Armachiana Volume 22

ARMAGH MISCELLANEA

VOL. 22 Page s Earl y Refe renc es to Mill s in Co. Armagh

1-22

Note s from Rocq ues Map of 1760

23-2 6

Coo te's Surv ey of 1804

27-3 9

Note s from Stua rt's Armagh, 1819

40-53

Ordn ance Surv ey Shee ts (Not es from)

54-93

Indu stry in Co. Armagh in 1888

94-155

Land Util izat ion, 1888

156- 168

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T.G

1 ~ y REFERENCES TO MILLS IN

CO. ARMAGH,

Care w's Repo rt of 1611 ment ions no mill s as rega rds Pynn ar's Surv ey ma~e Plan tatio n Manors in Co. Armagh. betw een December 1618 and March 1619 note s - in o•Ne iland Baro ny Two wate r mill s and a wind mill, allfo r corn , on the Brownlow esta te.

Two wate r mill s and a wind mill on the Cope esta te.

No mill s appe ar in above reco rds for Fews and 1 Orio r but a repo rt of three year s late r shows in 0 Neil and that on the Brownlow esta te a villa ge of 40 hous es had been buil t on both sides of the main stre et'in whic h a good wind mill stand su.

Othe r entr ies liste d in

o•Ne iland Barony A wate r mill at Kern an on Lord Gran diso n's

prop ortio n.

A

good wind mill on the Cope prop ortio ns in o•Ne iland Baro ny.

Two wate rmill s unde r one roof , Esta te of Lord Gran dison , at Bally more .

The Fews baron y was comp letel y defi cien t in such amen ities in 1622 .

\

- ~o n cai ·1 i1n or-.nation 011 " ills

_ 0--LL

.• 1_ _

:1n· -.leri es bu..:..l t b

1

'

tanyards

and

Pl antation se ··l,l\,;r s .

S~e D DOSl~ on of Nrs . Elizabet~ Rolleston

John o:· a s Di xon , Jona t han Richardson 1. i c ~1 ard Warren Hopkin son, ano. Jeremiah William Clark Gregg Wil iam son . a ::=li Richardson .1·~

1

3.

1622 - 1900, CLOCKMAKERS, Myles Stapylto n of Armagh maker of horloges (clocks) Return of Artifice rs in the realm of Ireland 1622.

The following clockmak ers appear in the Freemens Lists of the Corporat ion of Armagh in the period 1742-1760.

27 Sept. 1742.

John Williams on.

22 Sept. 1743.

Thomas Kennedy.

28 Sept. 1744.

Charles Hindman. ·

1760.

Alexande r Waugh.

10 Oct.

(I)

( r)

( 1.)

Died, Thomas Kennedy, watchmak erl Armagh.

Freemans Journal, May 14-17,176~.

Alexande r Waugh had the care of the town clocks In 1786 the Widow -Waugh from 1777 to 1785. and James son of Alexande r are shown. Corpora tion Record - see also Stuart•s Armagh p.523-52 ,.

The Mill of Ballynahone

) Chancery Inquisition ) taken at Armagh The Mill of Francis Cooke) March 24, 1625.

1621, The Mill 0f Aghiorior Repertory of Chancery Decrees.

P.R.O. Dublin, Vol. p.329.

Lurgan Water Mill.

Reference as in 1621 but Val.II 272,

1634-1676, Francis Graves held a lease in above year that commenced 14th July 1634, for

60 years.

It included house and lands in the city and its vicinity.

Amongst the houses in the town was

"one other house commonly called the towna hall •••• lying on the north side of the street leading to Charlemont. 11 See item 10.

Rental of 1676.

ARCHBt SHOP I

s RENTAL OF 1676,

Rent roll made in 1634 and continued about 1676.

Lease 3.

Mrs. Nicholas Gray.

Lea.ve to build a water

mill and dove house in the barony of Fews .•.• To commence from 14 July, 1634 for 60 years.

Lease 15.

Hugh Echlin.

A water mill erected on the

premises and liberty to build such other mills as he shall think fit.

Lease 26.

Mary Fairfax, widow.

14, July, 1634.

One horse mill to

commence from 14 July 1634.

Lease 61.

John Keogh.

Lease 63.

House with Kiln house and barn.

Lease 81.

Nicholas Seaver.

One mill in the townland

of Ballinmugley.

1 May, 1676.

Lease 30.

Thos. Arroll. '

schoolhouse.

One tan house and yard.

One kilne or barn near the

1 May, 1664.

7 1620,

ARCHERY IN co, Armagh Armagh was the first town in Ireland to adopt archery as a sport.

Dean Downham established a

company of Archers there of which his son-in-law, Walter Cope of Drumilly was captain in 1670.

This

company is described in the records as being uror the better exercise at the bow and arrow"·.

The Butts of the Archery Club are shown in the Palace Demesne on the O.S. (Sheet 12) 1835.

The

Club moved later to the grounds of the Pavilion and is now defunct.

1702.

WINDMILLS, Many soldiers from the Netherlands settled in Ireland following the war between William and James• One a certain Captain William de Bass settled in Belfast as a water and wind millwright.

It was he

who made the windmills near the Retreat, Co. Armagh, called 11 Cope' s windmills 11 - according to a document dated 1702.

9 ASHE'S SURVEY OF 1?03, This is a most interesting survey of the lands of the archbishopr ic of Armagh.

It contains

information as to orchards, enclosures, dry ditches and hedges.

By that date it is clear that the lands o~ the

Manor of Armagh were well-enclos ed by quick-sett hedges and that many of the farms were planting fruit trees.

There are for instance references to orchards

having been destroyed in 1641 and 1690 - see page 2, item 2.

Turf-bogs, and turf houses are mentioned with remarks on furze and heath • .Amongst the trees mentioned we find Sally bushes crab trees, holly trees, thorns, ash trees, scrub, alder, hazel, etc.

Houses are described in some detail.

Small farm

houses were equipped with barn, stable, cowhouse, turf house etc.

Some of the larger farmers had pigeon

houses and "summer houses. and oats.

The chief' crops were flax

(Cottiers and cabins also appear).

