Armachiana Volume 3

VOL . III General History of the City Educational

1-32 33-37

Hotels and Inns

38- 88

Armagh Coaches

89- 96

Armagh Theatre

97-125

Notes from Corporation Records

126-1 46

Surviving Corporation Records are preserved Armagh in the Public Library of Armagh

The cont ents of these volumes l a belled Armachiana

are simply notes for t alks to

local and visiting societies in search of

material relating to it s historical background and ancient monuments .

They a re not of any

great i mportance but may provide a gui de to students seeking da t a on the county g enerally or on their own distri ct s i n particular .

TGF Paterson

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City vras held ir. turn by the ad'1° rents of both T)-rties .

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began to recover fro~ the events of lc41- 12 and of 1688- 1690 , but from then on•-r"rds uro~ress may be traced . u ii

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some of the ~ore interesting developments of that and the

succ eedinu certury, in a sort 0f diary fashion, but :hall , of course, have to oMit Mucl of interest .

In 1708 the Royal School, taer occuT.>ying the site of the a ncient Church of St. Columba in Abbey Street, ·vas rebuilt and a new military barracks erected.

In 1713 the County

ork;.ouse

and City Bridwe ll were st i ll in use in Scotch Street - the latter having been in the same nosition from at least 1634 , and adjoining the Bowli n,q '}reen.

In 1721 Archbishop Lindsay

presented t h e Cathedral "Ii th a -peal of six bells , and thr ee years l ater reua ired the Market House .

In 1722 a new Presbyteri an Church wa.s erected in Abb_y Street, a building stil 1 in existenc e but renovated in tl1e early 19th century.

This edifice r eplaced an earlier church

in Lower .rl:nglish Street marked on Rocque ' s Hap of the City.

The site is novr comuletely blocked on the main f rontage but in those days, green lawns ran doMn from the church to the street .

We have an excellent account of t1at uarticular church in Ashe 's

6 Survey of the land · made 1n · 1703 her e i n ' s of tl1e Archb·1sho,r 1c it is sho•rn th ct the ~lot in 1uest ion contai ning about one ~ere was held by lli . ':'hornas Shelto n , and ·~e are in!orm ed that " on this is built n l nrge house '"ith a return ongle "'hich is called ye Presb yteri c n Ueeti np; House , end also a em,ll house near ye forme r and in ye s a'!le :;:>ark C£.lled ye Refres hinc House . built of lime a nd stone .

These are all

This is one of ye rreat ·eetin g ..ouses

of ye North .

Th ere a r e in it three Jarge g&ller ies , nulpi tt , and seats below sta irs "'lade ve r y regula r and unifor m o.nd t~.e congre gation very numero us".

In 1736 new milita ry barra ck s were erec ted at the sout h end of the Commons on a site now occup i ed by the Pri son.

The

plot was leased to t h e Government by Archbi shop Boul ter and Barrac k titree t came into being shortly aftervrar ds .

The se

barrac ks replac ed earlie r quarte rs bui l t before 1716 , but t ~ere had been still earlie r barrac ks of whose sites we kno , noth ing now.

In medie val times the castle served for t h e ~arris on and

follow ing the disso lution of the mona sterie s the ffr a ncisca n lt'riary was used for a like uuruo se.

As late a s 1608, though the

castle was then in very bad re'Jai r, an unnamed "Cons table" appea rs in State Pauer s.

7.

A silver token was issued in 1736 by Alexander -ortor , a celebrated Ar ~gh clocb:ia1 er .

Ar!!lar-h, by t:1.e -my , vras for over

two centuries f~mo'1s t'or its clocknm.kers ar.d the e&rliest of whom we have any record is :Yles Stauylton rho ap~ears in 1622 in a " ~eturn of artificers ~ithin the realm or Ireland" .

In

passing we would ~ention that the first Ar 2gh token of

hi.eh we

are aware is that of Jenes Taylor in 1664, that simil~r issues were made by Robert .11'.:clJonc 1ey and John Sir'L:ler abo:.it the sane time and another by John Davison in 16?1 - all •.,ere 'rie l t:1y Armagh merc}1ants .

Horton , by the · '<'Y , h<>d a servant nn.L'led

::-i:liza Ilic ~ul l en , •-:ho was " b2nished 0 11t of the C.:or;ioration in April 1742 as a " disturber of the pe2ce ""•

In 1738 the Gornoration granted ·~rs . Drelincourt , ,1idow of the late Dr . Peter Drelincourt , Dean of Armag~ , Jart of the Irish Street Cozmnons on "7hich to found e school in '!lemory of her husband .

This was o-pened in 1740 and is the oldest school in continuous

use in the city.

In \,oruoration .l.ecords of about that date we

• find entries relating to the stocks and u illory, - forms of punishment no longer in operation .

The Harris ,fanuscriuts tell us that in 1740 there was no

great trade concentrate d in the city despite the faft that it was

a Borough and a 1.farket Tom1 .

On tn e other hand the Roy;:,l School

wa s then in a fl

h ouris in/T condi tion end the newly erecte d barr acks occuu i ed by a t;onrpa ny at ,mat .

Two year s later Archb ishop boulte r bee ueat .•ed a SU"'l of money for the erecti on oI four "widow s' house s " on Pound

,ill , a. locat i on no,-, knovm as Viccr ' s

Hill .

In 1744 t h e old farket \jross was r euaired by the 1.,orpo ration and made secure in it s ori gin2.l uosi t i on above the arc i ent well i n ,farke t Stree t, over ':rhich it h2d been set uu l ong c enturi e s

pr evious .

Corpo ration .

l!' our y e a r s l ater a new Watch _{ouse was built by tne In 1750 St . 1fal a ch y 1 s Chape l was e r ec t ed near t,1e

ver y ancie nt site oI tne church of St . Bririd .

rhi s quai nt old

buildi ng with its tri u l e ro of and outer sta.ir ways t o it s galle ries gave n ame to Chaue l Lane .

I t has , howev er , r e c ent l y

been replac ed b y a ha nd some new \jhur c., 0I tne sane n;;;... ,e , out on a differ ent site .

The famou s John Wesley re a ch ed Ar magh 21st July , 1756 , a rr iving in " a violen t storm of lightn ing , thunde r a nd r a in so terrib le that the very beasts ran out of t h e fleld s and the birds flew from their cover ts to shelte r in the hou ses ".

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overseers uppo1nted to

rKet ras est~bllshed in the vi ty and nntfe it .

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rears l·ter an Ott

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appear s in ~or,orction r~cords .

In 17 59 trie " Stone vross .fell " wus again re aired £ nd in tne same y e a r

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'hor.ia.s 2nd Orle Streets ,1ere 1 orm, J 1

Soverei~n and Eurgesses , c1ttended by by t h e c hier' inn,bi tants.

open3 l t,y t ..e

ace- errors end acco

,nied

'..:his ne\7 line o! ,p ro·ch -n1 exit · as 0

one of t ne g r eatest amenities that had so far been "cc om 1 i shed in ~ity p l a nning .

Previously all traf!ic !or the south rent up

ark-et Str e et tnr ough vastle Street , do···n I·ish Street :nd out over Ga llows hi ll .

~he tew s treets enabled such comJerce to

leave and enter t he c ity by r C0'1T'Prativ e'y level roc1te m,.i c new line linK i ng Iri sh Street ui th 1.,•llan Street, t:1en t.ie road to the west was a n o t her muc 1 an rec iated i!!l"Jrove er.t .

In 1760 ioc ue publi she d his

ap 01 tne vo,mtJ ntr. a plan

inset 01 the city, s howi nr, a ll t he mo re i m:;:,o r tant 2nc iei.t sites , out un! ortunately pla cing

e=lenafert agh on sit e 01 ~e

and st . Brii;:id' s 1.,hurch on s ite of

Je ,urry

e"""l em1.fe~+,~h end dir •uising

tt.e 1.,uldee Priory under t 'le na"le 0.1. vi c ctr' s . ll.11 , t ,1e J rtter a pardor,eble misti..ke as the Vica rs Gh oro l of St. PPtr i clc- • 5 1.,;athedral had inherited the Guld ee nronerty .

ln t h e s ame y e a r

homas Mct;ann , the Sovereign ot tne 1.,;ity, t"it1 a troop

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1101. 88

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t D. vompri sed of inhabi tants of the city , rode to the relief of :Belfas t• th en t'ireate ned with invasio n by the French.

Acco rd i ng to Stuart ' s "Jiemoir of Armagh" the 1:arket Cross was "rai sed in 1763 from the rubbish in which it was buried and placed in the centre or i~arket Street" .

7::e sam.e csPt,1or i ty

states that it had l a in in tha,t conditi on from the end of the 17th c entur y .

I t is clear , howeve r , frora t,1e Cor'Jora ti. on

Records that the Cross was repaire d by the Corpor ation ir1 1744 and that

Stuart was misinfo rmed on tr.,at noir.t .

I n 1764 the first city newspan er v.ras >:Jublie hed by ·:illiau Dickie , an Armagh printer of conside ra·o1e repute, ,.,,l,o had bee .. made a :E'reerna n of the Gity in 1740.

Des p ite the -:--,rogress shown

it is stated by Stuart that citizen s of Armagh ~ere in 1765 " going to Richhi ll for groceri es and clothes ", a t GJ.e that ar ose from the fact that Archbis hop Robinso n not finding the then Palace in ::I:nglish Street to his likins secured Richhi ll Castle as a residen ce v,,hilst t he uresent Palace TTas being bui lt .

During

his stay a t Ricbhil l there was undoub tedly great " coming and go ing " bet•'leen the two places , hence the story , whi ch was also intende d to stress the g r eat val ue of Archb ishop ' Robinso n ' s contrib ution to the growth of the city and reminds one in a mir.or sort of way of St • .bernard ' s apprec iation of St . MR lachy .

At this date the

Post Offi c e was in Mar ket Street and in the fol)O\'l ing Year the

II .

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1 i'· lace in

gr ouu of lesser house, .

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lis 1 Street r;as su'b- ciivided into a

Its poci tion is '"e] J s o n on t

~ .....ap

of 1760 .

About 1768 the Seven Houses ·"er~ r:uilt by l)e·n , verilJ. ( lPter ~ishop of Limerick) for his seven sisters .

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l ater a cer sus of t he city was co"lTJi led by order 01 :,rc11 bi shop Robinson .

It

was then 1 , 885 .

·ives reli,.,.ions and occu",tiol"s .

In 1664 it \"Us J , 476 .

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o ul· tion

':':,e e: ..:-liest ccns•is tor

t he c i ty , however , is that co•1piled by 1,rchbishon Usher i1 1615, a document giving adiitionRl i n orrn~tion ~s to

I n 1770 Archbishop Robinson

Ot;;

ouse - types , etc .

an tne erection of the very

d 1gr,if i ed m'nsion tru:t l.as been t 1e resider.ce of successive a r chbi shops f r om then to the TJresent.

.:e chose o.s his Ere 1 tec t

t he c elebrated Thor.1as Gooley , •·rhose puryil , the fa.r,ous l!'ro.nc i s J o.n ston , added a story ~nd a uorch during the Pr1rr~cy of Lord John Geor ge berestord . was built

In the tollo• inF< ye~r the :'ubllc Library

and endo,,,ed by the sar e p;en rous p r e l a te.

In 1 772 t he De a ne r y (now Dean! s •Iill

wa. erected b

vile

Very .kev . :iu gh Ifr mi Jto n ( then .Jean of ArMagh and later .bishop

01

Oe eo ry) whose son Al exander tamilton kepi; a very int resting diary in which t her e is muc h l o c pl information tor tl e clos i ng ye·rs of

12 the 18th century 211c' t'1e bef'inniri~ of tbe next . year the ,oyel Sc'1ool '.1over1 !ron i-';::: oJ

w

~

In tl,e following

in Abbey Street to

its present very ryleasant situation , and a year later a ne•:r mi litary barracks was buiJt, a s t rue t ure Jater rivine; nFrie to t. e street we now kno 1•• as Barrack

Hill.

In the sa'"l!e ye:o.r Archbishop Robinson

f ra.nted a uart of the ·~·o,·'11 \Jo'!Ir"ons Bf e Public -·1a11r and thus came into recreational use Rn area fo:c-r-ierJy the venue of tne ,.;or:poration race - course .

Maps of 1774 show the Poor 1.ouse still in -pod tiori et tne 1·oot of Scotch Street .

In the sa':le year the County Infirmary was

erected ch iefly by -public subscrintions commenced in 1766.

11

A

Ohari table Infirmary" sup-ported by the citizens ·1as merged in tne ne~ institution .

In 1776 Arthur Young reached Armagh on his survey of the agricultural fa.cili ties of Ireland and towards the end of July of that year reached Arriagh "'here he was well rec eived by Archoishop Robinson , whom he cred its •-rith various good norks , so1ne of which unfortuna.tely had little connection wi. th that Primate other than the fact that they were built during his tenure of the Archbishop ric .

Young

111

his efforts to reua,y his hos t ' s affability describes the

Archbishop as having " found it a next of mud-cabins" and i:,rophesie d t11at Lis Grace would '17 eave it a well- buiJt city of stone and slate" .

In .. ebruary 1777 t'1e .~!"c::ri ehop Arrr.a.gh t nc sLortly a.ft,~·· ·1 3 +he

. s c--e· ted

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on ,

kno n as ::::oceby l}reer , , r· e c+il1 •· +,--ired "by, fe"7 'io\. ':'hev ,

the north ·rest ;nd . group of houses dati.r year the ..rirst vo

r•ever , ·re

rPc'· to

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.. ny of .,.,_-'-:8.f:;1 '!olunteers , as for ed .

ri-';a.in

t. r .etened, it.. inv"sion

In the same year the first ""barrinc out" took

place at ti1e :.oyai Scaool , Blacker

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its of a

e,cr• .cc 1 ce

+: --t period .

was then at war ,·ith A erica and Ii·,,. n by the .i, rench.

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,nuscrints .

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In t. at year (1"78) t:1e -.,or oration 1i · ted

the streets I or the • irst tin:e

·i th oil 1·

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The Ar"lagh Second Co"l-::>&ny of Volunteers is believed to .10.ve been formed in 1779 , the Ar:1agh First .t1.!"tillery Co·.< ny 1781 , the Armagh First Go• "JRnv of Jrenad i ers a"bo•lt 1784 , Ar~· r.}1 Second Ar t iJlery Company 1 781, Armagh Second Grenadiers "betore 1788 , City of Armagh (,avaJ.ry 1782 , Armagh Lipht Drar:oons 1782 ,

City OI

Arma@'h Li -ht Horse 1783, VoluntePr Lir;:1t Infantry 1788 - the ti1ree horse troo-::is , however , see= to have been the one unit masquerading under different nares .

