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"Tartaraghan, or the Low Parish, a parish, in the barony of ONEILLAND WEST, county of ARMAGH and province of ULSTER, 3 miles (N. E.) from Loughgall, on the road from Lurgan, by Verner's-Bridge, to Dungannon; containing 6321 inhabitants. This parish is bounded for a short distance on the north-east by the river Bann, and on the north-west by the river Blackwater : it formerly was part of the parish of Drumcree, from which it was separated by an act of parliament in the 8th of Queen Anne, and erected into a distinct parish, comprising, according to the Ordnance survey, 11,612 statute acres, of which 2122-3/4 are in Lough Neagh, and in small lakes. ... The principal seats are Crow Hill, the residence of J. Atkinson, Esq. ; and Clantileu, of E. Obrie, Esq."

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

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Archives & Libraries

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Cemeteries

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Census

  • 1901 Census - LDS microfilm numbers
    • D.E.D. 16/4-15; 17/13-16. FHL BRITISH Film 808507 Item 1
    • D.E.D. 56/1-16. FHL BRITISH Film 812101 Item 1
  • 1911 Census - LDS microfilm numbers
    • Annaghmore D.E.D. 16/4-5 - Townlands: Brughas, Clonakle. FHL BRITISH Film 1999864
    • Annaghmore D.E.D. 16/6-15 - Townlands: Clonmacash, Cranagill, Derrycor, Dressogagh, Drumanphy, Drummannon, Eglish, Gallrock, Magaraty, Tengy. FHL BRITISH Film 1999865
    • Killyman D.E.D. 17/13-16 - Townlands: Cronkill, Derryadd, Derryane, Derrylee. FHL BRITISH Film 1999916
    • Tartaraghan E.D. 58/1 - Townland: Ballynarry. FHL BRITISH Film 1999587
    • Tartaraghan E.D. 58/2-7 - Townlands: Breagh, Cloncarrish, Cloncore, Clonmakate, Clontylew, Derrinraw. FHL BRITISH Film 1999588
    • Tartaraghan E.D. 58/8-16 (17 uninhabited, not filmed) - Townlands: Derryaugh, Derrycaw, Derrykeeran, Derrykeevan, Derrylard, Derrylileagh, Maghery, Tarthlogue, Coney Island (Lough Neagh). FHL BRITISH Film 1999589
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Church History

  • Bookey, Canon, Irish miscellanea, chiefly from County Armagh. Microfilm of manuscript: [19--]. 1 v. Manuscript is at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. M8. LDS ref. no. FHL BRITISH Film 1279356 Item 1
    • Includes: Tartaraghan townlands / from notes by Canon Bookey -- Cromwell inquisition relating to Tartaraghan -- Cricket in Armagh -- Benburb -- Local celebrities: Capt. James Bolton (includes pedigrees of Bolton and Hogg families) -- Economy -- Farming in 1741 -- Oxen for the plough -- Faughart -- Derrynoose -- Dissenting ministers in the Counties of Down and Antrim implicated in the Rebellion, 1798 -- Lisburn in 1798 -- The lands of the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, Armagh -- Lurgan links with Co. Armagh -- Castledillon (Dillon family) -- Hughes of Sillis -- Other territorial families -- Mullaglass Parish Church -- Distribution of the lands of John Averell, Bishop of Limerick, died 14 Sept. 1771 (includes genealogical data on the Averell and related families). [Source: FHL catalogue online]
  • Coffey, Rev. H.W., A History of Milltown Parish, The Birches, North-West Armagh, Portadown: The Portadown News, 1950.
  • Coote, Charles, Sir, Excerpt from Statistical Survey of the County of Armagh, pub. 1804
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Description & Travel

The Wikipedia entry for Tartaraghan.

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Directories

  • Bassett, George Henry, "The Birches", from The Book of the County Armagh, Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1888.
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Gazetteers

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Genealogy

  • Families
    • Conlon family, Clontylew, Co. Armagh, PRONI ref. D/2967
    • Castles, Dorothy, Irish Connections [ re: Cassells/Castles], from Review - Journal of the Craigavon Historical Society, Vol. 6 No. 1
    • Redmond, Johnston, Memories [re: Redmond], Vol. 7 No. 2
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History

