. Goodwin, 29, Denmark-Street, Dublin, 1821
- NLI: P 1178(11), Coll. P; P 415(7), Coll. P.
- QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h p DA953/MCCO
- Church of Ireland (C.I.) - Mullaghbrack (Armagh diocese)
- Parish Register of Mullaghbrack: Marriages, 1767-1812; held in Folder 17 by the British Columbia Genealogical Society's Irish Interest Group; ref. no. 941.72 V26m
- Parish registers, 1764-1811. Microfilm of handwritten transcript of original records. Transcript is located at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh.Contains baptisms, 1764-1779, and marriages, 1767-1811. FHL BRITISH Film 1279326, Item 2
- PRONI holdings:
- Earliest registers destroyed in Dublin, i.e. baptisms, 1737-63 and 1813-75; marriages, 1737-63 and 1812-45; and burials, 1737-60 and 1813-74.
- Baptisms, 1764-83 and 1799-1803; marriages, 1767-83 and 1798-1811; vestry minutes, 1764-89 and 1826-1905; preachers' books, 1842-74 and 1907-21; subscription book, 1901-22; Sunday School attendance book, 1917-32; notes on families in Mullaghbrack parish, 1847-51. PRONI ref. MIC.1/833-85; T.1075/19; T.636/153-156
- Entries from baptisms, marriages and deaths pertaining to the Beck family, 1804-48. PRONI ref. T.1202/1
- Baptisms and burials, 1875-1935; marriages, 1845-1935. In local custody.
- The parish registers of Mullaghbrack, Diocese of Armagh, County Armagh, 1767-1812. Contents: Marriages, 1767-1812. FHL BRITISH Film 990092, Item 14
- Tombstone and monumental inscriptions of Mullabrack with some notes relating to same; copied by T.G.F. Paterson; microfilm of original manuscripst in the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. F6 Ms. 105. Contents include: vestry books, ca. 1764-1837; list of churchwardens, 1763-1904. LDS microfilm ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279384, Item 1
- Roman Catholic - Ballymore and Mullabrack parish (Armagh diocese)
- Baptisms and marriages, 1843-56 and 1859-80. PRONI ref. MIC.1D/37
- Parochial registers of Ballymore and Mulaghbrac, 1843-1880. Microfilm of original manuscripts filmed at the National Library of Ireland. FHL BRITISH Film 926031
- Source, for the PRONI references given, above: Guide to Church Records: An Irish Genealogical Source/Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation on behalf of [the] Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 1994
- Mullaghbrack House - on bygones and byways site .
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The Wikipedia entry for Mullaghbrack.
- 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, Hamilton's Bawn, a village, in that part of the parish of Mullaghbrack which is in the barony of Lower Fews, county of Armagh, from A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland - hosted by Library Ireland
- Lewis, Samuel, Mullaghbrack from A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Mullaghbrack to another place.
- Families
- Tombstone and monumental inscriptions of Mullabrack with some notes relating to same; copied by T.G.F. Paterson; microfilm of original manuscripst in the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. F6 Ms. 105. Contents include: families of the parish with some genealogical information. LDS microfilm ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279384, Item 1
- McGleeson, C.F., "Patterns of settlement in the Catholic parishes of Ballymore and Mullaghbrack in the 17th and 18th centuries", Seanchas Ardmacha volume 15, number 2 (1993), pp 51-83.
- McGleeson, C. F. 'The Battle of Mullabrack, 5 September 1595', Seanchas Ardmhacha, 13 (1989), pp 90-101.
- Noel, Ref. F., "Mullabrack Parish," Before I forget..., the historical journal of the Poyntzpass & District Historical Society, Issue 3 (1989)
- Quinn, William, "Road works at Mullabrack," Before I forget..., the historical journal of the Poyntzpass & District Historical Society, Issue 6 (1993)
- Tombstone and monumental inscriptions of Mullabrack with some notes relating to same; copied by T.G.F. Paterson; microfilm of original manuscripst in the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. F6 Ms. 105. Contents include: vestry books, ca. 1764-1837; list of churchwardens, 1763-1904; poll book for Mullaghbrack and Kilclooney parishes, 1754; muster roll, 1618; volunteers in the militia, 1783; poll tax of 1660; tithe payers, 1834; freeholders, 1830; families of the parish with some genealogical information. LDS microfilm ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279384, Item 1
- Greig, William, General report on the manors of Coolmalish and Baleek with Hamilton's Bawn, H.M.S.O. (for the) Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast, 1976
- QUB: Geosciences Lib. - DA903/GREI; and Main Lib., Belfast Campus - DA903/GREI; and Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h DA903/GREI
- Gosford Castle at Markethill, built by Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, 1819+, ref. Mark Bence-Jones, The Country House Database [A Guide to Irish Country Houses, 2nd ed., Trafalgar Square Books, 1996]
- Landed Estates Records held at the PRONI
- Major Collections held at the PRONI
- Townland maps from Bob Sinton of Portadown. These maps superimpose modern roads onto townland maps; locations of parish churches and other landmarks are also shown:
- East of Mullaghbrack: Ballyanny, Ballygroobany, Ballynewry, Cabragh, Cornacrew, Drumshallan, Macantrim, Magherydogherty, Marlacoo Beg, Marlacoo More, Mullaghbrack, Mullurg, and Tannaghmore
- South of Laurelvale: Cabragh, Drumart, Drumnamether, Moyrourkan, and Teemore
- Around Hamiltonsbawn: Carrowmoney, Drumachee, Drumfergus, Drumman, Drumnagloy, Garvagh, Hamiltonsbawn, Johnstown, Mullaghbane, Killyruddan, Ratarnet, and Rocks
You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference H9683842900 (Lat/Lon: 54.325665, -6.512366), Mullaghbrack which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Copy
Mullaghbrack
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.