Great woods are shown in some town.lands and we learn that the Lord Primate ns1nce the wars disposed

ot 1,200 tons of timber of' the lands of Mullanakil l and Ballykelly

see page 11.

1D

ASHE•s SURVEY OF 1703,

P.6.

John Blyke.

Drumsallans 2.

The first is Drumsallanoughtra

which contains 100 aere s two roods plantation measure• This is good corn and grazing land.

Mr. John Bond

at his own cost has built with lime and stone a very good farm house with one handsome chamber overhead.

He has also built at his own cost with lime and stone a good stable, barne and cow house.

The farm house

is made very convenient for a farmer, and there is a large young orchard, of the said Bond's own planting and a good garden of his own enclosing.

\\

ASHE• s SURVEY OF 1703,

p.13.

One plantation tenement formerly Crails (or Craits?).

In this house now lives the Dean of Armagh Dr. Drelineourt.

It is situate in English Street in the town of Armagh.

It is an extraordinary good house built with lime and stone and slated.

It is 3 stories high besides cellars.

There is a good brewhouse lofted over, a stable, coaehbouse and a very large garden and orchard in the last 80 trees.

ASHE•S SURVEY OF 1703, AN IRON MILL FORGE OR BLOOMERY

I

(See Robert Staples p.39).

p.34.

John Ogle, Tanner, since the troubles has made a good house upon that part fronting Scotch Street ••••

three stories high.

Six rooms above stairs and four

below besides cellars.

He is a merchant and hath built a Malt House and Kiln wieh makes 500 Barrells of Malt in the year, and to that added a work house where he keeps loans

etc. as he is a Clothier by trade.

James Ogle, Dyer. p.28.

Mr. Bond's House and lands. p.11.

Cope.

Downlam [Downham] Madowne.

This _contains 80 acres Irish Plantation

measure ••••• A fine young ash grove or wood .••••

a ·

f arme house part with lime and stone and part brick •••

ASHE•s SURVEY OF 1703, has very good rooms in it above and below stairs.

It has been a very good house but is now much out of repair.

There has been a handsome gate house at the

entrance in to the court which had a fair square room over it.

The building was of framed timber according

to the old way of building and it is now ruinous nothing remaining but the shallow frame of it. gardens and two orchards. in bad repair ••••

There are good

Malt house and Kiln, stables

There is a new bridge of lime and

stone built over the river.

ASHE 1 S SURVEY OF 1703, ARMAGH CITY •

p.46.

One good stone house containing six rooms besides a kitchen and sellar with a barn, stable and cow house in English Street. tenant.

Henry Dernan is

It bears the sign of the three Nags heads.

l~

ASHE 1 S SURVEY OF 1703.

Market Place, Armagh.

p. 57.

A good stone house faced with brick streetwards.

One storey through the hole and but one garrett over that.

There are six rooms on a floor both above and

below stairs so that there are thirteen rooms besides two sellars on which being next to the Gaol is only a shed ••••

The house is shingled and was burnt in the year

1683 but since rebuilt.

English street.

p. 59.

A very good stone house, shingled.

It has about

fifteen rooms and four garretts in it •••• p. 56.

The ground whereon the Bowling Green House stood. p.lf.7.

One stone house in the Market Place.

It is

built with brick one storey high above stairs with good garretts:

over that a large shop to the street

and 8 roomes in the house besides Brew House, warehouse, stables etc.

All these improvements made since the

year 1685.

One stone house in Market Place built 1684 about which time it was burnt.

1703.

Malt

HOUSES.

Ballyrath

A s~;_all i. maltt h ouse J.: Kiln .

1,.r avdo1,vn .,

Malt house and Ki ln in bad repair.

Drumduffe

Malt house and - iln.

agh City Armagh

A good Brewbouse ..

do.

Malt hous e an d Kiln .

do.

Large malt

house and Kiln (1).

do.

Malt house

and Kiln ( 2) .

do.

Brewhouse.

do.

do.

do.

do .

do.

malt house and Kiln (3).

do.

A good malt t

do.

A great Malt h ouse and Kiln

do.

A malt

ous e and Kiln ( 4) .

house and Kiln (6).

-ullinacreev e .

Malt house and Kiln (7).

Aghatara ·

Malt house and Kiln.

Ballycrummi e

Malt house and Kiln.

Bally eridan

small Malta lt house

3.

4.

l:

7

makes 2,000 barr els per yea r. makes 500 bar r els per year.

Destroyed in the wars. astad in the wars.

Destroyed in the late wars .

500 arre ls in he ye ar. s 500 ar r els in t h e year.

and Kiln.

(5).

1703. · Quaker meeting

houses

Bally hagan T~1 ere is - uil t u p on i t

meeting

a Quake r s'

House and their burial p la ce i s t i1ere

P . 2 5, 1 ea s e 4-o •

also.

1703.

I rlE HOU SE OF correction

Sit 1 ate in Scotch Street an d .Il.QJcl ,a ade t n e House of Correction .

It •i s a fa ir well-built h ou se of l i e

ai'1d ston e, well e cl osed by a 11ig" s to ne -1all.

T·1ere

_is a large pair of gates at the entrance i n t h e y ard b elonging to said J.1 ouse.

With out t h e wal l s it co ntains

in t he fr ont to Scotch Street

~7 yards or t ne reabouts

and t h e g round withi n t h e ,,-.rall s i s n ear a square.

'TI e

h ouse is well fitted and :nade conve ni ent f or the \1 s es d esigned.

1703.

Lurgyvallen.

Two good cornmills under one roof.

Crossnemoyle

Cornmill.

Tandrage e

do.

Tullynagin

Oat Kilns.

Grang e Oneilland

Bagenal 1 s l ill.

ion ey quin Beg

Cornn1ill.

Ballyr ea

Oat

Tyr a

do .

Cornmill.

Mullaghlinny ~ u.n

iln.

Good Cornmill.

c a s s we 11 t Muntercaswell

do.

Limnagore Terryhoog an

Cornmill in de cay.

Ballyeaghe

Corn.mill.

Armagh City

Oat Kiln.

,

Oat Kiln in ruins.

do.

Cornmill.