Armagh was well renresented in the

Vo l unteering activities of those days and it was indeed the ?irst Compeny of the Ariagh VoJunteers -rrho were responsible for the calling of the 181:lous Ulster Convention at Dungannon in 1782.

In 1

7

0 thw -risen -Es ~uilt on· for er larrEc·s s te ,

and in a "'.!:our th·ou"'n I::- l·n 11 :i;:utli .•ed ir t " t ye/cir

e :;.re

informe d " t .at the tom only cont.:,irs one cllurc.1 - nd tlt: ruirs of some abbeys , but

·is "r- ce (Arch1 iimop Lord ::1okeby}

., J,ces it 2..

condition t 11a-i- , ,ey •ill build i;:ootl 1011ses ar.d sl"te t

, e

si--:i l ar z.ccount oc cur s ir the Co"lnlete I rish 'I'raveller of 1 728 .

In 1781 the r e "''a s a Vo l unt eer .eview on t }1e falJ - the Co•rnty was then in state of a l - r · French Invasion.

c onsequent on ru·1ours of an imr. ed i ate

Anotter r ev iew took pl"ce in i ncl_ ent

~ethe r

in 1784 on vrhic:1 occasion Lord ChP r )emor.t rev ie\"ed tl,e corroanies from a window of the ller d Inn, now the Beres1ord Ar~ Jo t el , further Volunteer review was ~el d in the ci ty in 178

~

Gnd a fiti;.l

review ir 1791.

The Palace Chapel was erecteu in 1781 to t h e desi,m of T11omas Cooley but owing to his death it was co m-nleted by b'r anc i s Johnston who vras entirely responsible for the interior .

At this

e riod

there was a Theatre in Armagh and re~er , nces occur in t he ~ ress of the period - for inst"nce the Belfrst 'ews - Letter of June 17, 1783 , has the follov1ing news item - "Ar agh 'l'heatre .

l'arri e d a few days

ago in the cathedral Church of Armagh, 1Jr. Leslie to the agreeable JJies Peterson , both -Mlonc:inf to the theatre of t h e said city. "

',;In in Lo .er

1785

the Secedi ne; Uongr egctio n or Ar cg,1 built a church

ngiish Stree t on the ,ite of t,e earli st ::?resb vterian

Ghurc. 1 01 which "le have any record .

'1,at church , untor tunrte ly , · a "tores is no\"' ir. use ns a byre ,..nd an,3 the r:ravey ard is J.?1 sadly nerJec ted condi tion.

In the fol'ow ing year a

Church was erecte d in Abbey Stree t.

~et .• odist

11is was recui lt on a larfer

scale on the sane site in 1835 .

I n 1787 the vorior ation ryrov i ded tne first <ire ~ngine posses sed by the vity and two years later the Obser vatory wos fou nded and e1~dowed ·oy Arc biE 1op Lord Rokeby , his archit ect be i ng ,, rinci s J'ohns ton, tl1en becomi nfr wel 1 - knovm in Ire lend and a distin guish ed native of t:,e Uity or Ar-:agh .

There was at this time a "-noat" or " l'lound" at -c,1e south end of the vommons ~h1ch is sr id to hi::ve reen remove d someti ne B.I ter the erecti on 01 the Prisor , urorab ly in 1793 as there ,re refere nces to its u ro posed rewova .l in that year .

U1.11 'ortun ately

we 'h2ve no uartic ulars as to the extent or oril"it . 01 this city landm ark .

In that year the Benevo lent Societ y oI St . F atrick

was founde d in the city and a first neetin g neld in t,1e "r.ing ' s Ar~s " in ~ngJis n Stree t . re- rormed .

In the same year tne Ar.mgh :iliti a was

/l:,

In t:1e ~ 011 o •in

In 1794 ;i.rchbi sho>::l lo nnson died.

Pipe

ater Su~ply bec·me 2v~il2ble tor the city.

yeur a

In 1796

Lat ocynaye , a .l!'rench trcveller , "lPid a visit to Ari agh ·nd rus l eft the loll~ ing account of it - " the city has been reduced to the mi ser able state of a little country to• ·n but

t.ie

set hi"'"!lself to increpse and i,~rove i t so th&t ·t

,.rchtishop

resent it is

r eally a handsone little city" .

I n 1796 Yeom.."nry ~onis "'ere 1 or ed for loe2l de~ e1 ce ~urposes . o~ Vvalry , <-nd in 1803

The city r<>ised an Infantry Gor s , a troo • supplerentar y Infantry Uorps to " 1

•Inch , ,ccordin

to vtuart' s

emo1r of Armagh" some Rorr.Pn vatholics ··•ere adtlitted , an u1.usu2lly

l i beral attitude for tnose dpys .

I n 1 79 7 during the Pri"'"!lacy of Arc ..bisho~ ~-ewco:-ne, tne _. 11 was enc l o sed and a wa ll built around it .

L'his was c0 .I:)leted ir. 1798 as

may oe v er 1tied oy the date stone at the nor th end .

rhree years

later Prince ~rnest Aui::ustus , DuKe ot! C..:umuerland , 5t:1 son 01 ueorge I I I was cre"ted ~arl 01 Armagh.

That honour hed been so'.lght by

Tur lough Lynac h O' e i ll in 1579 but thou t o hov e e v er be e n uassed.

1

ap roved no patent seerr.s

'71798 wae 2 yenr o t.1e city was rot

reat unrest n, t 1e (,oun-ty gei er· l]y out uc'. atfectec:J .

T.iere 'ere , .o ,ev,3r, D, ttles in

Antr 1:r:i and. Do· ·n -r.nd t ,e Ar1~,-.ah ·-"'

r 1· 1 · t

1

· t y ou t si· d e t . ie · then on o.u 1a

Gounty too k part in t.e historic b~ttle of t ey cap tured 01

allin~ uc

th Septe oer ot t ,t year -

,.erein

·re:1 en col 1ur now

preserved in Arnagh ~ftbedr~l .

Tne 1 ollo· inri; year oroui::at , bout tne dlssolution OJ. t .•e old

'

Irish Pa.rli mnent :1 ncl resulted in t e

oro 1 ll OJ. Arri ··gl, becornng

re-presen ted uy one memuer at ·,est 1nster 11,f'cead 01 two representat1 ves 2llo,1ed in JUblin under the ~l. -r,y ~narter 01 ~613 .

In 1803 there was a snlit in tae Seceding Gon rebation uy which the members beca'lle divided and out of •vhich grew tne Dody kno,m as "In d e-oenctents " who uuilt a ne"r church .1., ..,allege Street .

In the follo 1"ing year Coote' s " Survey of County Armagh" ·~as published - an interest ing rork but soMev,hat spoiled by topoRranhical errors that mi Rht easi J y l1ave been avoided.

In the

same year the "Ar!'l8-gh 'irror" , a local magazine , printed by Thomas Stevenson , appeared.

Two years later the Pound ~as closed on

Cathedral Hill and a new Pound that stilJ survives was made at the back of the Prison .

A new Cour t House was built on the ·,, 1 1 in 1809 to replace the old l?th c entury Sessi ons !!ouse in llarket Street and in the

I~.

same vec1r t.ie first house on the ec1st side of t:1e erected ,

at Lt Dresert occu ied by

r,

, . ..10.nr. . a.

11 was

I it,•een 1810 e::- ..isford .toH

end 1835 t 1e e r oup of 1onces that ,,e ro•v mo,·• • s

"as built and EO"le ti e nrevio·ie to 1822 the P-Iace D~ esne :as enclosed by a wall , a work bei:-un by Archbishop Stu..,,rt 2nd costing over £20 , 0 0 0 .

In 1810 a g ener a l v iew of the city ·1,as

2inted by J,,., es 'he artist

Black , an i 111portar.t P ic ture fo r co"T"arative ~ur -:>oses . was unfortun2tely murdere d in t:ie city -~11iJ st attt... tir, a 'VOman from beinl" ill-tr<:!at ed by her lrnsband . portraits of local celebriti e s surv i ve as wel) drRvrin~s of the city of later datA,

to save

Sol'le of h i s c S

two other

I n the :ollor.in

year 3 t.

Mark's <.:hurch '7as built , at t h e s a., ,_ t i me a nev• l i ne of str eet "BS

made J inking Scotch Street -:;i th Tho~.a.s Str eet ,

t:10ro· ·m·are

later no1ned :Jobbin Street in honour of its founder L.3on2 r d :::>obb in, afterwards !!ember of Parliament for the

In

,oro·wll of Arir.cn- h .

1812 the house no,v in use by the J3:: nk of Ir e l end ir. Scotc .. Street

was erected by the e a.Me " rson under t he r uida nce of .ll'r ancis Johnston vrho is also believed to have been responsible for the very attractive " crescent" sha">Jed Dobbin Street and t h e Linen .Iall buildings and entrances .

In 1813 the furket l;ross was t h rown down and broken .

Accord-

ine; ;to Stuart , the base re"la ined but was l ater from mo tives of

safety, destroyed by gunpowder - the fragments of the Cross in the meantime had been deposited for preservation in the Cathedral Churchyard.

They are now cared for in the north

aisle of the old Cathedr~l .

In 1814 the population of the city was 6,669. year the greater part of Barrack Hill was built .

In this In the

following year the Market House (now the Technical School) was completely rebuilt by Archbishop Stuart.

In the c;ame

year an Association for the relief of the sick poor of the City was formed.

Two years later T. Lindley , a celebrated

Armagh bookseller and publisher of prints, produced a delightful mezzotint of Archbishop Stuart , a copy from the original portrait in the Palace.

A short time later 1'1organ Jellet and

John McWatters published other pictures of local interest but mostly lithographs .

In this year (1817) sign boards were

erected throughout the city by order of the Corporation instructing people "to keep to the right side of the road or street" .

The population was then 7,010 .

Stuart in 1818 appealed for subscriptions for his "Memoirs of Armagh " and in the following year that most important work was published .

In 1818 the Mall School (now the Orange Hall)

was erected by Archbishop Stuart, and the Armagh Savings Bank founded .

AJ. 1 :p.ib •

i

in

n rs in the l ortl: of Irel nd

n l '9 le ,.

built •

is

e

t1;i,

t..:'1 th t 'nr er.C''1. ide of' l.he I"Ll'ro• ut t

t-v

squ xe

"tutt j on a rou

Ro eby

t have

tr n

t the u., er ar.

un en

i.hero

art is

reci

egular

c -

rd

it or it r

Uy

Thi writer used h'

nt on

ly o-v rlook.

neglectE d since 1 is day' • civic

'1 rt of

er bes 'the lnw r

fairs L"'lu was certainly nc.t irfluenced y

exprcs, d by other visitors to tl:e c·t •

...n tL

r o ir.ions

r e

18 line."1

s .les et rmagh ere £527,800.

In l820 the ' /lrrno.g~ Volunteer and Irnpartio.l Nort:1E rn wcs .,. r::it nublished,

0

rter"

tl e following yeo.r the population had increo.sed to &, '73 cloc~

rs

In

ts career ended about four years lator. c e

e s

-de for the cupola of the Linen Ha:J. - it still

E:OCc 'lent time.

·ecuno Se".lte > r 1&23,

barring-out" took place at the ,;oytl ..,c::..c.

uill

An ontertairling account o" thC\ ' r.

be f und in Trench I s rxi i:

in

Reali t~es of Irish Life ' - the

1t

r

t ;.he school at the t.:... o tnat the &ffo.ir took '1lace.

a

21

On l,ith July , 1825 , tne Ar·,ar·, .Jistrict Lune tic Asylu , the f irst of its '·ind ouilt in Ir37r.nd under the Act of' 181? #as f ormally open ed .

.ouiJt to the r'ezi.rn of .eTcLcis Jo:mstor, , its

f ounda.tio n s tone ...as l;c irl in :r2y 1 21 by tne Saver Jisn of the city , attended by the burgesse s c nd 18.ce

3are_·::; .

.. u2 site ,

ori c- inal bui ld i nrrs , e1ui-orn;)r t , etc . cost

.20 , 900 .

,.._not,1.,r ~v-!r.t

of imp orta nce in 1825 was t11e foundat i on 0 1 the Ar; agh 1:ec.iaric s Institute out 01 whic h Jeter , re_-r the Ar af'h Philoso p llic2l S oci e t y .

breen , t'le r:rst

"t·.,1.ral ..ictory and

.rster

JI

was afterwar ds Assistan t-Astr onomer at Greemric h. year tne .l!·ever , 10s9 i tal ( no= t he

t""e .rnsti.tute , I n the same

,&can , syi UT'l _ or tna -'-'li 1 d) ···as

erected by Archb ishop Lord J o.m ,eor.r.e ~<Jrest'or d .

~~ro .1ec. rs

later in 182? the same g enerous "relate 1-;uilt t .e very n&ndso'tle s:1.a.'tlbles

.e.rket, a buildi rn:; believed to oe "or,,. of

rancis

Johnston 'l'fl10 a few years e arlier 1ad '11e.de addi tio1 s to tr1e ?al a c e a.nd had cuilt a new coa ch- hous e , stables , etc . ~ 0r~.is Jrc ce .

In

the same year Armagh was li ghted by oil- gas .

I n 1828 or possibly sli qhtly e a rli e r the Armagh nene vol e nt Society was r'our..ded.

.betv·een 18 2<J and 18 3 0 1.,.1a rl e'110nt .?l a c e Yl&S

built - t"ie terr,.ce ·,,as intended to b e t""1ice it s n r e s en t

J e n c-th.

Had the ori ginal plen been uut into exec ution it -ould nave been tn.e most i"'"'.losinf". isrot,.,, of its ·--e riod in Ir e 1 a n d .

About tins

time a circle of standing stones was demolish ed in the clearing of the Gas Works site .

It is to be rerretted that the inhabita nts

cll o··ed

so

·~· ·:portent a ~1on1r·<>r,t to be r<.:::1ov-.,d .

1

{ad it teen

· r etc ired Ar1aa'1 ··1 oi;1 ld• ' 1ave b een un1r;1:te 8"1ong Irish to"ns . c•

Fet·"een 1831 and 1835 Russell Street and ':el bourne '.l'errace were built - in the former yea-,_· t'·e ·;,o-:iulatiou of t: e city · •as

9 , 470 .

In 1832 Civic Affair(: passed into the henc1s of '.;:'o·rn

Commis sioners 2nd in the follm--in~ yer:r the 'all 1·:as vested iu Trustees 1Yho are thus the succ es~ors ir that office 01 the Sover eirn and Eurgesses of the City.

In 1834 the to,vn was li ghted by coal- ;ras , the Ch<1 rl emont Pla.ce School (now the Count y

:useu':l) built and Archbishop Lord

John George Beresford began his restoration of the old c<,,thedral.