- Great Britain. Army, Extract of a letter from Lord Viscount Gosford [Mullabrach parish], Colonel of the Armagh militia, and Major Wardle, of the Ancient British Light Dragoons, to Lieutenant General Lake, dated Naas, Thursday morning, 8 o'clock, 24th May, 1798, printed by George Grierson, Dublin, [1798]
- NLI: J.94107.IRI(11), Coll. J; J.94107.IRI(12), Coll. J; LO.folder 6/1798/8, Coll. Lo.
- Tombstone and monumental inscriptions of Mullabrack with some notes relating to same; copied by T.G.F. Paterson; microfilm of original manuscripst in the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. F6 Ms. 105. Contents include: muster roll, 1618; volunteers in the militia, 1783. LDS microfilm ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279384, Item 1
- Paterson, T.F.G., and W.T. Latimer, The place names of the parish : [Kildarton, Armagh, Mullaghbrack]. Microfilm of typescript: [19--], held at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. M7. Also contains lists of leaseholders, evaluations, muster rolls, etc. FHL BRITISH Film 1279352, Item 5
- Townland names - from the PRONI's Geographical Index of Northern Ireland
- IrelandOldNews - an ongoing, volunteer project to transcribe 18th & 19th century Irish newspapers
- Input "Mullaghbrack" and spelling variants into the "Find" box
- Also try inputting townland and other placenames found in Mullaghbrack parish
- 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.
- Mentions of Mullaghbrack in the Belfast Newsletter index
- Blacker, William (1777-1855), Address to the small farmers on the estates of the Right Hon. the Earl of Gosford [Mullabrach parish] and Maxwell Close, Esq., [Killevy Parish] in the County of Armagh, Murphy, Dublin, 1834
- NLI: Ir 630 b 9, Coll. Ir.
- Blacker, William (1777-1855), An essay on the improvement to be made in the cultivation of small farms by the introduction of green crops, and housefeeding the stock thereon: originally published in an address to the small farmers on the estates of the Earl of Gosford [Mullabrach parish] and Colonel Close [Drumbanagher, Killevy parish], in the county of Armagh, W. Curry, Jun. and Co., Sackville-Street, Dublin. London: R. Groombridge. Edinburgh: Blackwood and Sons, 1845
- NLI: Ir 630941 h2(2), Coll. Ir.
- McGleenon, Cornelius Francis, Perspectives on the political influence of the Gosford Family [Mullabrach parish] in County Arma... , [Belfast], 1998
- UB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus (Special Colls) - h q DA990.A8/MCGL
- Armagh Poor Law Union and Workhouse, from Peter Higginbotham's The Story of Workhouses
- Newry Workhouse history, from the Newry Journal e-zine
- Newry Poor Law Union and Workhouse, from Peter Higginbotham's The Story of Workhouses
- Holdings of documents related to Mullaghbrack parish at the PRONI
- Papers about individual parishes in the Armagh Diocesan Registry archive
- "Mullaghbrack (Markethill), Co Armagh -- The documents run from 1799 to 1965 (with gaps), and include: correspondence and papers of the committee for conducting the building of the tower of Mullabrack Church, among them plans, estimates, accounts and agreements, 1809-1814; account books for tithe and tithe rent-charge, 1821-1840, N.D.; copies of a memorial from the Rev. Dr Samuel Blacker for a faculty to build a glebe house, and the report of the commission of dilapidations condemning the old house, 1827; and plans, specifications and other papers about alterations to Mullaghbrack Church, 1856."
- The Brownlow Papers, PRONI ref. D/1928
- The Gosford Papers, PRONI ref. D/1606 and D/2259
- Papers about individual parishes in the Armagh Diocesan Registry archive
- Irish miscellanea, chiefly from County Armagh. Manuscript is at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. M8. Contents include "Schools in Mullabrack Parish circa 1835." FHL BRITISH Film 1279354, Item 6
- Registers of Markethill National School, 1845-1896. Microfilm of original records held at the PRONI, ref. Sch 427/1/1-4. Markethill is a town divided by the parishes of Kilclooney and Mullaghbrack. The school was under the jurisdiction of the Southern School Board. Original documents are in poor condition, faded, torn and many pages out of sequence. Contents include: Register of females, 1845-1873; Register of females, 1872-1894; Register of males, 1862-1896; Register of males, 1872-1886. FHL BRITISH Film 1656972, Items 3-6
- Mullaghbrack Parish tithe book, 1834. Microfilm of original at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. D6. FHL BRITISH Film 1279324, Item 21
- Tombstone and monumental inscriptions of Mullabrack with some notes relating to same; copied by T.G.F. Paterson; microfilm of original manuscripts in the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. F6 Ms. 105. Contents include: poll book for Mullaghbrack and Kilclooney parishes, 1754; poll tax of 1660; tithe payers, 1834; freeholders, 1830. LDS microfilm ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279384, Item 1
- Valuation Records
- 1848-1864, General valuation of rateable property in Ireland, "Griffith's Valuation"
- Listed every occupier of land, the lessor of that land, size of the holding, and the rate payable on that holding
- Mullaghbrack parish segment -- online at John Hayes' web site
- 1848-1864, General valuation of rateable property in Ireland, "Griffith's Valuation"