Ballinahone

Tuck

Bally eaghe ·

MILLS.

Tuck mill.

1703.

TANYARDS.

Armagh City .

Bal lyo sson e.

Ball yra th .

Drumsil l.

21 1703.

Bowling green

See p . 57.

•

On e ot he r small

ne ar t h e House of Corr e ction . t wo acres.

t h e late war

T~1 e bowli ng g r een

Se e al so p .58 .

p a r k situate

Con ta ins a bout as ci estroy ed in

ARCHBISHOP'S RENTAL 1713,

Samuel Ogle, Dyer.

1 November, 1697.

John Ogle, Tanner.

1 November, 1697.

Thomas Dawson.

A mill. and 4 acres in Lismacantry , with dam and mill pond races.

1 November, 1712.

Nicholas Averall.

A corn mill on the River Callan

Thomas Dawson.

A corn mill and tuck mill in Ballynahone more, 2 February,

with waters, dams and races.

1710.

Thomas Dawson.

A corn mill in Lurgyvallen ,

Francis Lucas.

Mill and mill dam in Drominargle , 1 August, 1713.

2 February, 1710.

TD ILLS, Windmills

Shows

windmillin Lur gan area .

Win d.mill at Ferdonagh.

Two Windmills at or near windmill

an .

Aughtrachan

at Richmount .

Windmill at

Ballylenny

at Cock Hill . windmill Cope ' s windmill near windmill at

aca t .

Kilmcanty

rmagh .

BARRACKS, Hamilton's Bawn.

Johnston 's Bridg e Barra c.s.

Barrack , Jones borough .

Barrack, Blackbank .

ROCQUE 1 S MAP OF 17~0. race course Race Course at Richhill. do.

Crossmaglen

do.

Ar agh.

Lead Mine, Near Ke ady .

Lead Mines, Near Derrynoose old church. ~

smelting Mills, r ear the Nine l Newtownhamilton area.

Fordsn in

Tynan.

Knappagh.

Carrickastickan area.

Teemore.

Tullyvallan.

Jonesborough.

Vicar 's Hill, Armagh.

Lead mines were worked in the parish of Newtownhamilton harnilton a long t ime ago, when wood was to be had in sufficient abundance to be used profitably for smelting purp ose. Bassetts, Armagh, 1888, p.262.

ROCQUE I S MAP OF 1?60 e Spa Well at Carrickaness.

Sunday Well, Ballybought .

Kinygo Gutt.

Derrywarh Cut. Watch House, Hachnahay. [Hacknahay] ARMAGH city Post Office, Market Street, Armagh.

St. Malachy 1 s Ch ap el, Chapel Lane. ting House, Lo wer Engli sh Street.

Old Meeting New Meeting House, Abbe y Street.

Market Cross in l· arket Street.

Charter School Drelincourt Royal School.

Gallows Hill on road to Fews.

Man of War Inn, Clay.

Portadown Bridge.

Rocque's

MAP OF 1760 •

canal

locks

e Newry to POrtadown comi. encing at Drumgullion .

Burton Lock.

Gilmare's are 1 s [Gilmore] Lock.

Brown's s Lock.

Carlin's Lock.

Scofiel 1 s Lock.

Bettlesse 1 s Lock.

Harlan 1 s Lock.

Unnamed Lo ck, Poyntzpass.

Tullyho Lock.

Trueman 1 s Lock, Knockbridge.

R.C. c· chapelsshovm Between Do ghe r and Tannaghmore, Lurgan.

Chapel on outskirts of Crossmaglen.

St. Malachy's s, Armagh City.

SURVEY 1804.

Coote's Sect.11.

Prices of Hides, Tallow, Wool, and quantity sold.

e~e is no great trade in any of these articles . !1 811

we sh all s peak of ti1e trade of th e seve ral towns

in t i1 e count y , wh at u sually _occurs under t h is h ead Qll be mentione d.

e

avera ge p rices through the

county t b e last year were; Green hides

according to wei ght,

35s. to 45s. 6d. per cwt.

_rom

Calf-ski ns, ad valorem, from 2s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. p er skin.

Tallow,

6os. per cwt.

Wool,

18s. per stone of 16 lbs.

This last article is r etailed iri s,. all parcels, at an advance of two-penc e or three-pe nce per pound, and is ~sually sold at fair s ; i nto coarse druggets

it i s pr incipally ~anufact ured

and blankets .

Very little of the

wool, whi ch this county affords, is expo sed to sale ;

the very slender stock in t h e hands of an individu al is reserved for home uses.

COOTE 1 S SURV.EY 1804,

Several of t he road s of t hi s county a.re in good CO l di tion,

in t ~1 e

ut t h e great nu- 1ber are bad, ·:... any of them

xtrer- e st deg ree.

r1e t urnpike road fro m Armagh to Newry is, perh aps, tne ~ror st in Ireland as a publi c road, and i s a di sgrace to an opulent county .

T~ e

turnpike road from Jones-

borough is generally i n bad re pair; fro

and t iJ e county road

Ne1vTY to Castleblane y i s always in rtl ost wretched

order, thoug·-4 by far t n e greatest t horoughfare in the county.

Tn e roads in th e barony of Tur enn y are not so

rough as badly plann ed.

In 0 1 Neiland t h ey are rough and

narrow, with some dangerous steps.

I n Lo wer Orior they

are tolerably good, but in Upp er orior be st roads are in t:i.1e bar ony of Armagh.

T"he

the reverse.

Th e interior of

the county has abundance of goo d materials for r oad- aking; 1

the boundari es are, f or the most part, very deficient in such supplies;

but , on the wn ole, the n eglect is greater

than the ,rant of materials.

Count y roads are nade and

repaired at the expence of tile ba rony, through ·which they

uass;

and turnpike roads ~ram the tolls they produce, under

t h e controul of directors.

"

2Ci'

cooTE!.S, SURVEY.-'1804. :r 1e

great ·· ista _ e in t ·1e r oads of t hi s count y i s,

. e ne 6 l ect or

r iginally ~a ing t h e centre of the r oad

~ ig

r t an t :1e sides, w~1i ch would throw off the water

i to

t:

· .i u cJ. e s ; -

• .j...

nor do tb y seer t o understand, that

\-linding a r oad t ·1r ough t he valleys i s as s:1 ort a distance as asc ending and descending t he hill s, indep endent of the great labour and dang er at t ending the latter.