Inglisp in ;1is

11

".'0·1r of Ir-eland" vrritter, in that year states

" that 11e found Arria.r-,1 a thrivinr res-pectable ar,d ap:reeably s-ituated town .

The city exhibits 11.nerring signs of i1 ,Jrove.,,,ent .

Kew and handsome ro~s of houses are seen in several directions and in t -ie auuearance of nrivate houses and s;_o, s there are evidences of wealth a.nd &:enti li ty" .

In the folloi-rir iz yea.r John Davi.son publis,1ed ;1is novr very scarce pa.nphlet on the restoration of the old Gci.thed.ral , a source or' information for discoveries "Jade dur inr the early sta1:1e of hi:ll t h;:;.t "/Ork ; a.nd a .fedresclay ma r ket for oat1: ..,as beinr held in the C,ity for ,·,hic':1 the Commissioners on :unici.naJ Jo r po rations reported their ina.b ili ty to find

P

".latent or author ity .

In this

23.

ye ,:

lou..;

Vo · 1

2

F' 1 ()_;

'

ills

( li 1 t

r :.o " · ,r ., is

r ,. er·

~ve

rs .

d r

arli r - a

een so e 11( ~ !-,,.-.1

in t e ,o•·rtv

..,.v J .;JUr ir

O::::dr 1:> t,ce Surve" 01 Irel nd r.·· s city

~tre t b

r • ~e

co ~" + er

t i

C '('

t

e

first

+

"nd · n exc ller t

of t.,e

roduced .

Gosford Place

~s built ·bo·1t 1837 'nci

n, ed ir

or-:> 1r of the

2nd ,arl rif ,os1 ore' , + en Jovernor - Gener· 1 o. ~n'ada . his '!'opo-re...,nic;:J .Jictionc.r"

J,e·-is in

•,b is ec1 ir t et ;er.r , st~ te& t _at

t ere 1 ere then t·.. o extensi.ve distilleries corsuriro- "'5,000 tons of F'rair: ennna]ly , an ·le bre·.. ,rv

sir

3 , 800 b,rr Js of

sever·l tanneries, and nu eroue corn ·nd flo~r cy ste~ •

"'UE

pro.hibited by Act of Parli,ment e nd the

Arrr.ar1-- " irstrur ents " ...,l..,_ced in tie u&, emerit of t he

t he sare

~ rket

•ere eventuaJ ly de stroyed - a. "Scold' s Bridle eriod fortunateJy survives .

spl i t ir the

i::::st PreFhyteri a n conr,regation resultin

'inistrv o,. t·1e '1ev . P . S .

h ouse of t::e

In this yeur t,-re was a

formation OJ: the Third Pre1cbyteri an Co n g re r-at i on. d ur ing t .. e

orked

ills, so~

In t e s~ e yer-,r t:,e use of t 1e Pil 1 ory a1,cl. stoc s as

for s of -::,unish ,er t

·:r.ere t, ey

w.t ,

in 'the

::'his occurred

erry , later t.1e l irst

Pr esident of ~ueen ' s ColJe,:rn , Belfa:c t .

't'o t,Lis year belonr:s the

v ery dianii i~d old c urc, or th · ·~. 11

no m as "T,1e 'i'hirn " .

In 1838 through Archbi::Jhon Crolly ' s exertions St. Patrick ' s • emin ry was compl ted and fonnally opened in ueutc b r of · t ;1ear.

The school was built by- subscrintion but the amount collcctc

cing some

l:-:irt of the outley, tle balance 1,as contribut d

rcl..bi.,hop

£600

fr Jm his

·~ Jr·vnte moans.

conclu.

n of tl: e

il io.mi te

The Ccrporatl:m -,ea.. r..i continued in u.,c to

e arlier seals were lout in the troubles of 164,J.

~t two

and • "' •

the

following year the Armagh Natural history and Ph ·:.1c~o lhic

c ety vas

f amed, a body still in existence but no longer ctive ·n

revision

of the cultural amen ties for which it was at on

time v ry n

In t io year the Armogh uavings i3ank WWJ completed.

r ir the

e

previous year the architect was William furrey c,f Armagl

le.

nd

blin.

In 1840 the Municipal Corporation Act was pas~ed wl:ereby certain Cor'X' rut· ons like :::Jelfast, Dublin, Cork and Limerick w-re ?Jrc erved whilst 58 otl:eI"3 including Annagh were dissolved.

St.

In the

atrick's Dey tne foundation stone of the l,ew Cathedr

year on .:n1d.

Archbishop Crolly chose Duff, an architect then in great re 11te, to plan the ed~fice JUt the Archbishop ruid his architect both d~ed ir. the early stages o

tne work and the original design was later moc

alterrt·ons bein

to

carried out by McC.arthy, a rising your.._. Dlblir t.rct 'tect,

,om we o, e the church in its present fonn.

This the f..ret creat

building of moderr. date to be erected in the city should ',e in rc,m

e , t e

cribed

Jetail but we must content ourselves at present by indicating

thnt t ere is a well- written and finely illustrated guide to ti.o cathedral in w ·c

"ulJ. particulars :na;r be found rcLarding its aevelo

deys of Archbishop Crolly down to date.

ent from the

guide to the c- ... hedr~J in, hie· fu 11 re ardin~ its ~eveJou •nt • ro

c:-+-irulirs .:..y 't-e LOUnd · irs 01 .,re bis o

vrolly d.o•m

to d:ote .

In 1841 t~e Po-ulation or the

orourh or city totnlled

10 , 245 , e l arger fi gure than at nresm t - populrtion 11 ures are \

easily obtainable rro'll the "lrinted Census Reports so ''le shall omit them from no,·; on·~ards .

In the I ollo ·in

·, orkhouse was opened or. one of th_

.oe-t

year the L'nion

le, sant. sites in the

city.

Great indignation - ·as ex-oressed by tr,e i nhabitants gene rally t"hen in 1843 the headquarters ot t e l orthern Co1ra:U:rd \"ere moved from Arnagh to Belfast .

This 7as Much resented es ecially as

Armagh had been its l o<.:atior. 1·or aJr.iost 'Wlr - a - century.

'i'he

fo l lo 'ling year brou,qht our two survivinr lo,:;al uapers , tne "Arr..agh Guardian" and "Ulster ,azet+e " into r-einr .

In 18 45 Armag:1 Y'as der eeted oy .... elt'a st ir. t he etruggle f or the acqu i sition of a " ~ueen ' s College" .

This disanryoint ~r.t

cominr. eo soon after tl1e re·:ovel of the military llea.dquarters wae a source of annoy~nce to tne citizens ·"· o t elt that tne latter town t1as beinr de veloned "'i th'.)ut any regard to the clai1r.s

2.6 or ri rts o~ tie other nrov1nc1·~1 to~~ •. . •

A

~ was · s .. r .:'{';..

s frr

concerned t 4 at 'rs certtin•y a corr~ct esc1 -te - no ot .. er to·n 1n Ircloncl ! ro

t .. e

,ul L•1r2l , rd.

<- 1:1etter r2.c·r-ro rJ. - or ·12s

of such an instctlt h re e

i stor1cal 'Joi1 t o

v1er1 r,od

etter ""i.tu·:ed Lor t.,e ~st·Llis,

t

I •

'e<'rs l·t.ar or tie ti:.:st

·y ot

-rch 1848 the rai l\•ay

reacl ed Ar""lagh, and t.1e grer t te, s of , orse- :'ra m tr· nc ort sho rtly afterwa.rrls be ar to disn:ry ear fro•n our M.- ir. roicds , or at least 1rom such roads c>s •~ere Cf aole ')1 te1n.,. ser•red Ly r:,il.

In 1851 0 ' a£an YJubl1s1ed his

01

tne ~l~Y OI Ar --h ,

illustrated ·nth drarinr;s ot U1e chief '"UbJ1c

L,U

di.n s ot t .. e

tovm and s,101·1in1<; tne orii'"1nrl riesip:r1 o1 t ,e ne•7 cntaedral , the I oundation

stone of ·ffn1ch was l a i d eleven ye2rs previo~s .

is rn i mpo rt ant document 1 or t.1e examinatior, o~

1; ..

e

..-owt •• of t ..e

city and should ue studied by those int ir sted ill ulrnt subject .

In October

01

:he ,i:ap

n, r ~1 cu ar

this yenr the ... uns 01 t,ie .... acred .r1ea r1,

opened a school at the Prvilion , tro~ 1h1ch t aey Jater. oved to l- 1arleII:ont Place; and 4n

ovember che "Ar:nag.1 Guard tan" oft ice

was destroyed by I ire .

In 1854 the c.rrand Nat ional vr>ttle Show tras held on the , .all , an event comparable in imuort2nce •nth tne YJ:-esent 1 ixture at almoral .

':'here ~•ere , ho1.7ever, earlier Gattle Shows in Armagh

and local show meuals on exhi r::1tton u, Lhe l-0unty in 1835 .

useum berin

I11 this year (18o4) the Blind Asylum was opeued .

Its Iou

nd

oss1ble oy ·

tio, \';;.s r..[de

!acan , memuer UL

r

'o

lct A r·~arh La.I:lily ,

011 i,,;e or Sover e 1 .. u1

che ei t.y.

~A

uecarue avai lable 1n 184l:) uu" 1-11er e a site .

~ ventua1ly one

be •1 st 1n 1,1e .ill 01 JfC Ob OL

, uo·a

o, e

sever2l i.Llletl tne

.or t~1s

~rpose

as r:.·eat dlL.iculty 1 r, i.1 uQ1 ug

1as secur ed throup~ the generosity of

Archbishop Lord John Geor p:e Ber esfo r d "rho a.cc e ·) t ed a p r ouosal 11ade to him for the use of the .?ever tJ:orp i t 2l whi ch ae.d bee n h i s f'l'ift to the town in 1827 \7,1en t h e city was r ...vr..,ed •-ritl. fever . usefulness ~1evinrr decre:: sed i n t h e i ntervenin

I ts

years t.1e .::'ri ate

made no objection to the trarsfer of t he build i nc ~nd its ~rounds for the ·pur po se to wh icl, it is still devoted .

A ]' lax :rarket -:•as established in 185 5 a.nd i n 1S56 t he r1.rr:iag,1 1ktun 1 .Hstory and 2i1iloro'Ohicz.l Soci e t v t oo'{ o v e r ti.e bui l d ing no.., ir use as the Go•mty

useur and -previ o usly kn o·7n o.s t h e

Gh1>rlemont Place Sc'.'lool.

In this t:1ey had the supoo rt and

fin;:,1.cial Gssi_stance of the Archbishop Lo r d John c, e org e Beresford -~hose , .any benefactions to the city :1ave not as y et been n ro per l y reali z:ed .

In t he follo• inp: year the Col ler.:e Street Schools wer e

erected and on June 4th, 1858 , a qussian Gun , -:ires ented by Lord Panmure , was ulaced on the

:alJ .

In 1859 the ..::all was again

leased to trustees by Arch'l:isho-p Lord John Geo r f"e .;:,ere sford ·vho felt t 1at by continuing the arranRe' ent of 1833 the l i tt l e pa r k ~ i ht better be p reserved for the uleasure and use of the uubli c .

How he

rould fel:ll if h e sa"' it in its i,)resent condition we know

not - the ~.i,,r t

ouse en· i.s disc race ful at.d the so t',ern end

littl e bett er !

l'he

St

e Year sa:r t 1e est.: bli-l e1 t of t ,e

'Jlt.y ed Arr ag'. ~ric ''et Club ( there is evir. c ce of ci:i.c ' et teir,g 5t · ll fror.:i :--t leas t 1845) , and t .e erec tion of t 1e 1!et 1odi \'LS 1· i.d by Scho ol ii. Abbe y Stre et, t· c found i:.tior : stone of \ ,icn

on t le

Surg eon- ....ajo r Josep h I.:. Lynr , ,,,tho r of a

II

listo ry of

esley c.n

much nore lletho iiio:~ on the Ar•1a.izh Circ uit" a book t~1-t shou ld be ·ri dely kno ·n loca lly.

In le-61 'Zodg er~ b-ou, ,.ht out :l.i s "Anc i '!nt ..:: i ty" .

He late r

1ical publ ished a " emoi r of Arma eh Cath edra l" a1,d " 7o'Jo ~rapl Fork s from Sket c 1es of Ar ag:r. and •:;: rrone " - three ~10st i•,".J:,rtc:.1.t t1e 'Join t of vie~ of loca l histo ~y.

An Arch ery Club ~as estrb lis1e d in 1862 - it ~as l~te r amal gama ted ·-,i th the ':'enn is Club •

In J.864 the Ar agh Unit ed

1 .?rot esta nt Youn g .'en ' s ·:ut,1 al I orove ~M t Soci ety ,·•as

os To·ve r e stabl is'.l.e d , and in lf\6P Si1i.e ls Inst i tuti.o n , now know n ed i ncome .

Hill , ~as o~en ed for t~e rece ~tion of oerso ns of reduc

fi r s t I n 18 7 5 a Cath olic Read i nl" Roor was estab lishe d - the l ocal " Read inR "toom" in the city t'lat -•e kno1" of was nonIt ·,as that loca ted in the " 'l'ont ine Room s" in d enon inati on .

In the fo l1 owi nc year t he clozi np, days of the l th centu ry.

t h e bui.l inG of ar "A-rchbi.shop ' s

1ouse" was be""un on o. site no rth

of tie ne·" Cat'1edral ,nd ;.djoini1,,- t e Se·1in;-rr . ·~a s c;i

leted ii t .e 'ol 'o· in~ , e~r - , d later

t lle Pril"'.acy of IJ;;,r in· 1

-:-i·

e

r,' r ,

.ui sion

irit c.

c1.,ro:-, .

In 1 8 77 ,i c tori2 vtreet berrn to develop .

In t,1at year

t h e five }10·.is es kno m as ,inder :?lace ,;-ere built by .r . J .

Anderson · Lose b•.isire:::s -pre...,ises i. by {ess.:-s . · a l ker Ltd .

•• :-ket Street r re 110"/ occ11 ied

In 1878 a ne''l ch11rcn \"'as built on t.,e

~fall for t ,1e ~ irst Presbyterian Conp,rc,-atior. , 2n edifice ·1i t:1 one of t n e most ,·raceful s ,ir es ir Ir J1 r n • a b r anch of t h e Yo•mr:

I n the s2:r:e .vee r

o~en' s vh:::-is~iar Association •·1as

established in Arr.a~· , ~n orr:rni z ation ·t nresent housed in volle e Street .

Houses "'ere b uilt on the fa ll so'.lth of t 11e old school s about 1879 a nd named ,!artfor d :'lac e i r. ·1ono•.ir of :i ss .,rrtford , bet ter known to A.:-m1:c\ti 211 s a s the "'ife of Sur g e on Pal mer of the County Infir ~ r y .

