DERRYLORAN

In 1868, the parish of Derryloran contained the following places:

"DERRYLORAN, a parish partly in the barony of Loughlinsholin, in the county of Londonderry, and partly in that of Upper Dungannon, in the county of Tyrone, province of Ulster, Ireland. It contains in the Tyrone section its post town Cookstown. Part of the valley of the Ballin-derry stream and of the Slievegallion Mountain are within the limits of the parish. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Armagh, value £511, in the patronage of the primate. The church is at Cookstown, and was built in 1822 by aid of a loan granted by the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Desertereight. There are two Presbyterian meeting-houses and two places of worship for Wesleyans. There are National schools and several day schools, supported by the London Irish Society. The chief owners of this parish are the Company of Drapers of London. The principal seats are Killymoon and Loughry House."

"COOKSTOWN, a market and petty sessions town in the barony of Dungannon, in the county of Tyrone, province of Ulster, Ireland, 23 miles N.E. of Omagh, and 109 from Dublin. It is the terminus of the Cookstown branch of the Belfast and Northern Counties railway. The town is modern, having been founded by the Cook family at the commencement of the 17th century. It contains two banks, a savings-bank, dispensary, and Union poorhouse. The parish church of Derryloran, which has been recently rebuilt and enlarged, stands in the town, and there are several chapels belonging to the Roman Catholics and to the Protestant Dissenters. There is a National school, and schools attached to moat of the chapels. It is the head of a Poor-law-Union comprising 16 parishes, and a chief station of police. The principal residences are Killymoon and Lissan, the former is a noble mansion, built by Nash, in the Saxon style. In the vicinity are traces of ancient forts and earthworks. The market is held on Tuesday and Saturday. Fairs take place on the first Saturday of each, month."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018