As the tenantryr y on tne s everal e states, through

ini ch the r oads pa ss, are emp loyed with tn ir h orses in · aking and r epairing them, they are gen e rally well paid; and, i ndependent of tbe benefit ti1ey r ece-ive from this i provement, Gheir pr ofits ofte n exceed t h eir pro portion

of th e tax, 1ihi ch is always cbearfully p aid.

Bridges are in good repai r gen erally.

It requires

very int elli gent overseers to inspect bridge building

as masons too f requently, thr ough interested motives

'

construct t h ese ,.-m r ks i n such a ~ anner, as ·will ensure

them frequent jobs.

COOT

1

S SURVEY 1804. with in the Coun ty.

Sect. 3~.

Of mines

The only

mines within the county , y et discov ered,

are of lead, and are in t he vicin ity of Ke a dy, a s mall to1.m six t iles we st of Ar.:nagh .

T1i s i ine i s on the estate of t h e colleg e of

Dublin ,

t_1e l ands ar e ;.1 eld by cbe Earl of Farnham

t_ e late Earl ex}Jend ed larg e sums i n si nking and wor k i ng it, but ma de no p rofit of it .

It is r a t he r wonde rful,

and indeed proves t he v a lue of the se mines , tha t ~ e was a ctive -·o artne r not a co n siderabl e lo ser ~ , a s u e h ad n o to sup erinte nd ·wor!rs under g r ound, vJh ich h e 11i self n ever saw.

Sin ce hi s death, t_ e p resent

arl ha s dis-

contin ued the works, ·whi ch hi s father a dvised h i m to do, until '1 e should i1 ave a n active p art n er, or a g ood tenan t.

The vein is so rich and a u nd ant, it woul d b e well worth the notice of t h e monied adven turer, and

igh t prove of

infini te servic e to t n is par t of the coun try.

3L COOTE 1 S SURVEY 1804.

canal

AND IRON ROAD,

In t h at part of t h e t own of Newr y , ,Jh ich is within t hi s county, very fi ne warehouses and

are erected,

a co nsiderable wh olesale trade is carried on h ere.

From. h en ce runs the canal, nearly parallel vith t h e Ban, i n its course to Lough Nea gh , and at f ourteen miles distance it joins th at river.

: Ch e li 1e of t h is

navigation, from Newry t owards t h e sea,

erdinates at

Fathom, where it joins uhe t ide- water.

A canal __ as

been in conteGJ.plation, to be cut from t _1i s town

to

Armagh, and an iron road is also t alked of, but t· ere has been no decision i n ei t h r cases.

Newry is celebrated for its·exte nsive

utter trade,

·which, it is said, amounts to above£300,ooo annually.

This market is so well known , that sometimes they send butter h ere even from the county of Sligo ;

the , rice

is certainly encouraging, and ~ as the last season averaged £5 12s. per hundred weight.

This trade will doubtless be injured, when a canal or iron road from Castleblaney to Dundalk is completed, which is determined on.

All the butter of Cavan and

3Z ~

COOTE•S SQRVEY 1804, y v'ona han coun ies, wh i ch is regu larl y sen t to r evrr t rough Cas tleb lane y, ·will stop h ere, and go to Dundalk, by whi ch

eans a grea t expe n ce, and sev ente en

l be mile s dist anc e of t he wors t road in Ire land , wil save d .

First

LOCK, NE'WRY CANAL.

Cassels h elp ed to us" e r in t ne Can a l Ag e,

-e si gning

t e 1ir st ston e l ock i n I r e l ano. on t h e Newry Canal, and a manuscrip t volume on ta rt ificial navigation

t he

product of his :1ands was sold a t t he Ca rton Sal e in June 1949.

It app eared in th e sale c a ta logue as Lot

2150 and contained foldi ng illustrat i on s.

P.135, Dublin 1660-1860, by Maurice Craid.

COOT ~1 S_SURVEY 1804.

Linen l1'-1e lin en r:1 anufac t ur e i s pur sued b ere in all its variou s branhes s, and p articular markets

ar e es tab lished ~ e

"or the sal e of ea ch ki nd of good s and ~ aterials .

a11d ~n t ~ e distri ct ·-11 eir markets 1.,.ri t :

a re ;

county ,

in ~i

weavers of the fine st goods re si de northward

ano. vice versa

t i10 s e inhabit ing t l e borders oi I; Monaghancount y .

f th

The v ariou s b r anci es

tr ad e consis t in ea br ics,

law:ns, lin en s , diap er, damask and chequers

os e

weavers, 1-ln o work at the fin er iJ ran ches, will

e arn · ro

fif te n t o twen t y p er cent . ~ ore, in tne sa1e given

t l an 1.·rn aver s

f co a r s e goods , . cut t i

stagnation in -hei r trad e .

re i s

1 te n er

ti· e, a

i1~1e coarse li 1en weavers

g ener al l y a knowledg e of weaving

cotton goods, a11d ~,/ill ..Lay

oftent i r es, -v.ri1 en the d ei'i.1 and i s web s, and tu rn to thi s b r an c~.1;

i. ave

side L, ·1 eir l i n en

but a reg 1lar- breu cotton

or ·:au slin weav e r h as n ot a knowledg e

f

th e lin en :ianu-

f acture, so th at he :1 a s n ot e qual advanta g es with t ~ e coarse lin en weaver, and '.' u ch less with

-~e l awn and

ea brick :nanufacturer, ·wh o always can

arn b ett e r wages

1

nan any o th er weav e r.

COOTE 1 S SURVEY 1804, If a

is ow..o. flax, -,fn _· en l e

eaver ·:orKs

as

reared f rom t he s eed, ·1 is p r ofi Ls 11v"ill b e ·ncre a sed f ro

thre e- p en c e t o si J p en ce ~e r day, according to

t h e excel en ce of t ·1 e ·:~od e of d r essing whi ch ' e adopt ed, on vit1 ich a g reat possible Lh at a l oss

u t it i s

eal d ep ends .

ay h a pp en, if y a rn ·s ·n poor

demand, and h is sto c K is large .