In F \79 a new ne•"B'!'J?tier a--o--oe ared in t he city

c a l led t he "Ar'Y"E,gh :teforme r " b ut it c a r eer ·.vas ve r y short indeed, I n the fol lo ring year U chT1ond Terrace ..,as b uilt .

I n 1885 ~dwards 'err'ce · as bu: 1 t ·1d ir. 18 7- 88 .d ard :::,treet c ~ e i.nt:i bei.1,. - both -ro1p1s of r . Georg e A. .asonic

-i.,~~r 'c .

,:a ll, 01 e of

ouse£ -~ i,:e ~:.: 'cted by

A few years e: r"ier in 1884 , the

~

n-'rli ties or loc::l 2rc ,i tec·ure , ·ms r . J..

erected to t he desi-n of

ullertor .

In 1887 the Arnai;i;h Phila r·"'lon ic Societ y ··ras estnhJ is ,ed and usica.l

for a considerabl e '"leri od it >r'Jvided t· e city •i th eel brit

attracti ons of a v ery ~ i R~ or~er, s on~ori.n etc . an1 t

c

c'Jncerts , In

l'yinr, a ver y i ~ ort art ~art i n Jocrl - 3ritics .

0

sr c year

·r . Ar,der sor r e su ed '1i s luildi.n• ,cti'lites in

Victoria Street ard ere ct ed J r ant1"m ,i.llas .

I n 1888 J:jassett ' s "Boo

,...., "

ot vour ty n.r

nost useful survey of~~ co unty in

·as

ubl i s:ied a

ener a l a nd of tae tons a nd

villa ·es in "1articuler .

UnforturieteJ•r i t s co·!roi l e r r.e lected to

check accounts taken 1ro

s ources already ')rinted - b ut on the

thole it is a valu~b le cortri but ion to loca l h istory and o:.i u't to be much oetter kno,7n.

Ir ,,. nd ' s

In t'1e .0J 1 0 ·1 ing y ear on 12 t h J ur _ , 1889 ,

mrst rai lway disaster occurred at 'iluney outsi-e the

city , c:. traaedy i r "'hi Eh eir·l1ty ')ersons lost t· • ir Jives . t e accident i;~e bodies ,rere laid out ontine .oo~s , t ·1F! ~r' et stricken ol

After

or ide rti.fication i n tne

ouPe and 1" il·"a'' St,tion , "nd a s gri ef-

eo -, e · de t e i.r ··•ay to t'1oce nl· ces the beJ ls of the

c· thedral to ll ed out · m'3ssage o

sy

f

".'.:y .

· e investi a.tion

3J t1at fol 0\''ed t:e :c,cci.dert resuJted i.n the o1,ssi.1.cr o: t e lor;g 1

overdue Act eY.1'orcirrr r1,toP1etic brakes , block- sic.r1 cllir t,e i.nt e rl ocdr

CJ!

end

·1 1 ....,011ts a1n sirnals .

A Sacristy ard Sy!! d ,:all ·v<Jre built at t 1e re,·• \Jat:1edr al

i n 1894 .

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of supreme i moortan ce in n1s ":li ssion .

Accord.Ln

he r eached Armagh in t he yea r 444 A. D.

rte soon secur ed sites

~o t!le An na ls

f or ch u rches and i~11cediate]y b evan or eparati ons for the instruction of the young ueople of t h e area , end s o about the y e a r 4 50 t he first school of the new re g i ::,ie y,..-,s opened.

Culture I gro th was

1<radual in the six th and seventh c er.turies but by tile er:d of t:1e letter century ~he scho ol£ of Arnri:;11 ···C're .,i ely ceco nized •

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personal relics of the s2i.1,t 1-ir,',ed for ever ··i th Ar 'lk. ·l1.

Cent·Jries later ·~he

e J.· ·1a·' a s·c·ire

o • :.ochlan , :Ciur oi' I" .3 lar:.d ,

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c1/'e "''or it r'r .uorn,elJ.

1e .".:-i:1·c~· or Jone l l ·l ,c'. 1,:scri_·ti~r it ctn be

dated as hav i ne been r'as· doned bet •ee1: n-,e •·ec:,rs J.0·.11 c.r r' 1103 . 'i'he second re: ic , the vener2.ted ...,2.c'12.J I ss. , un:L·ortuna.tel y no lonF"er exists .

It ,~c:_s t:1e "1os t rerJ•·•ne1 e ccl esi as+ ic £,.l :eli c

in Ireland anc' re• aired in safe ''e e')i n12: 1n A.::· !agr. ur;tiJ. 1179 in · ·hich VP.a.r it ·--as C"'rried off to Du b lin ty a. fo rc e of ,.,,1 lol.orm.ans , there to be retained J.nti1 the ..;'.e1o c1"12t i on ~·-:1en i t , . . as 1

pubJ.i.cly buTned ir 1538.

Les,rnir:g nade steady ::;,rogress in t b e tent:1 c e rt·,.r y .

Ir 1020

the Library of Armagh is 1 '1entioned in t'le Ar.nels , t:.e • i. rst reterence to such an ins+itut1on in any city in Ir e l a n ° . Jducat i on gai ned a fresa ir.rpeti,s i n the J...,th century ,.-rr,en tne amendwent ot the Ir i sh c hurch y•as i nspired by St . ,'13.l"'c'·.y , a fomous Ar 12 cl,icm , the -<;rrcli tional site of "'hose birth,;ilr ce ber,rs a co•nr•e 'Orc:ti v e ,ie was torn 1n 1 095 end aiec1 J.14R .

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The Go at Inn .

.

Ac cor din g to an und ate d new s pap er cut tin g i n the Pil lon Co llec tio n of Ne wsp ape r Ab stra cts the old est known Inn in the Cit y of Armagh was on e kno wn in 164 1 as "th e Go at" who se des ign ati on was cha nge d in 168 8 to the "Re al Old Go at" . Lat er it is sai d t o hav e bor ne the tit le of Ca ulf eil d Arm s, aft erw ard s bec om ing the Cha rlem ont Arm s, pre sumabl y in hon our of the Vo lun t eer Ea rl.

If the ori gin al sign aas a goa t it was pro bab ly a pla ce of cal l for sho em ake rs, and may hav e occ upi ed a par t of the pre sen t pre mis es. The hot el, how eve ~, was of lat er for ma tio n tha n the Vo lun tee r per iod and i n the clo sin g day s of the 18t h cen tur y was t he res ide nce of D r.

Atk ins on, a member of the cro w Hi ll fam ily who die d the re in I hav e n ot fou nd Pi llo w's aut hor ity for the Goa t Inn of 164 1 - it may be tha t the re was a loc al tra di tio n reg ard i ng it. If so, no rememb ran ce now rem ain s •

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Hot els and Inn s.

The Head Inn .

Now the Pro test ant Hal l, Abbey stre et, hous ed Ki ng Jam es on his way to Der ry in 1689 , and late r gave she lter to the Duke of Scho mbe rg, King Willia m's famo us gen eral .

Hote ls and I nns .

The Hole in the Wa l l.

This may well be the olde st licen sed pr e mis es the city . It s pos iti on cl os e to the si t e of the oldinPr ison in Mar ket Stre e t, coup led with the name sugg ests a res pecta ble a ntiq uity .

I t seem s to be t he s ame estab lis hment as that burne d i n 1683 but r ebuil t befor e 1703 .

.lr\. mus 1703 .

In As he • s Account of the Lands of the Archbisho pri c of Armagh i n 1703 , th3 fol l owing taverc1s or inns a r e mentione d .

I.

The Thr ee No.g's Hearl iri Englis,1 Street .

II. The Si gn of the Spread Eagle in Market street .

III . Si gn of t he Swan in Mar k et Str e et .

I V. The King's Ar ms "Kept by Ur . 1/i lli am Ha milt on , a Burg e ss of the Ci ty" .

The Sp read Eag le was burned i'1 1583 and rebuilt by John King .

The Swan Vias situa te n ext to the Pris on and was owned by "Thomas Reid , Gent ."

Hot e ls and Inns.

1713-1722 .

Ar magh Inns.

George Stone, merchant, one of t he be s t Inns, Primate's Ren tal, 1 May, 1722 .

The Stone Fa mily, ( 1) Edmond St one of

Armagh , Merchant, ~ill 9 Aug , 1717. ? r oved 21 Feb .

1717-18 .

George See (2)

John See (3) .

) Menti on s Grandson ) Hubert s tone, Niece ) Ka t ri ne crampt on, ) John Brennard and ) Alex . Sinclair, ) br~thers-in-law . ) Exor s . sons J ohn and ) Georg e stone.

Chr 1 stop her

(2). George Stone of Armagh, Merchant = Hannah.

Wi ll 4 May, 1729 . Proved 28 June, 1729.

Mentions, brother Christopher , Sister, l\Jary Tough a l s Stone .

Nephew Herbert Sten~ Niece Eliza Tfough.

Niece Phoebe Stone als Wilson , dau . of eldest brother Bartley stone .

Ann stone als . Elliott.

Nif e's brothers Joseph and J oshua Leathly • .'li fe's sisters, Deboragh and Mehitable Leathly, Nephews John and Robert Spri ng , sons of George Spring.

Niece Phoebe Spri ng .

Aunt Elizabeth stone . u ncles Rot ert and John Bennard. cousins, John and Thomas crampton, Henry Btr ennard .

- 2-

Hot els and rnns .

1713- 1722 .

Cou sin John • s son, Rev . ·rhomas Cram pton .

Kat rine Cram pton , wife of ~ill iam ston e . unc le John Bren nard • s .-1idov1 .

Exo rs. Wife Han nah Ston e and my brot her Chr isto phe r Ston e .

(3) John Ston e of Ar magh , mer chan t :: r1ife v1 i th chil d . \"/i ll - Dec . 172 1. Prov ed 17 Ma r eh , 1723 .

Men tion s, Ni eces Eliz a Toug h a nd Ann Ston e .

Nephew Hube rt Ston e.

Cou sin '//1 llia m Grah am.

Beq uest t o Mee ting Hou se at Armagh.

Brot hers Geo rge and Chr ist ophe r s t one.

Prim ate' s Ren tals of 171Z show "James Ogle 1 s and Hall 's Inn s.

Hotels and Inns.

The Mason• s Arms.

The owner Robert McConchy was born 1n 1645, died 172;:;, and was buried in st . Patrick 's Churchy ard. It seems probab le that this Inn dated back to the prec eding century .

Its site near the House of Correct ion and the town Bowling Green is suggest ive of a tavern of earlier origin than tbe 18 th century . Old tokens issued by wcconch y about 1670 a re sti l l in existen c e.

The Inn was known by the above name about the time of Mceonch y •s death. Later in success ion it became the King•s Arms , Friendl y Brothe rs Inn and Bridge Tavern .

Hotels and Inns.

The Matthe ws Inn .

In Armag h i n the 18th centur y there were freque nt fights on Fair dars that began with a couple of disput ants and ended with most of the inhab itants and visito r s at each ot hers throa ts. one such fight took place on st .

Patric k's day , 1717 , i n which the Sovere ign hirr.se lf was attack ed, and pr obably return ed the blows Vlith c ompound intere st for he was an Ogl~ and the Og le's were big men a nd well a b le to take care of thems elves.

Among st the local peop l e examin ed follow ing the distur bance were certai n members of the ~atthe ws• f a mily, then owners of a very superi or Inn ir Scotch St reet, who depose d that c ertain Armagh notab ilities were on the premi ses eating oy s ters and drinki ng wine peacab ly and giving offenc e to nobody vihen the row began, that they were attend i ng them, but that when their custom er s were leavin g they were knocke d down by sticks . Later, when it reache d t he stage of a fight for all the r e was "chewi ng of finger s and ears and s mashin g of heads" .

Freemen Lists.

Corporation of Armagh.

I nn-holders , Ale-sellers, etc • .l738-1797.

24 March, 1738 .

"

24 Sept .

28 Sept .

25 Sept .

18 Sept .

}.740.

1744 .

1746 .

1747.

24 Sept . 1748.

"

27 Sept . 1749.

II

26 Sept . 1750.

22 Sept . 1760.

" "

23 Sept . 1763 20 July , 175 5 18 October, 1766

"

29 Sept . 1766 30 Dec . 1771

Pier ce McGuire James McWilliarn .Robert Jones George Robinson Robert Hayes Thomas stringer Samuel Colvin James Long James Connellan Daniel cannavan Arch. Cooper James Bir mingham Walter Taylor Jose ph Dawson Ed. McGinnis Patrick Chambers George Hewitt James Mc Cracken Lee McKi ns try Samuel McClaver George Park Robert Lindsay Samue l Mccune Thomas Reed

Ale Seller Ale Seller Inn Keeper Di stiller Inn-holder Inn- keeper ( Obit notice) .

Inn-hol der II II II

Ale-draper II II

I nn- keeper II II

"

Distiller Inn-keepe r "

" II

Publican ( first appearance of t he term ) .

Abstracts from Corporation Records.

Cor por ation constables to serve for one year: 14 February , 1785 . Wi l li am Johnston of the "Hand and Shear s" .

J ohn St i tt and Adam Robinson . New street .

27 J u ly , 1786 .

Inn- Keepers .

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Corporation of Armagh.

e9 January, 1787 . Upright Post under ~illiam Michols sign post condemned as a nuisance, also the post in the street opposite ~illiam Jones• house in t'ew Street .

20 J une, 1804.

flilliam Mc'.':illiam and Cos Brewery .

13 October, 1794 . Andrew Lyle's l!alt Kil"' opposite Li sanally Lane .

2 1 August, 1797 .

Mr . McKew•s old Br ewery in English street .

By e-Laws of 1798 .

No Publicans or others shall suffer any horses to be fastened or left in the streets or lanes of the city by persons frequenting the ir housas on Ua r ket or Fair Days.

No bull shall be baited or hunted with dogs ~ithin the Corporation . persons putting up signs or build i ng projecti ons from their houses over or across the foot - ways , shall be fined .

Person who shall d ispose of any liquor by a deficient measure. ~easures used by those who sell liquors to be brought f or comparison with standards .

If correct they s hall be stamped with the Corporation stamp .

Cockfights shall not be suffered within the Cor poration .

Inns 174.2.

Last week died at Ar:nagh, ..rs . Peg Stringer, much lamented and particularly regretted by the gentle-.en of the Bar and Circuits, whom she always studied to entertain agreeably .

Her Epitaph.

Here lies Peggy Stringer who lov ' Q in her soul A toast - and a lawyer - a bout - and a bowl ; And because in the grave there's no drink to be had , For a belly- full l i ving, had drunk herself dead .