  • ---, Charlemont in the Phillips manuscript. Microfilm of manuscript at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. M8. Includes Tartaraghan townlands. FHL BRITISH Film 1279354 Item 17
  • Bookey, Canon, Irish miscellanea, chiefly from County Armagh. Microfilm of manuscript at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. M8. LDS ref. no. FHL BRITISH Film 1279356 Item 1
    • Includes: Tartaraghan townlands / from notes by Canon Bookey -- Cromwell inquisition relating to Tartaraghan -- Cricket in Armagh -- Benburb -- Local celebrities: Capt. James Bolton (includes pedigrees of Bolton and Hogg families) -- Economy -- Farming in 1741 -- Oxen for the plough -- Faughart -- Derrynoose -- Dissenting ministers in the Counties of Down and Antrim implicated in the Rebellion, 1798 -- Lisburn in 1798 -- The lands of the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, Armagh -- Lurgan links with Co. Armagh -- Castledillon (Dillon family) -- Hughes of Sillis -- Other territorial families -- Mullaglass Parish Church -- Distribution of the lands of John Averell, Bishop of Limerick, died 14 Sept. 1771 (includes genealogical data on the Averell and related families). [Source: FHL catalogue online]
  • Coffey, Rev. H.W., A History of Milltown Parish, The Birches, North-West Armagh, Portadown: The Portadown News, 1950.
  • Glenny, Thomas J.R., The Pathway from the Door; The Birches, Portadown: Acorn Historical Publications, 2004.
  • Review - Journal of the Craigavon Historical Society
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Land & Property

  • ---, Accounts of rents received for Ralph J. Obre Esq. between 1854 and 1859. Microfilm of original at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. 11A. LDS ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279332 Item 8
  • Review - Journal of the Craigavon Historical Society
  • ---, Rental of the estate of Ralph S. Oboe, Esq., with settlement of rent and arrears. Microfilm of original at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. 11A. Contents: Nov. 1862 to Nov. 1863 -- Nov. 1883 to Nov. 1884. LDS ref. FHL BRITISH Film 1279332 Item 7
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Manors

  • Follis, Bryan A., The Brownlow Papers, from Review - Journal of the Craigavon Historical Society, Vol. 5 No. 3
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference H9386359543 (Lat/Lon: 54.475681, -6.552826), Tartaraghan which are provided by:

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Names, Geographical

  • Bookey, Canon, Irish miscellanea, chiefly from County Armagh. Microfilm of manuscript: [19--]. 1 v. Manuscript is at the Armagh County Museum, Armagh, ref. no. M8. Contents include Bookey's notes re: Tartaraghan townlands. LDS ref. no. FHL BRITISH Film 1279356 Item 1
  • Ó Paircín, Liam, in AINM, Journal of the Ulster Place-name Society, Index of Contents, AINM - I-VIII
    • Brughas IV (1989-90), 129
    • Courtney Islands (t. Derryadd, par. Tartaraghan) IV (1989-90), 208
    • Derrinraw (par. Tartaraghan) IV (1989-90), 210
    • Derryadd (par. Tartaraghan) IV (1989-90), 202n, 208
    • Derrywarragh I. (tl. Maghery, par. Tartaraghan, bar. Oneilland W.) VII (1996-97), 18
    • Green Island (tl. Derrinraw, par. Tartaraghan) IV (1989-90), 210
    • Tartaraghan (bar. Oneilland W.) IV (1989-90), 208, 210; VII (1996-97), 18
  • Townland names - from the PRONI's Geographical Index of Northern Ireland
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Names, Personal

  • Castles, Dorothy, Irish Connections (the Castles family), from Review - The Journal of the Craigavon Historical Society, Vol. 6 No. 1
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Newspapers

  • IrelandOldNews - an ongoing, volunteer project to transcribe 18th & 19th century Irish newspapers
    • Input "Tartaraghan" and spelling variants (e.g., "Tartaragham", "Tartarahan", etc) into the "Find" box
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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

  • Holdings of documents related to Tartaraghan parish at the PRONI
    • Drumanphy, Clonmacash and Drumannon, Co. Armagh papers, PRONI ref. D/2204
    • Papers about individual parishes in the Armagh Diocesan Registry archive
      • "Tartaraghan (Portadown), Co Armagh -- The documents run from 1698 to 1965 (with many gaps), and include: a deed of endowment of the parish by Francis Obre of Clantilew with the tithes of Clantilew Breagh, Eglish, Ballineery, Derrilee, Taghlogue, Derriagh and Derryene, 1698; a petition of the inhabitants of Tartaraghan against the proposal of the Archbishop to annex them to the parish of Loughgall, 1700; a consent by the Hon. James Caulfeild (later 7th Viscount Charlemont), to the composing of Tartaraghan into a parish and the renunciation of his rights to the tithes, and letter from Arthur Brownlow to Caulfeild's father, the 6th Viscount Charlemont, giving his consent to the passing of the act of parliament, both 1709; and deed and counterpart between Eleanor Obre and the Rev. Alexander Shard, Rector of Tartaraghan, conveying land in Breagh as a site for the church, and deed and counterpart between Edward Obre of Lisburn, Co. Antrim, and shard, conveying land in Breagh to the parish, both 1710. Also present is a c.1870 schedule of formal documents relating to buildings over the period 1773-1849, and papers about alterations to the church, 1890."
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Social Life & Customs

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Societies

  • Lutton, S.C., The Craigavon Historical Society comes of age, Review - Journal of the Craigavon Historical Society, Vol. 6 No. 1
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Taxation