Th e extent of the L anufa ctur e cann t , e a scera6e in t he

. tained exactly by tae re t urn of sales different mark ets, as v-eb s fro come in, and also webs f ro

nei gh bouring counties

n e ce a re s old in - ar ets

out of this count y .

Great capitals are employ ed by bleachers r s, 1.vho purchase webs, and bleach on their

01.m

account.

Considerable sums are also en g a g ed in un e pu rch ase of yarn, vlnich is given out t o the ·weaver t o manufacture or the weaving i s often contracted f or by .l..hose 1.·realthy manufacturers

who do not work Lihe" selv e s,

et

eep

journeyt en con stantly employed, ei t her on t , eir own account,

ith their own y arn, or on t n at of t h e merchants

with whom they con tract.

The general evil, wh ich i s felt in

ost parts of

this province, and in n one more p articulary than in the

COOTE•s SURVEY 1804. i s t1e

'istricts of Armagh r emote fro · navigation great con sump tion and sca rc ity 0 .1 fu el, ~..- i c

encreases

1.vi t h t-· e extension of ,.,'1 e linen r anu· a cture .

In

-a ny p arishes the::ce i s ~. ore fuel c o su ed · n

li

ese

works, th an by all +-v.i.1' 8 i nb abitants of the p ari s l f or culinary purposes ; ~

nor i s ther e a doubt t_ at, if

some other bes ides t urf fu el i s n ot re stored to, in

/ ..

a very few years th e bog s of this coun t

Jill

e

exhausted.

T'1 e numbe r of l oo- s exceed the n as most h o1.1 ses have two or

hre

oer of

ouses,

looms, and frequently

t h ey are all at ,.,mrk, -fo en t_ e demand for linens is brisk, at ·which times many n ew loo!Il s are ma d e, so that we ·'.nay fairly as se rt that the number of looms is encreasing;

flax land b eing in greater d e~ and and

of higher value, is a p roof t he re is no diminution in t h e trade.

Woollen goods are -i1 ade only for home consump tion,

and not for sale, nor is one faru ily in ten supplied with a sufficiency of t n eir o·m. ;- anuf acture.

In Armagh and t he othe r towns

of t he county,

are the usual s mall manufactori es of necessaries , as brewing, . chandling , soap- boiling, tanning, etc.

37.

COOTE•s SURVEY 1804, and also numerous handi crafts ' who exe cute t·1eir trades .

ell;

but t he re is no pa rticul a r side of Newry

t h e Ar ag

"i

anu

t o-.,m, in •hi e

c tor y , i · ·1e e .. ce t a res p e c a~ - e

i n en bu s· n ss .

capital is sunk, exclu siv e or t 1e

Ti 1

ea cl to

T 1 e p art i cular s or th e trad e o

~ 8

c' a p ter ,

spo ken of in t b e Baronial Surv e -, t h irte ent· as they occur.

As to t h e encourage en t to · a 1u a c t ur es,

ft is favourable, wi:1ilst t l e we 1 e s ta

In tje vic ini ty o

bu ers o

navi gations,

conveyed, t h ese si ~uati ons

,1 r

ust

d t e

or t eir e ten .:. on ,

p·eculiar aptness of t ~ e si tuation

· are so steadily att ended b.

r

i

·1

d

e s

resp e c a i i t . ue

s

so easil

ave supe rior a v

and, exclusive of t h e linen trade ,

e . : a ·'-i

ta es,

u siness

and corn buying h ave be en cons·de r bly encreased in t ese --

· di-stricts;

and stores ·1ave b een bu · 1 t, ·. i c

also will

be mentioned in t h eir prop er places . ·The annual estimate oft e linen trade oft is · -:- county is rated at 300, 0001 . ; t e

oods o

ost r e pute,

· and · of the best fabric, are of nine, ten, and eleven - h~dreds, and from thence above twenty hundreds. hundred-s. is meant the number of t h reads in t e warp of is always . rated at one yard in •Tidt web which

cooTE•s SURVEY 1804,

Account o· whi ch ave come in ·o the ollo,vi g Years: 1

Years .

o es .

Pack s.

ber an avera Va ue of Packs and Boxes of Linens, i nen all of Dublin, f rom t e County of Armagh, in

·r ota nu ber or piec s i n pack s, supposing 7J pie ces in each pa ck .

.Lot al nur ber 1otal of pieces numbe r of pie ces in bo es, supposing in pa ck s 60 pieces and boxes. in ea ch box .

-

Total value of pieces in packs and boxe s, taking coarse and fine all round, at an averafe of .14·s.1 £1 2 d. per Statute price.

1870 151-t6 1550 1157 l08L1104-2 1119 92'=> 113~ 1078 832

68L~.

581 55'7 513 662 439 396 477 555 479 451

lL~-0 , ~ 50 115' 950 116,250 86,775 81,300 78,150 8J, 925 69,225 85,200 80,850 62,400

4-1 , 040 34·, 860 33,4~0 30,780 39 ,720 26,340 23,760 28,620 33,300 28, 74·0 27,060

181,290 150,810 14·9 670 117:555 1:21,020 104,490 107,685 97,845 118,500 109, 59.0 89, ~60 ·

£ s.

309,3c::6 1 ~57,319 11 255,374· 8 200,578 4 206,490 7 178,286 1 18~,737 10 16 , 948 O 202,190 12 186,987 18 152,641 2

d.

3 3

13,337

5794

1,000,~75

347, 64,0

1,347,915

£2,299,879 19

4

Years average 1212ft

526 8

90, 934•" fi

31,603n

12~,537ft

1'792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802

-· Linenoffice

IT

May 29th, 1803.

,

.

9 ~6

3 7

~½

g

;1:.209,079 19 11¼ -

j

39. cooTE•S SURVlfi 1804, An Accoun t of Li he Sun s :9aid ,by -;:;- e trustees

t .i.1 0 Linen an d - hempen

manufacatures ctur es

follo\l ring Years , ..by wa J of ·-ount ;

f

f I r e and i n L, O

e

n cou r ag e t e

Cultiv ation of Fl ax in th e Count y o

r- g'1 , and

Ju.anti ties o f Flax Lands i

Count ,- \· - i c'1 i n

t - s ai

1e

the said Years receiv ed t h e said Bount y .