(Faulkner Dublin Journal . Saturday, 7 Feb . 1746/7 . )

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Inns, Hotels and Taver~s .

The !1'.an of ··ar (near Kead") sho·.,.., on Ro q 1e 1 s J.:ap of 1760 on t h e r oad f r 01:t that town to !. ona::-han nhere r rossed by road from Castle b layney . There were then four houses, one on each s ide of t he crossing .

Monaghan

'r' Castleb l ayney

~ _jL 4

7r

Across country to Armagh .

J

Keady See a l s o Uaps of 1835 for road changes .

Inns 1770 .

- McKinstry and wife, two sons and two dauohter Presbyterian . I nn Keeper , Market Street .

Thomas Stringer and wife, Five sons and three daughters .

Inn Keeper, Scotch Street .

Church .

(See Census of Armagh for the year 1770 i n Armagh Library) .

S·l .

Hotels and Inns .

Par ade of Armagh Volunteers.

O'l Su nday about 12 o'clock, the Lurgan Company marched i n t o t own , in number 80 - and General the Ear l of Charlemont escorted by the Newr y Tr oop about 3 o ' c l ock.

The Ne wr y Se cond Company and the New r y Infantry came in about n i ne o' c lo ck at night , ard afterwards the J,'.ount norris and Col. Synott•s comp~n ies a r rived and were billeted, bu t i t hav ing r ained much during the night it mad e our Common , which wa s t o be our review ground, very wet, a nd t he rai n cont inuing until after nine o'clock y esterday , prevented t he cor ps who had not been in the nig ht bef ore from getting in until after two o'clock , when t he Southern Battal ion ma r ched to the field but they were scarcely there til l a heavy rain came on which preve nted t he ot hers f rom mar ching out . The Southe r n Battali on t hen return ed and the two battalions mar ched in sub- d ivisi ons past Lord Charl emont 1vher e he sat i n .ML:.

Park's house and dismissed . It i s computed tha t the re were better than 1,100 men t o be r eviewed , which woul d have made a v ery handsome a ppeara nce if t he day had kept fair .

Belfast Mercury , J uly 23, 1784 - the Review took place on Monday, July 19 .

ARUAGH .

Hote ls and Inns 1785 .

Hand and Shea r s Inn 1785 .

Host then Willi am John ston who serv ed in that year as Cor p orat i on Cons tab l e .

Hotel s and Inns .

Ar mag h Volun t eer Parad e Monday , 2 Augus t , 1779 .

Lord Cha rlemo nt • s Company of Vol untee rs par aded their un if or ms, and after f iring three volleys ir the in ~ar k et Place ( in comm emora tion of t he First of Au gust whi ch ha ppene d t o f al l on a Sunda y) tbey mar ched t o the Comm ons a nd we nt throu gh their diff erent fi rings and ev o lutio ns wit h a d egr e e of exact ness hardl y to be expec ted from a b ody so l a t e l y embod i es.

The Company a fterw ar d s d i end at t he Ki ng' s Head I nn , where they drank numer ous toa s t s • ••• • ~nd concl uded the eveni ng wit h great c heer f u l n e ss and regul ari t y.

B. N.L. Augu st 10, 1779 .

ARMAGH .

Hotels and I nns .

Charle s McReyn olds to take over the Head inn , f r om Mr. Georg e Pa r ks in Novemb e r 1792 - See Northe rn star, Sept . 19 , 1792 .

Hotels and Inns.

5 5"

ARMAGH. ~

Armagh Stage Coach •

. Commences on its new establishme~t on Tuesday 18th May i nst. and alters its former da,s of setting out , viz .

I' o Leave Armagh every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday ; and f r om Dublin every Monday, 17ednesday and Friday, at fo ur o ' c l ock in the morning , from each place: Fare a s us ual .

Leonard & Kennedy , who were part proprietors in the late Establishment, beg l eave to inform their Friends and t he Publi ck , t hat t~ey have taken into the Business a~d Partnershi p of sa i d Coach , Mr. Charles l,icReynolds, Inn holder of Ar mag h, and hop e from their care and a t tention to rend er this Coach to be the best conducted of its k i nd i n the kingd om .

Also six Chaises and Horses sufficien t for said Chaises.

Places taken at Mr. James Kennedy • s, No . 71 , Caple s tree t, a nd at sai d Char l es 1:cReynolds 1 I nn , l,'.olyneux•s Ar ms, .<\r mag h.

(B elfast News-Letter , fr om Tue sday , Jun e 4 , to Friday , June 7, 1793) .

COACHES. 1795.

Armagh Fly Coach.

Ar magh F ly Coach with a guard runs in one day fr om Armag h to Dublin from McReynold's , !llolyneux Arms , Ar magh.

Fares £1. 8 . 2 . each inside passenger allowed 2 0 l b s. l uggage. Extra luggage 2d . per lb.

Out s i d es a nd children on laps to pay 16/3 .

Short pass e ngers to pay 5½d . per mile.

Limited to six i nsi de and four out.

Armag h at 4 a.m.

Leaves

Belfast New s -Le t t er October 5 - 9 1 1795 .

51, COACHES.

179 6 Th e Armagh Fly Co ach .

Ch ang es its day s of se tti ng ou t fro m Armagh to Mo nda ys, We dne sda ys and Fr ida ys , fro m the 24 th Oc tob er to the let March ne xt, and fro m Du bli n on the sam e day s at six o'c loc k in the mo rni ng , to run in one day and a ha lf, int en din g to sto p in Du nda lk and Dr ogh eda for the con ven ien ce of be ing in Arm agh and Du bli n ea rly the fol low ing day .

N.B . Ke nne dy and Le ona rd are now the so le pro pri eto rs and wi ll in fut ure con du ct the bu sin ess to Armagh wi th new co ach es, ab l~ ho rse s a nd ca ref ul dri ve rs.

No rth ern sta r 20 Oc tob er, 17 96 .

John Brown of the City of Armap;h, Woollen draper, informs his friends and the public that he has removed to his new house in J,1arket Street, corner of English Street, where he is well stocked, etc.

Armagh , A~ril 4, 1796 , N, B,

The Wine and Spirit business carried on in his usual house , (N , S. )

HOTELS AND INNS.

filL. S a le of house and tenement late in possession of Mr .

Charles Reynolds, known by the name of Head Inn . Held at rent of £140 per an. from Mr . Prentice for 21 years .

Sale of fur niture, car riag es, stock , etc.

Two a c r es of land outside town inc luded in l ease .

Be l fas t News-Lett er Mar ch 27- 3 1, 1797 .

ARMAGH. Hotels and Inns.

August 13, 1796. Saturday morni ng while we were standing at the door of Killiman we saw the funera l of Charles McR eynolds, late innkeepe r or Armagh, going past the end of the avenue towards St ewartst own. It was attended by a great body of horsemen in scarfs and hat bands, whom I understo od to be Freemaso ns and a great many carriage s among which were all the Armagh hackney chaise and a coach. Soon after I set out for Armagh •••• ! heard there that my brother George, and George and William Henry, my uncle Charles• sons, were in Armagh, having arrived the evening before in the stage from Bublin and could not g et a cha ise that day to take them to Dunganno n on account of the Reynold' s funeral.

Alexande r Hamilton Diary, Armagh Library.

ARMAGH, Hotels and Inns 18 0 0.

The Mo lyneux Arms , Armagh .

To be let immedi ately (w ith or without a fine) that commod ious, roomy, and long establi shed Inn, formerl y kept by the late Charles McReyn olds, and now by John Tobin. The tenant can be accomm odated with from Ten to Twenty- two acres of most excelle nt and highly manured land, very near the town; there is upward s of an Acre of a Garde n wa l led in and in great forward ness , there will be a Lease given, renewa ble for ever, if require d, and the Tenant may have Horses , Cows, Carria ges, and Furnitu re, &c., at a Valuat ion. Applic ation to be made to John Tobin.

Armagh, 2jth March, 1800,

(Belfa st News- Letter , Friday, April 4 1 1800).

Hotels , Inns a nd Tavern s .

Beresfo rd Ar ms .

Dr. Jenny r esided i n English str e et i n the house subse quently occupie d by Ge or ge Parks where we b eliev e the system of bel l-pulls used i n fashi onab le houses at Armag h in Swift• t time may yet be seen .

Instead of cranks and wires t here are ( or lately we re ) pull eys and c or ds by whi c h the bed-cha mber and parlour bells wer e r ung .

This ho use and two adjace nt mansion s we r e then s till shing led . F ew of t he houses were slated and many of them were thatc hed which was indeed the c ommon r oofin g i n most of the s mal l er towns in those days.

See Stuart• s " Memoirs of Ar magh", p . 451 .

63 .

AEJl!AGH INNS.:.

J&f u Inn.

1!2l li

stre et.

The Une ndra per

Will iam Andrews

scot ch stre et.

The Duke of Wel ling ton

John Brown

Scot ch str eet.

The Blac k Bul l.

M. Conn or

Barr ack s tree t.

The Cros s Key s.

Eliz a Dick son

scot ch str eet.

The Kin g's Arm s.

Judi th Gri ffith

Eng lish stre et.

The Stru ggle r

Wm. Henr y

Mark et s tree t.

The Coac h and Hor ses.

Tho s. Henry

Scot ch Stre et.

The Roe Buck Tave rn

Eliz a Lee

s cotc h stre et.

Frie ndly Bro ther s

J. McG arity

Sco tch Stre et.

The Red Lion

Den nis McKee

Sco tch stre et.

The Duke of York

Willia m McMa ir

Mar ket s tree t.

Nels on Arms

w. Som ervi lle

Scot ch Stre et.

Jam es Blac k who pain ted most of the abov e sign s was murd ered Febr uary 1829 at the Sham bles . He was his way home one even ing, and hear ing scre ams went to theonassi of a woman bein g mal trea ted by her husb and (a butc her)stan ce stru ck Blac k on the head with a c leav er caus ing almo st who imm edia te deat h.

PUBLIC HOUSES .

Ro ya l Oa k, Ba rra ck St re et ; Re d Li on , Ba rra ck St re et ; Wel lin gt on , Lo we r En gl ish St re al te re d wh en th e Gr ea t War br et ; Pr us sia n Arms, Sc otc h St re et , ok e ou t, now Ki ng Bi lly .

M rs. So me rv ill e ha d in Ba rra ck St re et in th e mi dd le of th 19 th ce nt ur y a si gn sh e ow ing a St re et th er e wa s a sig n sh ow monkey sh av ing a go at . I n Thomas sc ro ll ar o un d it "re mo me im ing a bo ttl e wi th th e mo tto on a pu ne l ac sis se "; an d a man nam Ha wt ho rn e, k ill ed in th e Arma ed la rg e gi lt bo ttl e ov er hi s do gh Ra ilw ay Di sa ste r of 18 89 , ha d a co rn er of Ba rra ck St re et . Anor at th e fo ot of Sc ot ch St re et an d ta ng re ". A pu b in En gl ish St oth er pu b ha d a bo ttl e wi th "Noh me in th e mi dd le of th e 19 th ce re et known as th e "Gra nd Ol d Tu rk" t he ow ne r wa s commonly known nt ur y ha d as a s i gn a Tu rk 's he ad a nd as Tu rk De vli n.

Pu bl ic Ho us es 18 20 -2 2 (From Co mm erc ial Di re cto ry ). On ly th os e wi th sig ns no ted . W ill iam Andrews, The Li ne n Ka ry Co nn or , The Bl ac k Bo Dr ap er, Sc ot ch St re et . , Ba rra ck St re et .

Owen De vl in , The Tu rk 's Hewl El iz ab et h Di ck so n, Cr os sk eyad , Engli sh St re et .

Ju di th G rif fit h, The Ki ng 's s, Sc ot ch St re et .

Arms, En gl ish Str ee t.

Ha rd y, The Dog an d Duck , Sc otc Thomas He nr y, Co ach an d Ho rse h St re et .

El iz a Le e, The Roebuck Ta ve , Ba rra ck St re et .

Jo hn Ke ga rit y, Fr ien dl y Br otrn , Sc otc h St re et .

De nn is McKee, Li on an d Ha rp , he rs, Sc otc h St re et .

Will ia m KcNa ir , The Duke of Sc otc h St re et .

Jo hn So me rv ill e, The Ne lso n Yo rk, Ma rke t St re et .

The co ck an d Tr um pe t, Sc otc hArms, Sc otc h St re et .

St re et , af ter wa rd s th e Go sfo rd A,rms.

P. .

se e al so li st s in ~

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Di re cto ry , 18 20 -18 22 .

ARMAGH INN S.

We ls on an d Ab erc rombie was s i tua in Eng l ish Str eet i n t he pr emi ses now occ upi ed byte t he Rosemar y Rad io Compan y .

I n the ear l y 19t h cen tury it s han gi ng sig n d isp lay ed a por tr a i t of Ne l son on one side and Abe r c rombie on t he oth er .

Bur liso n• s Inn ; know n equ a lly wel l a s Jea n McKe an •s Hot el.

Sit e now cov ered by t he Armagh Coope rati ve Stores , and the yar ds be hind sti l l bear tra c es of t he coa chi ng day s.

The pla ce s eems t o hav e als o b een known as the "Cock and Tr ump et" , whi may hav e aris en fro m an ear lie r owner hav i ng ch n ame us ed the Ach es on Cre st as b.i s si gn .

&h.

ARMAGH. I NNS AND HOTEL S. 1820.

The Linen draper The Black Bull The Cross Keys The Dog and Duck The Coach and Horse s The Frien dly Brot hers The Nelso n and Abercr omby The Turk' s Head 1 T he _King• s Arms 2

Wi 11 iam Andrews Mar y Connor Elizab eth Dickso n James Hardy Thoma s Henry Jo hn McGar ity John McWi lliams

Scotch st .

Barrac k st .

Scotch st .

Scotch st .

Barrac k st . scotch st .

Englis h st .

Patri ck Devlin Judit h Griffi n

Eng li sh st .

Englis h st .

1. Devlin • s son was known as "Turk Devlin ".

2. Later Alber t Hotel , now Li pton 's.

Ho tel s and Inn s.

182 4.

Ro yal Hib ern ian Ho tel

1

En gli sh Str eet , Armagh.

Wi llia m Ro ger s enc our age d by the pat ron age of the No bil ity and Ge ntr y of thi s and the adj oin ing cou nti es has fit ted up tha t ext ens ive commod i ous con cer n in Eng lis h Str eet for the ir acc om mo dat ion in a man ner wh ich he fla tte rs him sel f wi ll hon our him wit h the ir sup por t.

W.R. has pre par ed ext ens ive com for tab le sta bli ng a nd coa ch- hou ses . Arm agh . Ma rchand 1, 182 4.

Newry Tel egr aph 16 Ma rch , 182 4.

COACHES.

From the Hibe rnian Hote l, Engli sh Stree t.

Augh naclo y - the mai l every morni ng at eight a nd retur ns every eveni ng at half- past f ive.

Dubl in - The Royal Mail every eveni ng at six - retur ns every morni ng at eight and proce eds to Dung annon .

Dubl in - The Expre ss every Monday , Wednesday and Frida y at seven i n the morni ng and retur n s on Tuesd ays, Thurs day s and Satur day s at half- past s ix in the eve ning .

From Mrs . Jane McKean •s, Scotc h stree t.

Belfa st - A day coach on Monday s, Wednes days and Frida ys at six in the morni ng and retur ns Tuesd ay s , Thurs day s and Satur day s at ha lf-pa st four in the after noon .

Dubl in - The St. Patri ck on Tuesd ays, Thur s days and Satur days at eight in the morni ng and retur ns on Monday s, Wednes days and Friday s at seven in the eveni ng.

Carri ers.

From James Hart 's, S cotch str eet.

Belf ast - every Monday and retur ns the follow ing Monday.

Monaghan - every Sunda y.

Sligo - by Enni skille n every other Monday .

From John Camp bell's Thomas Stree t.

Dubl in_ every Wednes day .

From Berna rd Quinn •a Dobb in stree t.

Newr y_ every Wedne sday and retur ns Thurs day. ( Pi ggot~ Direc tory 1824. )

ARMAGH. INNS AND HOTELS.

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The Clock.

A token was issued by Robert Mc culla circa 1830, inscribed "Robert McCUlla of Armagh , Wine and Spirit Merchant" - "Payable at the Sign of t he Clock, Market street one fa rthing . 11

He died March 1837 aged 57 year s and was buried in s t. Patr i ck's chur chyard , Ar mag h.

The old c l ock whose dia l was the sign of the house for many y ears peri shed in the great f ire of 1902 .

1D. I nn s, Ho te ls , Ta ve rn s.

"L on g Na nc y's Pu b" is sho wn in Tam l ag ht on o. s . Ma ab ov e ye ar as "N or to n's Cr ps of os s Ro ad s" - se e sh ee t No .

Pr es en t na me sa id to de riv e fro m a Na nc y No rto n who is r ep ut ed to ha ve be en " as hi gh as a ho us e" .

ii, COACHES. ~

The "Brilli ant" Armagh Day Coach leaves Keenan •s Roy al Hotel, Armagh, ever y morning at six o 'clock and Ruddel l 1 s, 19 High stre et, Belfas t, every day at two o'cloc k.

Newry Examin er, Sept. 21 1 1836.

Hot els and Inns .

Armagh Cha lleng e Cup. Valu e 50 Sov erei gns.

To be run Wed nesd ay 12 Octo ber, 18~6 . •••• • • Hors es for vari ous race s to be ente red and ride rs and colo urs decl ared with Mr. Will iam Rog ers, Cler k of the Cou rse, at or b efor e n~ne o'cl ock on Tues day even i ng , the 11th Octo ber •••• •••• ordi nary at Rog er's Hote l at six o'cl ock on Wed nesd ay even ing.

Newry Exam iner, sept . 1 1 1836 .

ARMAGH. ~

Hot els.

Inn:

Roy al Hibe r n ian Hot el.

Leig h•s Pock et Road Book of Irel and 1837 .

13, ARMAGH. Inns a nd Hotel s 184 0.

Burlison• s Inn Roger's Hotel Vi c toria Hotel Keenan•s Hotel

Robert Bu r li s on Wil liam Roge rs Patr ick Hug hes P h il i p Ke enan

S c otch Street.

Upper Engli sh s t. ca s tle street .

Scotch stre et.

ARMAGH. Hotels 1843-1844.

Royal Hotel Victoria Hotel Molyn eux Arms Hotel

Philip Ke enan .

Dobb i n street.

Patri ck Hughes

ca s tle s treet

William Rodgers

Upper Eng lish s treet.

75 Hotels and Inns.

Mr. Wiltsh ire,the n proprie tor of the Beresfo rd Arms Hotel, had leased the large central field on the Mall and, with his charac teristic good nature, had opened it to the public for their amuseme nt, and that during the preced ing week severa l spirite d ga mes of cricke t had been played thereon .

Armagh Guardia n, July 29 1 1845.

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ARMAGH. Hotels and Inns 1846 .

Died 15th May, 1846 , Charles Brown, Barrack stre et, Proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, a ged 27.

Armagh Guardian 19 May , 1846.

It· ARMAGH. Inns and Hotels 1846.

Albert Inn Beresfor d Arms Hotel Royal Hotel Victoria Hotel Commerc ial Hotel

John Fegan James Wiltshir e Philip Keenan Patrick Hughes Brown

English street.

English street.

Dobbin street. castle street

,to.

COACHES.

IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC. The Froprietor of the ~eresford Arms Hotel informs the public, that at the instance of several gent lemen he has commenced running a comfortable and well app&inted four horse omnibus, to p ly daily to and fro between Armagh and Castleblayney.

The bus will start from the Ber esford Arms at 2 o'clock each day, to arrive in Castleblayney in time for the train to Dublin, and return to Armagh the same day , with passengers from Dublin arriving by the train which reaches Cast leblayney at 3o minutes past eight o'clock p.m.

Passengers can be booked at the hotel and at the Ulster Railway station. Parcels forwarded by this conveyance.

J. WILTSHIRE.

Armagh Guardian, Sept. 21 1 1849.

(At that time the Beresford Arms sported half-a-dozen waiters in white neckcloths - see a Scotch tourist•s impression in issue of Sept. 17th) .

INNS AND HOT ELS .

1848 -184 9.

The Uls ter rnn .

cam e into bein g und er abov e name imme d iate ly foll owi ng the op enin g of the Uls ter Rai lway to Arm agh in March 1848 .

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ARMAGH. Hotels 1852 .

Commerc ial Hotel Temperan ce Hotel White er oss Inn Charlemo nt Arms Plough Inn Albert Hotel Railway Arms Hotel Beresfor d Arms Hotel

Scotch street Lower English st. do. do . do.

English street.

Railway terminus Engli s h street.

Wi llia m Andrews Mi BS Caldwell .

Patrick Devlin John Hughes John Hughes James Matchett Mr. McKear ney Mrs. Wiltshir e

Belfast and Province of Ulster Director y.

(Conveya nces as shown in 1854).

ARMAGH COACHES .

185 4.

Con veya nces .

Dub lin via Cas tleb layn ey on the arri val of the 8.45 trai n from Be lfa st.

Newry from Pos t Off ice at 8 a.m ., one hors e, New ry from Pos t Off ice 2.15 - one hors e.

Monaghan from Hug hes, Cha rlem ont Arms, 9 a.m . n Clo nes II " 9 a.m .

Enn iski llen by Omagh from Kee nan• s at 12 a.m . Enn

by Mon agha n from Kee nan3 s - coac h and van , 10 p.m iski llen .

Dun gann on Mai l from Wil tshi re's 4.30 a.m . Dungann on from Kee nan •s eve ry even ing at 6.30 .

Bel fast and Pro vinc e of Uls ter Dir ecto ry.

ARMAGH. Hotels 1856.

White Cross Inn Ploug h Inn Char lemon t Arms Roya l Hotel Trave ller's Home Alber t Hotel Railw ay Arms Hotel Harp Hotel Beres ford Arms

Patri ck Devlin Franc is Hughes John Hughes Judith Keenan Pet er Ma llew James Match ett Mr. McKearn ey Samue l Ryan Mrs. Wiltshi re

Lower Englis h st. do. do.

Og le s treet Englis h s treet Ra ilway t er minus Lower Eng lis h s t.

Upper Englis h st .

( Convey ances as in 1854) .

Belfa st and Provin ce of Ulster Direc tory.

ARMAGH. INNS AND HOTELS. 1858.

The Wellington rnn.

English Street, Lower.

A trader's token in the County Museum bears the inscrip tion "Joshua Tippin, We llington rnn, 2d. pence, English Street, Armagh".

1858 .

Tipping appears in City Assessment Books from 31 J uly ,

The rnn sported as a hanging sign a portrait of the famous Duke. This was tken down for repainti ng circa 1900, and upon its re-erection shortly afterwards was wantonly destroy ed by some local hooligans.

(There was an earlier Wellington rnn situate in Scotch Street. See Directory of 1819).

The Sign of the Caledon Arms in caledon village was painte d by Mr. Kimmit t "whose brush has a dded conside rably to the embelli shment of our city".

The Caledon Arms board was on view in June 1858 in Messrs . Vint•s establi shment , Armagh, and the work was said "to reflec t great credit on Mr. Kimmit t". · It was execute d to order and combi ned the arms of the two houses of caledon and Veralum ••••••• ••• The bearing s are impaled with great taste on a sable field and are credita ble alike to the artist and the establis hment i n which the work was produce d.

Armagh Guardia n June 18 1 1858.

ARMAGH .

Hotels - 1865-186 6.

Travelle r ' s Home Beresfor d Arms Charlemo nt Arms Linen Ha ll Hotel Plough Hotel Railway Hotel Royal Hotel White er oss rnn

Peter Mal len.

Mrs. Wilt shire John Hughes Patrick Lynch Bridget Hughes James McKearney Mr s. Keenan Patrick Devan

Belfast and Province of Ulster Director y, and Wynne•s Director y of Belfast •

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HCTrELS. The Lion Hotel.

Mrs. O Hare, Barrack Street. Sign a board about five feet square . Artist: Mr. Kimmitt. Sign placed in po sition a few days ago . Representation of a l ion in tall foliage.

See Armagh Guardian June 3 1 1882 .

ARMA(l;ij.

Hotels 1870 and 1877.

Beresford Ar ms Mrs. Wiltshire Char lemont Ar ms Jo hn Hughe s ( T he Charlemont Hot e l t hen had turkis h baths a ttac hed ).

Plough Hotel Mrs. Hug hes Royal Hotel Mr s. Keenan Railway Hotel J. Mccr ory White Cross Inn Patrick Devlin Wellington Inn Thomas Engl i sh ( English st.)

Plough Inn B. Hughes Linenhall Hotel Patrick Lynch White Horse Inn J. McParland, junior, ( Scotch street ) In 1877 John McStravic was proprietor of the Railway Hotel. n II II Royal Hotel. " II Philip Lavery, M. B. II II Charles Tranter T. Be,resford Arms " " " II n n J. Cahoon Traveller's Home " " then removed to Lower Englis h street.

COA rnEs •

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Armagh Fly Coach .

Chang es its days from Armagh on Tuesd ay 6th March , to run in one day, havin g six sets of horse s for its expe ditio n. Said coach comme nces on said day to leave Armag h on Tuesd ay, Thurs day and Satur day at four o'clo ck in the morn ing.

For seats apply Mr. Qui g ley's Inn. Belfa st News -Lett er, March 2 1 1798.

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ARMAGH. Coa c hes in 181 9.

The Armagh Coach leav es Newry Mrs. Hil lan •s Ho tel, Wat er Str eet , eve ry eve ning , f rom and leav es McKean •s Inn , Armagh, for New ry at 6 O'c loc k in the mor n i ng .

Bra dsh aw' s Newry Dir ecto ry of 182 0.

(A pas sag e boa t pl yin g on t he Newry Can al betw een New ry and Kno ckb ridg e).

COACHES. 182 0.

A Pos t Coa ih to Dub lin, from 1irs . M cKean• s, Head of Sco tch Str e?t , eve ry Mond ay, Wedn e sda y and Frid ay at six in the mor ning .

The Bel fas t Coa ch same da y s at sev en in the

mor nin gs .

Car s for the con vey anc e of goods fro m Jam es Har t's, Sco tch Str eet To Dub lin thro ugh Newtown hamilto n and Dun dal

k.

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Mon agh an, Clo nes a nd Bel tur bet .

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Slig o and Enn isk ille n thro ug h Cal edo n, Aug hna cloy , Fiv emi leto wn, etc .

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Lon don der ry, Omagh, Str aba ne.

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Dun gan non thro ugh Moy and Cha r lemo nt.

n

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Bel fas t by Ric hhi l l , Por tado wn, Lur gan , Mo ira and Lis bur n.

New ry thr oug h Ma rke thil l .

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ARMAGH .

COACHES. ~

Seizure i n May 1824 of the Armagh Mail Coach for smuggling tobacco.

(Armagh Guar d ian, May 24, 1904 , re printing from London Globe of May, 1824) .

COACHES. ~

The Pu bli c are inf orm ed t a res pe cta b le and we ll app oin ted coa ch , has commencedtha ning thi s day bet we en Arm agh and Bel fas t, lea vin g Keerun nan eve ry mo rni ng (Su nda ys exc ept ed) at•s Ro yal Ho tel, Armagh, at the Fa ir Tra der Coa ch Of fic e, Be fiv e o'c loc k, arr ivi ng ten - lea ve same off ice eve ry eve ninlfa st, a qua rte r bef ore g at fou r o'c loc k and arr ive in Armagh at nin e.

Fa res .

Ins ide 5/6 .

Olt sid e 3/6 .

Oc t. 29, 183 4.

Newry EX am ine r.

ARMAGH. Coaches in 1840.

To Dublin, the Royal Mail from Roger's Hotel, Upper English Street. Leaves Armagh at 8 in the evening for Dublin by Newry. Arrives fro m Dublin every morning at 7 a .m.

To Dublin from same hotel - a day coach Monday, Wednesday and Friday at half-past 6 a.m., and arrive in Armagh alternate days at 6 p.m.

To Dublin from same p la ce at half-past 7 a.m., a day coach through Castleblayney, Carrickmacross, Drogheda a nd Asburne on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and arrive every alternate day at 6 p . m.

To Belfast f rom same place, a day coach, every morning (Sunday excepted) through Portadown, Lurgan and Lisburn and arrive in Armagh every evening at 7 o'clock.

To Belfast from Keenan•s Royal Hotel, Scotch Street, a day coach every week-day morning through Portadown, Lurgan and Lisburn to Be lfast and arrive in Armagh at 8 in the evening.

To Enniskillen from s~me place a car every week-day morning at 6 o'clock and arrives at Armagh at 5 p.m.

To Newry from same place a caravan ever~ week-day morning at 6 o' c lock and arrive in Ar magh at 7 in the evening.

To Belfast from Burnlinson•s Inn, Scotch street,_a day coach every week-day morning and arrives at 7 o'clock in the evening. From same place a caravan every week-day morning to Lisburn and Newry at 6 a.m. Also a car to Monaghan at same hour. nes from John Hughes' tavern, Scotch Street, a car To C1 O ing at 6 o'clock through Middletown, Monaghan, every and Smimtobrnb or o , , and arrives in Armagh at 7 in the evenini•

Directory of 184 0 •

Wm. Lennox, Londonderry.