Years

Acres .

oods.

ty.

0

.

s.

-

_1786 .

266

1787 .· 1788

0

280

495

3 0

391

4

428

0

33

5 11

1789

242

2

191

7 10

+790

254

3

171

19

1791

239

0

161

8

1792

389

3

2' ~

1793

300

2

20:::::

15

0

1794

156

2

105

11

9

1795

244

3

174

8

3

1796

1134

0

2579

17

0

4151

2

£4820

4

7

May 29th, 1803.

J Al- ES CORRY .

1

8

3 6 5

In Stua rt's Armagh ( page 105) a tabl e i s gi ven as unde r t • rket Armagh Cor n Marke 1 , 607 to s 1, 49 " arre l s 4, O 5,000

Oats sold per annum on an avera ge Oatm eal Barle y for horse co n sump tion for 1 ei·1ry and Dungan non 1

There is at prese nt (1819) no disti lleryry at A ah Jhi c n to consume oats and barl y and but one brewe r belon gs to Iv r. And rew Lyle.

Th e cornmar ket ( that fo r ,...,h ea t excep te d) is h eld

on Satur days and t 1e sale s of oat s and oat eal cons iderch e produ ce oft e able . . Vast quan tities of wheat surro undin g count ry are every .ay e

osed

or s al e in

the stree ts or tende red to t ~e vari ou s

lou r · ere ants

who have -mill s in the n ei nbour hood.

So , e of these

mills are wroug ht by t he river Calla n, viz.- tat of Lurg avall an - of Umgol a - of Balli naow en Beg - of two s]at Keady .

-· andyard Balli ards [Ball

Besid es t he se t e re is

a powe rful wind mill, tbe prope rty of Robe rt Jacks on engag ed in the

anufa cture of flour .

Esq.,

The annu al

consu mptio n of wheat in these mill s ·· ay be avera ged at There are nume rous oat mills and bleac h 2,800 tons. mills on the banks of the vario us river s by which the

country is intersected .

Iviuch of the flour

anufacture d

in Ar agh is carted to t ha county of Tyro .e and other

districts, and immense quant i ties of wheat

oats and

barley, the produ ce of t he adjacent country are pure ased by the corn merchants

of Portadown and NNewry

exportation and for home consumpti on .

or

,rI SCELLAl 1EOU S l'JOT.ciS ON LI NEN , ARMAGH,

/

A 1ost effective blow was ai ed at t r1e p rosperity

of Ireland by tne de struction of i •cs wooll en .· anufa cture. ~L. is

was sa cri fi ced to th

j ealou s y of England, in

1698 i.vb en su c11 ~1 eavy acidi tio n al dutie s were laid on t h e ex-porta tion of wooll en cloth ( f r iezes · excepted) as ere tantamount to a p rohibition. ( l ) Shortly a fterward s encou ra ge:.'u ent was given t o the lin en • anuf actur e. lolyn eux i n f o rm s u s t 1at cloti1 of every -es cription , fit for 1ou seh old pur p oses, ·wa s ,. 10ve n i n t ~ e imwediate n eighbou r h ood of Armagh.

11

'.I have seenil, says that

·writer (in a letter to Lo cke, cJ. ated Sep t. 26, 1696)~ uas good diaper, made by some o f my tenants n ear Armagh, as can come to a table and a ll other c l oth fit f or h ou senold uses 11 •

( 2)

A camlet manufactur e was carried on , i n t he y ear

1680, in Scotch Stre -t, Arma gh, by Thomas Prentice 1.vho died at the advanced ag e of 107. (3)

(1)

T}.1 e des truction of th e woollen ·;1 anufa cture comp elled Pro t estan ts t o d esert a ult i tude of Episcopalian the count ry but the y ·,re re r e pl aced by Presbyte rian Scots, Fr en ch Hugenots, and _Qu ake rs. See Stuart's ''l emoir. of Ar agh,. p .421,423.

(2)

Stuart 's nArmagh 11 p . 4t::'. c: .

(3)

Ibid .

About the

ear 1712 Ja es Qui nn of Carlow

establisl ed a 'amas

manufa ctory a t Lurgan. C4 ) s Magazine

It is stated somewhere · n th e Gentelmans t~1at -

d 01 Bond

Bondville

1.ear Ar:r agh

about t 0 e year 1735, a pie c

s q ., · ad -.. resented

of r emark ably fin e l inen

to the Que en. ( ?) £1e finest pie ce of cambric

erhaps ever , anufact-

ur ed in I r eland ms s old in Lurgan ·- market.

It count ed

2, 700 ·warp and 3,000 woof, and was valued at :f225

sterling. (6)

At t h e period of t h e transfe r fr om woollen to linen

anufacture tuck mills we re as numerous as t h e

bl each - mills of t he early 19th century .

Certain

ills in Co. Annagh ret ai ne d th eir old names after being devoted t6 other u sages.

(4)

Ibid.

(5)

Ibid, p.424.

(6)

Ibid, p.425.

description of yard- i.·ride lavm or fine-threaded

linen

a ufactured near Loughgall : as lately b een

·ntro uc ed into

Armagh market

pure ased '"'or · _1e American ·.:.1 art. quantity o

i t i s sent to Great

state, and so e, \~ ich is dy ed / Moneyquin mill

:1 ere som e of i lJ is A considerable ritain in the brown lack and calendered at

eet s a bri s·- ~e a nd in

England

Unbleached li1ens are pur ch ased in c_e open air.

Tne buyers stand on stools or "orms and tne webs

anded to

em by uh e weavers and examined in tne full

glare of the day. (7) I/

(7)

Ibid,

are

p.514.

Corn MARKET, Armagh In Stuart's Armagh (page 105) a table is given

as under -

An~a&h Corn Market, Oats sold per annum on an average Oatmeal Barley for horse consumpt ion for Newry and Dungannon

1,607 tons

1,049

ll

5,000

ll

4,ooo barrels

There is at present (1819) no distille ry at Armagh to consume oats and barley and but one brewery, which belongs to Mr. Andrew Lyle.