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ARMAGH. Coaches in 1846.

To Dubl in, a c oach from th Thursday and Saturda 7 Ber e sford Arms every Tuesday, blayney, carrickma Y morning at 8; goes t hroug h castlecr osS, Ardee and Drogheda,thence by rai l .

To Aug hnacloy a car f 6 and another'at 9 . b ~~m th e Roy al Hotel every morning at cars to Enniskille~. 0 g o t hr oug h Caledon - als o by the K To

Be l fast, the Roy al Mail from Enniskillen; calls at the Beresford Ar ms every morning at half- past twelve ; g oes through Lur gan and Lisburn.

Taot Cast l eblayney, a car from the Royal Hotel every eveni ng 6; als o by the Dub lin Coach.

To Cl ones a car from Hughes, Thomas Street, every morning at 6; goes throug h Monag han ; als o by the Enniskillen Mail.

To Drog heda by the Dublin coach.

To Dunga nn on, the Roy al Mail ( from Newry) calls at the Beresford Ar ms every mor ning at half-past f our - a c oach every Tuesday , Thursday and Saturday at half - past f our - and cars from the Royal Hote l and Burlison 's Inn every eveni ng at 7.

To Enn iski llen, the Roya l Mai l , fro m the Beresf ord Ar ms, every ni g ht a quarter before 12; goes throug h Monaghan, Cl ones, et c . and cars from the Roy al Hotel every morning at 6 and 9; goes through Aug hnacloy , Cl og her and Maguire's Bridge.

To Monag han a Mai l car from McParlan• s, Soo tch street, every morning at Half- past five, and a coach from Hughes, Thomas stre et, every mor ning at half - past seven; both go throug h caledon _ atso by t he Enn iskillen and Clones conveyances.

To Newry the Royal Mail (from Dungann on ) call s at the Ber esfor d Arms every evening at twenty minutes befor e 8 - a Mal l car every morning at 7 - and a coach every Monday , Wednesday and Fr iday r n i ng at 9 - cars from the Royal Hotel every morning at 8 : ~d afternoon at 4 - and one fro m McParlan•s, Scot ch Street, at same hour•

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Armagh - Coaches i n 18 46.

• To Portadow n a c oach fro m the Royal Hotel every morning at 8 Cars every morn i ng at half-pas t 7 and afternoon at 4 - a car from McPa~lan• s every afternoon at the sa me hour - a coac h from Burl1son •s, Scotch Street, every morni ng at 8 , and a car every morning at 6.

Slater•s Direct ory for 1846.

• (The Belfast Mail from Wiltshir e's (Beresfo rd Arms) and conveyan ces from Keenan•s (Royal Hotel), Burlison •s, McParlan •s and CUrran•s set down passenge rs at the terminus of the Ulster Railway at Portadow n. See Pictures que Handbook of Carlingf ord Bay. Publishe d 18 46).

THEATRE. Circa 1750.

Strol lin g player s were visiti ng Ar mag h in the mideight eenth c entury and playin g in suitab le premis es made availa ble for the period neces sary to exhau st their stock of plays .

Tr aditio n says t hey we r e we l l patron ized .

The earlie st note I have found is i n the Parish Reg isters and record s the baptis m of George , son of Samue l Geina , a playe r, and Annab ella , his wife , 28 Janua ry, 1757.

IRI SH PRI VATE THEATRICALS "Irish private theatri· ca l s were commenced in 1759 a t Lurgan , seat of t he Right Honble . William Brownlow( 1 ) Among st the company was Kane 0 'Hara ( 2 ) who wrot e Mi das for repres ent ation a t the l ittle theatre there. 11 (3) Players at Lurgan included members of the Brownlow family , Lord Charlemont and other loca l celebrit ies like the three beautifu l Miss Montgomerys commonly known as the "Three Graces", each of whom was pai nted by Reynolds .

The ladies in question were daughters of Sir William Montgomery , Bart. of Ma gbie Hill , Co . Peebles , whos e wif e Hannah was a daughter and c o- heir of Alexander Tomkyns of Prehen, Co. Londonderry .

1.

Anne married in 1773 George 4t h Viscount Townshend , l a ter Marquess of Townsend (See Peerages) .

2.

Barbara married (as his second wife) The Right Honble . John Beresford of the Marquess of Waterf ord ' s family , for whom s ee Beresford of Learmount , Co . Derry B. L. G. M. P . for Co . Armagh .

(1)

Baptized, Lurgan 25 April 1726 .

Died 1794.

(2)

Ka ne o Hara . Born between 1715 and 1720. He resided in the neighbourhood of Dublin and was well known in He was the author the fashionable world of his day . that his seem of a number of plays and it would Mi das was first produced at Lurgan as it does not seem to have been play~d i n Dublin unti l 1762 , in wh ich year in January it was produced at the Crow Street Theatre .

(3)

Dublin Uni versity Magazine June 1850 , p . 714.

3.

Elizabeth ma.rri d th R· e ight Honble. Luke Gardener, who was creat deB (see Peerages). aron Mountjoy 10 Sept . 1789

Later generations of the Brownlow family may have taken an interest in drama but if so we have no record of such activities until the days of the late Lord Lurgan who is thus described in W. Macquean- Pope ' s "Pillars of Drury Lane" published in 1 955, p . 232 • ·• · • And for a great part of this period , Drury Lane, run as it is by a limited company had a most distinguished chairman in Lord Lurgan . (4) He loved Drury Lane and gave it ceaseless service .

Tall , handsome and fresh-complexion ed and with silver hair , he was a fitt i ng figurehead for the grand old theatre .

He

could conduct a meeting with grace , charm and persuasive tongue - when needed .

He took the liveliest interest in

everything which went on .

He attended rehearsal s and he

knew what he was talking about .

When , in i ts bad time Dr ury

Lane wanted attractions , nobody worked harder than Lord Lurgan to get them.

He smoothed over difficulties , he brought

people together and made negotiations easier .

He was the

epitome of Victoriani sm and i n hi mself showed i ts sterli ng quality , i ts courtesy and i ts demand f or a hi gh s t andar d, He had served hi s country in the A:rmy in the Grenadier Guards .

(4)

William , 3rd Baron Lurgan, b , 1858 , d . 1937 .

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He served it well at the "National Theatre" . amongst its pillars too .

He stands

( 5) His son , the present Lord Lurgan,

is a worthy son of his father , with all the charm and warmhearted grace , lives in South Africa , but takes the keenest interest , not only i n Drury Lane, but in the theatre in general, is an accomplishe d lover of music, and a Vice President of the Royal General Theatrical Fund .

(5)

Wi lli am Geor ge , 4th Baron Lurgan, b.1 902 .

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ARMAGH THEATRE ~n 178 0 Assemblies were being held in the Market House o raise money for the newly erected County Infirmary gentlem~n "three crowns", ladies half- a - guinea - six Such See B.N.L. 28 April , 1780. assembl~es per year . not but ass~mblies appear in Infirmary accounts from 1766 unti~ 1780 do we discover any clue as to location.

Possibly by the later date the older Tontine or Assembly Room had become too small for the increased population. t

According to Rogers - see his "Ancient City" p.30 the plan for the erection of a Public Assembly and Ball Room was visualised by the nobility and gentry of the city and vicinity in 1790, but that by 1821 the building was in bad repair with the result that a meeting of the subscribers (the proprietors) was held in that year to consider how the place might best be made available for the accommodation of New Trustees were appointed in 1828 about the public. which time £500 was expended on improvements, chiefly in As early as 1841 the the putting in of a new staircase.

Armagh Musical Society was holding its concerts in the Tontine but the Assembly Room was soon found to be too small for the purpose and the Society moved to Vicar's Hill.

In 1861 it contained a Supper-room, Public News-Room It is and other apartments and was well supported_locally . described then as an establishment of imposing appearance reflecting great credit on the Trustees because of the satisfactory way in which it was conducted.

ARMAGH THEATRE. 1783 • .,,.._._ Married a few days ago in the c athedr a l Church of Armagh, Mr . Leslie to the agreeable Miss Petersen, both belonging to the Theatre of Armagh.

B. N. L. June 17 1 1783 .

ARMAGH THEATRE.

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1783 .

Kr._M yrton Hamil ton propos ed to enlarg e the Ann Stree t Theat re 1n Belfa st and reque sts subsc riptio ns for that purpo se.

"Thos e who chuse to encour age the under taking are reque sted to give their names to

Mr . Mci lwain at Mr. Blows .

Mr. Rober t Smith , Bridge Stree t, Belfa st. or Mr. Hamil ton, Armagh."

Dated from Armagh 14 June, 1783 . accou nt.

See B,N.L. files for ful l

A..'i; AGH

ASSEl:BLY

ROOLS

1785.

hR . KELLY.

Lost respectfully informs the subscribers to Armagh AsseJJbly, that the second assewbly uill be on '.lednesday c:c: inst. - The Cotillion Balls to be continued t:,e second ar,d lest Londay in eacr1 mont:1 . hr . •~elly :Ls always supplica v ..th the c1ost L1s:1ionable dances and will attend any ..:'a!!lily 1,ith.:.n t,.-,enty :.,iles of ArJJe1gh.

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ARMAGH THEATRE.

The bana_ of the 22nd Regiment returns their thanks to the Master, Wardens and Brether n of st . Patrick's Lodge (Senior) for their generous and polite treatment to them on Mr. Clark's Benefit Night, May 14, 1792.

Northern Star, May 26, 1792.

107.

The Tontin e

On Frida y last , the 9th, the Comm ittee appoin ted t o super intend the buildi ng of the New Tontin e Assem bly met on the site chosen when the found ation stone was lai d by the Sover eign, Thomas McCan , Esq. Tea , Ca r d and Coffee Rooms of elegan t design .

Al ready subsc ribed £1,500 - to be found £2 , 074.

Rober t Living stone , Esq ., Treasu rer .

B. N. L. March 16 1 1794.

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ARMAGH THEATRE

.lli2 The Tontine Rooms

. d Situate in a handsome They were private property and an spaci~us building.

Th were so~etimes made available for publ ic purposes e establishme nt contained • 1 . An e~tensi ve ball- room with a convenient suite of apartments .

2.

On ground- floor a news-room supported by subscri bers.

See Stuart p . 549 ,

The Foundation stone was laid Friday, 9 March, 1794 ,

by Thomas Macan , then Sovereign of the city , and was described the New Tontine Assembly, subscriptio ns towards Tea , it had then reached £1,500 but £2,074 was required .

Card and Coffee Rooms of elegant design are mentioned .

Robert Li vingstone, then See B.N. L. of 16 March , 1794 .

Agent of the Charlemont Estate , was Treasurer and the buildi ng replaced a somewhat earlier Tonti ne commonly called Francis Johnston is said to have the Assembly Rooms . designed the 1794 "Rooms" but they are not mentioned in the list given by that c elebrated architect to Brewer in so we must concl ude that the bui lding was erected by or f rom the plans of h i s brother Willi am .

THE

ARMAGH THEATRE 1.fil.2

No theatre has yet been erected in Armagh but when comedians occasi onally visit the town and perform in such houses as they can procure , they receive very great encouragement and support .

See Stuart p.549 .

BATT'S CIRCUS 1822- 1840

Batt's Circus in Armagh.

Had been there for

the last 18 years.

Newry Telegraph 0ct .1 8 , 1840.

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ARMAGH THEATRE 1822,

Mr. Talbot to appear at Armagh Theatre.

Newry Telegraph 14 March 1823.

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THEATRE IN ARMAGH 1822

Theatre , Armagh .

Kelly, Esq .

By permission of Arthur Irwin

Mr . Clarke respectfully announces to the

Public that the theatre will open for a few nights on this present evening Friday March 14th.

Mr. Talbot of the Theatre Royal will make his first appearance in Armagh in the Comedy 'Laugh when you can".

Plays on Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday .

Boxes 3/4 .

7 o'clock.

Upper Boxes 2/6 .

Gallery 1/3.

Begins

1)3.

ARllAGH THEATRE 1822

~r. Talbot to appear at Armagh Theat re.

Newry Telegraph 14 March 1823.

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THEATRE IN ARMAGH

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Armagh.

We are happy to find that Mr . Clark

has engaged to perform in the city for four nights .

Mr . McKean makes his appearance in Armagh to- morrow evening in the celebrated character of the Duke of Glo ' ter .

Newry Telegraph , Sept . 23, 1823 .

THEATRE IN ARMAGH 1821_

Positi vely for four nights only, Theatre, Armagh.

Miss Clara Fisher , Theatre Royal , Drury Lane, will make her second appearance in Armagh on Wednesday, May 1 2 , 1 824 .

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ARMAGH THEATRE 1826 THEATRE The Infant Billington and Roscius Miss Lee Sug

Only seven years of age will gi ve a great variety of songs and recitations in Newry on her route from Belfast on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings , the 16th, 18th, and 20th September, 1806.

Tickets 3/4 each;

to be had at Mr. Parks , Printer,

Market Place.

N. B.

The child will perform in Armagh on Wednesday

evening September 17th precisely at 7 o'clock .

Crossle MSS, National Library.

117.

1828

In 1828 (Feb . 11) it was decided that alterations should be carried out to design of Mr. Farrell and at at the same time it was agreed that the chimney pieces should be of Armagh Marble.

See Tontine Minute Book

of 1828- 1907 in Armagh Public Library .

Same record

shows that "Lustres" were replaced by Gas Lights in 1843 .

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THEATRE 1831

A COITespondent in Armagh writes thus .

There was

a splendid dinner and evening party on Thursday last at General McDonald ' s at which those much admired children attended and performed in several favourite characters.

The powers they evinced astonished while they delighted the company.

Newry Telegraph, Nov.2, 1831.

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ARMAGH THEATRE 1837 Tontine Rooms, Armagh.

By Permis sion, Rational

and Elegant Amusements on Evenings Monday , Wednesday and Friday , 4th , 6th and 8th December, instant the extraordinary Magician .

Doors open half-past Seven o'clock and the performance to commence precisely at Eight each evening .

Front seats 2/-.

Back seats 1/- .

Children with

thei r friends admitted to Fr ont Seats at half price .

Tickets may be had at the Booksellers Carriages to be ordered for Ten O' clock .

For further

particulars see handbills .

Newry Telegraph , Dec . 2, 1837 ,

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BYRNE, THE HARPIST

The celebrated blind Harper, Mr. Byrne, has for the last few weeks delighted the citizens of Armagh.

Newry Telegraph, May 14, 1839.

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ARMAGH MUSICAL SOCIETY 1840

Armagh Musica l Society to give six concert s .

Patron Sir Thomas Molyneu x , Bart.

First Concert

15th June 1840.

Newry Telegra ph June 11, 1840 .

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ARMAGH MUSICAL SOCIETY

His Grace the Lord Primate has presented the Armagh Musical Society with an organ valued at £800 and a Grand Pianoforte worth 120 Guineas.

Newry Telegraph Sept . 27 , 1842.

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BYRNE , THE HARPIST

Mr. Byrne , the Irish Harper, passed through Newry on h i s way to Dundalk .

We understand that he has

been sojourni ng in Tanderagee and in its neighbourhood to the delight of all who enjoyed the opportunity of hearing his truly National strains.

Newry Telegraph, March 21, 1844 ,

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Armagh Theatre.

We believe there is every reason

to expect that a most respectable company from Dublin and Beliast will open the Armagh Theatre for three nights shortly .

The chief attraction will be Mr. Leonard, the

celebrated I rish comedian .

Armagh Guardian, Feb. 4, 1850 . "

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Dancing Masters .

The Census of 1770 shows "John Rock and wife" and describe s the husband a s "an old dancing master with t\vo "--- Moorehea d and wife, a dancing master children "• with two children " also appears.

Rock was a Roman Catholic and lived on Pound Hi ll.

Moore head belonged to the Establish ed Church and was domicile d in New Street.

Died 9 Septembe r, 1848 , James Bi rnie , Profess or of Dancing for upwards of 50 years in this city.

Armagh Guardia.~ , O::t . 9, 1848.

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\~1 CORPORATION RECORDS 1 6 5 7

THE VlACES

1799 .

John Hill, sergeant at Mace reed. £1 .1O.O

per annum in discharge of his duties .

The two maces were left in the custody of William Paton the last Sovereign of the city, from whom they came into the possession of his daughter who presented them to the Armagh Public Library.

Formerly the official acts of the Sovereign and Burgesses were performed with much formality and state.

A pew was appropriated to their use in the Cathedral and on each Sunday the Corporation Maces were borne before the Sovereign with great gravity and decorum , going and This is mentioned by returning from Divine Service .

Stuart circa 1771 .

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ARhA GH Data on the Cor poration Maces (1) The city was incorporated by James I in 1613 and had a sovereign , t we lve burgesses and commons , who returned two members to Parliament .

They were empowered to have a seal

and to appoint serjeant s - at- mace.

I n the year 1799 we

find that John Hill , mace- bearer, received £1 10s . per annum for the discharge of his offic e .

When the Corporation was suppressed , under the Municipal Corporation Act, in 1832, t h e two maces fel l i nto the custody of Mr. William Paton , survivor of t he old s overeigns .

At

his death they were presented by his daughter, in 1887, f or preservation to the Public Library of Armagh , found ed by Primate Lord Rokeby , where they are exhibi t ed .

They are in length and greatest circurnf'erence, respectively , 21½ and 11½ in.;

and 10 and 8¾ in.

They are almost alike ,

and much resemble t h e Carlow maces , one of which wa s made in They are of silver with plain stems , a the same year . central plai n knop , and a base , round the bottom of which i s engraved :For the Burrough of Ardmagh.

The heads Of bot

h are divided into four panel s , s eparated

nd in the smaller by · in the large one by Caryatid f igures , a In the panels are the "States arms", engra ved oak- leaves .

(1 )

Preserved in the P

ublic Li brary , Armagh .

viz.' the Cross of St . George for England and the Harp for Ireland, both alternately repeated .

If there ever was a

cresting round the top, it has gone , Each bears on the head three clear Dublin ball-marks , the same on both, viz.:presently);

(1) the date letter T (of which

(2 ) the harp crowned;

and (3) the mark N. S.,

under a star or mullet, in a quatrefoil.

These initials

I can identify, from my MS lists extracted from the Dublin Goldsmiths ' Registers, as those of Nathanael Stoughton.

Two of the name appear.

One was in the Charter, 1637;

the other was admitted in 1647, and entered much plate from 1645 on .

On the flat cover of the top are the Royal arms of the Stuarts (with France and England quarterly in the first and fourth quarters) , but as the date- letter , as shown in the case of Carlow, represents 1656-7, the mace must have been Perhaps the arms were added made during the interregnum .

Certain it is that these maces must after the Restoration . be Commonwealth "baubles ," and not as old as

the Corporation

of Armagh.

. ia of Irish Corporations", (Extract from "Maces and in~~gnArts and Crafts Society of p.60). Reprint, Journa Ireland, Vol.I , No , 2, 1898,

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THE OLD SESSIONS HOUSE.

The entrance was by a flight of steps on the top of which was placed the,'pillory ".

Down the gateway adjoin-

ing Mrs. Brontes may yet be seen the serrated eve courses over the windows of the old Grand Jury Room.

Respecting the origin of this establishment , it can be traced from a clause inserted i· n a Privy Signet for vesting lands in the Primate by J ames I , bearing date l August 1619 wherein the following notice appears_ "Excepting and reserving unto us or heirs and successors out of the Vicars Choral and Ch?risters l~nds of the Cathedral of Armagh, which the said archbishop shall think most convenient for our service , a portion of ground 80 feet in length by 40 in breadth , for a Sessions House and Gaol in the said town of Armagh.

Primate Hampton chose Market Street for this building 11

for we have an account of its existence in 1704 when it was At the beginning of the 18th nearly destroyed by fire . century Stuart in his "Memoirs of Armagh" states that behind the Sessions House and Gaol was a small lake called Lough Lappin and the Barrack Street Commons also containing various stagnant pools , Records of the City of ~magh from the earliest period to the present time , Val . III , p. 365 ,

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1730-1762

THE MARKET HOUSE

10 May 1730.

Primate Boulter gave £1000 to build a

Market House containing two spacious rooms above stairs, one for the meeting of the Sovereign and burgesses.

Corporation Records 1763.

That the ground on the

sout~ side of the Market House belevelled and repaired with steps or otherwise as the overseers shall see convenient.

Corporation Records .

1731 - 1722_.

THE COMMONS , NOW THE MALL

1731 .

J'l1arch 3 .

· gs t one We pres ent that Alex ande r 1 ivin as Cler k of the Cou rse of Armagh , with Mr. T. Ogle , do n coll ect a nd take up the seve ral subs crip tion s to be give by the Cor pora tion and othe rs , towa rds a plat e , and also stan dat the ir disc reti on , regu late and fix pric es for the ings of each tent or boot h on the said cour se.

That a suff icie nt sum be rais ed on the rity of this corp orat ion to be laid out and appl ied in 1752 .

secu

June 4 .

lyin g encl osin g that part of the Commons of said Corp orat ion nt room with in the circ le of said cour se - leav inB a suff icie for a cour se with out said encl osur e:

and that the same be

encl osed wi th a ditc h of 8 feet wide , and quic ked with whi teth orn quic ks forth with : and that thre e or four

good

end, suff ici ent gate s be erec ted on same Common , one at each ed by and the thir d and four th in the midd le , it bein g agre the said jury , and pres ente d by them to be a nuis ance in stat e and cond ition it is now in ; and that same when ion encl osed sha ll be kept up and pres erve d by said Corp orat and that the hay of said meadows shal l yearly for meadows ; ied be sold and the pro fits aris ing ther efro m shal l be appl all nece ssar y expe nse s , etc. . in defr ayin g Corp orat ion Reco rds.

1738-181...2_ THE STOCKS AND PILLORY Corporation Records show that at an assembly held in and for the Borough of Armagh the following references were made: 1.

1/e present the sum of sixteen 1738. Oct . 13th. pence sterling to be laid out three and shill ings for making a sufficient pair of stocks for use of this Corporation and that the said stocks be joined to and fixed to the pillory .

2.

That the space between the Pillory 1754 . June . and the Market House be repaired.

3.

We present £2. 5. 6 to provide good 1775 . sufficient stocks to be set down in place of the old stocks the same being decayed .

4.

1816 . On 11th inst . two brothers of ~he name of Nugent were pilloried in Armagh for wilful and corrupt perjury . Newry Telegraph, June 15, 1816.

5.

1819 . The sum of £8 . 11 . 7 charged against the citizens for ~tting new stocks made .

I tems 1 , 1, 3 & 5 from Corporation Records .

1 7 4 4

THE WATER SUPPLY .

From 1744 onwards there is a mass of information relating to wells and fountains .

Corporation Records .

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WATCH HOUSE

1748 .

Oct. 21 .

We present the sum of £10 for

building and erecting a Watch House in the most convenient place in the city of Armagh .

Cor poration Records .

1 7

30th March, 1750.

5o

We agree that Thomas Carrol Gent.

shall have the use of the Court house belongi ng to sd.

Corpor ation for teachin g school therein during our pleasur e only provide d that the said Thomas Carrol shall keep the same in good order and repair and do no damage or prejudi ce thereto and be lyable to all Damages as shall be done thereto or to the table, benches , windows , etc. therein and to pay for the same at the discret ion of the Grand jury of sd· Corpor ation .

Armagh Corpora tion Records .

1 7 5 0

30th r•iarch, 1750.

We agree that Thomas Cnrrol Gent·

sha.11 have the use of the Court house belonging to sd.

Corporation for teaching s chool therein during our pleasure only provided tlu:..t the s~id ~homas Currol shw.l keep the same in good order nnd repair and do no damage or prejudice thereto and be lyable to all Du.magcs as shall be done thereto or to the t:.ible, benches, windows, etc. therein and to pay for the swne nt the discretion of the Grund jury of sd· Corporation.

Arl!lagh Corporation ,·,ecords .

1 7 5

THE MARKET HOUSE 1751 .

'·le present the sum of 4 . 15 . 0 for the building

of a battlemented wall on each s i de of the Market House Stairs , £2 . 1 5. 0 f or sash panes a nd gl azing the windows of the cupola of the Mar ket House to preserve the clock from the weather .

1752 .

April £3.0.0 for timber to repair the Market

House £1 .12.9 for purchasing lead fo r the r epair s of the same.

1752.

June 15 to repairing Mar ke t House.

1760.

£2 . 5 . 6 to repair battlements i n f ront of Marke t

House door .

1762.

15/3 for 700 bricks for the repair of the Market

House stairs.

Corporation Records.

1759 - 1775 THE PROPOSED ARMAGH-BLACKWATERTOWN CANAL

In 1759 a map was prepared for a proposed canal between Blackwatertown and Armagh by James Ashmur and his son James Ashmur junior, a work carried out by the Corporation of Armagh.

Original Map (412-1935) preserved in the County Museum.

See also House of Commons Journal - George III,

Vol.XII, p.246.

1775.

Sept . 2O .

We present the sum of £11.7.6 to

the levels of be paid to Robert Livingstone f or taking the Blackwater and for making a the Canal from Armagh to map of the same.

Corporation Records .

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Rocque ' s Map of the City and County was published in the above year and dedicated t o Archbishop Stone. ( 1 )

The

cartographer, however , in copies issued from 1765 onwards substituted Archbishop Robinson ' s name for that of Primate Stone but neglected to remove the latter gentleman ' s armor ial bearings .

( 1)

(2)

Translated of Derry . h George Stone , form~rly Bisdotrimate of.all Ireland in to Armagh as Archbishop a.r;1764 . Buri ed Westminster 1742. Died December 19 , Abbey .

Bishop of Kildare . Translated to .

Richard Robi ;on , Died October 1794 . Buried Armagh Armagh in N17ove~ber 29th 1794.

Cathedral

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THE FRENCH INVASION That some of the pr1.·soners b e 1 onging to the French Squadron under Admiral Thurst were b rought to Armagh can be verified by entries in the Corporation Minutes - see Stuart also

1760.

Oct .

That the sum of £ 1 .5.1½ be paid to

Thomas Dobbin for candles burnt in the Guard House at the time of the late invasion :

£1 .10.8½ to Robert Gardner

for powder and ball given to the militia at the time of the late invasion

1761.

June.

That 4/~ be paid to George Pepper for

guarding French prisoners for four nights .

Corporation Records .

1 7 6 2.

THE

1761 .

Aug. 24 .

OLD

SIWIBLES

We present the sum of £10 for erecting

and building four shambl es at the one end of the Market House pursuant to a pla n of t he same l aid before us and now submitted to us.

1766 .

November.

The shambles to be conver t ed into a

Watch House .

Corporation Records.

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SCOTCH STREET BRIDGE

1775.

June .

We present £8 to widen the bridge

of Scotch Street and making battlemented walls .

In the above year there is much information on the making of footpaths.

Corporation Records.

1791-1 859 THE

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MALL

In the year 1797 , Archbishop Newcome granted a lease of the Commons to the Sovereign and Burgesses of Armagh .

The year followi ng the Bridge at the Commons was wi dened at a cost of £7 and we f ind t hat in 1799 a person of "proper abilities" was empl oyed to take care of the wal k around the Commons a t £1 8 per annum.

In 1809 the Corporati on pai d £9 . 4 . 6½ for "dressing the Commons and repairing hedges".

The late Primate Lord John Geor ge Ber esf ord renewed a lea se of the Commons or Mall 15 December 1859 for fo r ty years a t a nominal rent and appointed the foll owi ng gentlemen Trus tees George Robinson Thomas Cuming , M. D. J . G. Wind er John Stanley Henry Davison Wil liam Paton and Rev . Benj amin Wade .

Cor poration Records.

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I-'100RHEAD Is

ANNUAL

BALL

A correspond ent informs us t hat Nr . J\~oor head's!1 ) Annual Ball will be held on Friday 7th i nst . i n the new inn (2) lately built by Mr. Dobb in(3)in the City of Armagh .

Newry Telegraph , Jan . 14 , 1811.

( 1 ) "Moorhead and wife, dancing master, 2 children, Church"

See "List of inhabitants of the City of Armagh fo r use Museum Libr a r y . of His Grace the Lord Primate 1770".

(2)

(3)

The Royal Hotel , Dobbin Street, opened circa 1811.

In pre- railway days one of the chief hotels of the city.

Leonard Dobbin , later M.P. for the Borough of Armagh 1833- 1838. Built the house in Scotch Street (~ow t~e Bank of Ireland) in 1812, for which he ch?se his friend and contemporary Francis Johnston as architect.

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Armagh , Feb. 7th.

Yesterday the Sovereign and

Burgesses went in state in ten carriages to the Market House to elect a representative for the ancient Borough.

(Lengthy account. G.P.)

Sergeant- a - Mace Mr. Keyes made the proclamation three times and Mr . George Scott, Recorder of the Borough read the precept and swore the Sovereign to make a true return .

The Right Honble. Henry Goulbourn, Chancellor of the Exchequer chosen .

In the evening the Sovereign entertained

the Lord Primate, High Sheriff and Burgesses to dinner .

Newry Telegraph , Feb. 12, 1828 .