The corn market (that for wheat excepted ) is held on Saturday s and the sales of oats and oatmeal consider able.

Vast quantiti es of wheat, the produce of the

sunound ing country are every day exposed for sale in the streets or tendered to tha various flour merchan ts who have mills in the neighbou rhood.

Some of these

mills are wrought by the river Callan, viz. - that of Lurgaval lan - of Umgola - of Ballinaow en Beg - of at Keady.

- and twods] Balliard s [Ballyar

Besides these there is

a powerful windmill , the property of Robert Jackson, Esq_, engaged in the manufact ure of flour.

The annual

consumpt ion of 'Wheat in these mills may be averaged at

There are numerous oat mills and bleach mills on the banks of the various rivers by which the 2,800 tons.

country is intersected .

Much of the flour manufactur ed

in Armagh is carted to the county of Tyrone and other districts, and immense quantities of wheat, oats and barley, the produce or the adjacent country a.re purchased by the corn merchants of Portadown and Newry, for

exportation and for home consumption .

47 . j_J2 Brown linen The linen Hall Armagh

''

See

~JP eno.ix, p . 17 5.

•

.I...

: .... e s u _-_ r c e ( ~ . i 9 ) sta L-eS t~1at a conv ni e ll u

-.:a _...:...- e d - l·n. .. o c

.!...1

market

,ras la·:-:e-1-L'I~ v

~ v-' -.L"

ct ed 1-:y .:. -is Grace t11e ..,

ri·Primate at , anci -~ i at the sovereign of ·t11e c1..ty ~ ad

l,ra~e attenci:.ng

a:r~)._ ets

tc .

YarnHall l ~a s ~r ected in ~he Linenhall strestreet et

Leonard siDobbin le -, ; 02

.)::..ec:. "uj : e ssrs . Bradford

s egg

pre~ v d an old st o~e in scr i ~ ed 0

ee also , ·t uar t I s

che 1.1 al

.i. s n o w

stores

in ~-ihi ch i s

YarnHall

1820 l .

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON Linen

ARMAGH,

A most effective blow was aimed at the prosperity of Ireland by the destruction of its woollen manufacture.

This was sacrificed to the jealousy of England, in

1698 v1hen such h eavy additional duties were laid on t hee

ortation of woollen cloth (friezes excepted) as

were tantamount to a prohibitiono (l)

Shortly afterwards encouragement was given to the linen manufacture Molyneux i nforms us that cloth of every d~scription, fit for household purposes, was woven in the immediate

neighbourhood of Armagh.

"I have seen 11 , says that

writer (in a letter to Locke, dated Sept. 26, 1696,

0

as

good diaper, made by some of my tenants near Armagh, as can come to a table and all other cloth fit for household uses". ( 2 ) A camlet manuf aoture was carried on, in the year

1680, in Scotch Stre et, Armagh, by Thomas Prentice ,vho died at the advanced age of 107. (3)

(l)

The desbruction of the woollen manufacture compelled a multitude of Episcopalian Protestants to desert the country but they were re placed by Presbyterian Scots! French Hugenots, and Quakers. See Stuart's "Manor of Armagh, p.421,423.

( ,)

Stuart'

())

Ibid.

11

Armagh II p. 422 .

About the year 1712 James QU.inn of Carlow 4 established a damask wanufactory at Lurgan. < )

:;rt is stated somewhere in the Gentleman's Magazine that - Bond of Bondville near Armagh Esq., had presented about the year 1735, a piece of remarkably fine linen to the Queen. ( 5)

The finest piece of cambric, perhaps ever manufactured in Ireland was sold in Lurgan market.

It counted

2,700 warp and 3,000 woof, and was valued at £25 sterling. ( 6)

At the period of the transfer from woollen to linen manufacture tuck mills were as numerous as the bleach-mills of the early 19th century.

Certain

mills in Co. Armagh retained their old names a~ter being devoted to other usages.

(4)

Ibid.

(5)

Ibid, p.424.

(6)

Ibid, p.42,.

A description or yard-Wide lawn or tine•threaded linen anufaoturad near Loughgall has lately been i ntroduced into the Armagh market vtl·e re some of it is

purchased for the American mart.

A considerable

quantity or it is sent to Great Britain in the brown state, and same, 'Whieh is dyed black and calendered at Moneyquin

mill

meets a brisk demand in England.

Unbleached linens are purchased in the op en a1.r.

The buyers stand on stools or forms and the· webs aro handed to them by the weavers and examined in the f'ul.l

glare or the day. (7)

Lime Turbary I

turf -:

eady - i' ro121 Armaghbreague - c:reagh and l:i:oino c~ ·::_ _;_e, an0 e v en

·-!.iile s

C:i_i s t ant. ~ ~-

carri er s pur c~a se li~esto~e ~n t~e vicini t y of

rean a toubl e advant age f r o~ t h~ ir traffi c .

t bi s limestone

in so d kilns

'J:1i ey°Ju r n

e r e ct ed on ~heir ian6 s.,

Thu s manures

th

; oun tai n gr ounds c e co11 e e?;::c eedin gly ~)re .,_u ct -

ive o f po t a toes, fla x and oats .

Er1glis:1 coal s a re

Annahoneand Coa l Island. coalisland and Loug~1

Erne 1.vi l l s oon ,.; e co nne ct e d b y a g rand c an al ,

'. ' ro·..1 v!hi c h a l at e I'a

b ra n ch ·night exte n d t o grange

i n t ~e

. . . ro~n -; f3':rr y at r e aso n ab l e ra te s , anc. t 11 "' ex-oo::ct tr ad e of at town i:Tou l cl b e ·:11ore co·.i1ple te ly op en to t he :.c aL er s

or "'"

1

cou tr y ■

~ost of t : l ands t '1 Gn r e clai~ ed i1a ve Te v e rt ed ba c:. ~o '· .. 1 r a t u r a l s t a t e du e t o t ;.JG n egle ct or cultivation

c.r t ' s Ar'.",1ar:h , p. 516 . \f ~ ~ >.<t ~<t ?

lime burning

:tN co. ARMAGH,

The burning of limestone for the making of mortar and the white-washing of buildings is on e of our oldest

dateable industries~

Irish annals record that a lime-

kiln w..i th sides 60 feet eacll way was built by Gelasius,

archbishop

of Armagh in the year 1145 to provide lime

for the repair of damaged ecolesiast1eal buildings

in

the city.

Anoth er early reference occurs in a poem \111'itten

by Giolla Brighde MacCommidhe, an Ulster poet vtio

fiour1.shed eirea 1220 to 1550, in \vhich t· e following

lines appE1ar ....

T"ne Churdl of Art"".aagh of the polished walls,

Is not smaller than three churches, It i$ on• solid indestructible rook, A conspio!Qus

shrine of ohiselled stone.

W1 th ample oa.tcan shingles covered ~

Well hath its sides been wanned,

With l1me as white as tlle pJ.umes of swans.

Stuart's Armagh, p.137.

O,S, SBEETS 1832, fords

O.S. 7.

I N 183 5.

Tullymore Etra

Stepping Ston es Ford Carrickaness Bridge Ford) )

Mill Ford

) Maydown Kilcarn

High Ford hullen Ford

) ~

Annaclarey

Ro cke 's Ford)

)

Rule's Ford

)

Hugh es' Ford

Tullymore

8

Jo ining Ford

: a Maydown

12

.TJ. ree Fords

Drumcai r n

Ford

Tullymore or e

Ford with stepp i ng ston es

Ballynahone na i nc

Ford i.vit h stepping stones

Drumman

15

Tv..ro ford s

Drum ac anv er

16

do .

13

Agoan an

Ennislare

Three Fords

Ba l l y ar d s

Ford

Moneyquin

Two Fords

Ballinaga l liagh

Ford

) )

Stepping Stone s )

Balleer

FORD.S.,-I N --- 1835,

Ford

Killycarn Upper

Foot Stick

·Bolton

Stepping Stone s across River .

Cullyhanna

Stepping Stone s across County River

Monaghan a gh an/ rma g order

26

Stepping Stones

Carri e

28

Two Fords

Dor se ·

31

Stepping Stone s

Shea

Ford

Coolderry .

O. S. 17 K

21

.

big

Carrickbrackan

·U

la

gla s

Sb.

o,s. SHRETS 1835, Pounds

. .1

Pound do .

7 11

12

Derrylee DerryJ

Salmon Pound

Carrickaness

Pound

Levalle glisb

do .

Tynan

do .

Village ·- Killylea

Old Pound

Balla ghy

Pound

Armagh

do .

Mullansilla

do .

Hamilton ' s Bawn

o.

Richhill

do .

Tamnaghvalton

14

do .

Ballymbre

15

do .

Tullybrick Ha Hamilton

17

do .

Edenkenn edy

18

do.

Tullynacross

19

do .

Mullyard

~o

do .

Car gaclo gher

1

do .

Tullyherron

~5

do .

Carri ckannay

do .

Lislea

13

57 o,s, 6F5§TS 1835, Pounds . .

Ballinl are ~-Meigh

d

3

o.

Fathom

.

Cro s Crossmaglen

Upp er

ao .

She an

o.

Foughill

Etra

o,s. MAPS 1835, Schools OOLS I H 1835, 0. s. 1 .

4.

5.

6.

Sch ool h ouse

Der ry l ee

do .

Derrycaw 1

do .

Derry corry

o.

Anna ghmore

do .

Ar dr e s s

do.

Der r y s collop

do .

Canar y

do .

ont Charlemont

do .

Derryad d

do .

Der ry l ard

do .

Der ry cor

do .

Breagh

do.

Drumharriff

do .

Breagh

do .

Drumgo ose

do .

Derry corry

do.

Derryad d

do .

Balteagh

do .

Tullyg ally

do .

Drumgor

Free School

Lurgan

East

5'i.

o, 8, MAPS 1835, . s. 7.

9.

10.

house oolhouse School

Edenderry

o.

Egli sh

do .

Creag1an

do .

Clonmain

do .

Annasamr y

do .

Kinnego

do .

Grange Blundell

do .

Levalle gli sh

do .

Ballytyrone

do .

Selshion

o.

Tullymo re

do .

Ri chmount

do .

ore Kilmore

do .

Mulladry

do .

Mullatine

ine

Infant Scho ol" ouse

Tavanagh

Schoolho use

Ballywor kan

do .

try Li Lisnamintry

Two School ouses

Levaghe ry

School" ous e

Ballydon aghy

do .

Brackagh

3.

~O·

o, s, MAPS 1635-

O.S.11.

Polnag h Tonagh Cullen tragh

Schoolh ouse o.

12.

do .

gar Drumgar

do .

Ballymartrim

do .

Terresk ane

do .

Cr eev er oe

Mall Scho ol

) )

Otra

Armaghh

Royal School ) Schoo lnous e

) )

Salter ' s Grangee

Femal e School) Sci1oolh ou s e

Ball Ballybr annon

do .

Mullinsilla 1silla

do.

Killune

o.

Altaturk Drumbee Beg

do .

13.

do .

inch eh nahi Ballynah

do.

Derryh ale

do .

Ballylo ughan

do.

Ballyli sk

do.

Cab Cabrag h

b r. o, S, MAPS 1835, SCHOOLS I N 1835 . . S.14.

17.

18.

Schoolh ouse

Mullahead

Thr ee Scho olnouses

Ballymore

Sch ooli1ous e

Car gins

do .

Drumnaleg nale g

do .

Shantally

do .

Foyduff

do .

Cormeen een

do .

Kilcreevy

do .

Drumhillery ill r y

do .

Madden

do .

Ennislare

do .

Mowillin

do.

Ballee r

do.

Lisnadill

do .

Ballymacawley

do .

Tannaghmore e

do .

Brackagh

do.

Derry cughan

do.

Acton Village

do .

Corernagh

do .

Ferdonagh

Etra a

o, s,· MAPS 16 35', SCHOOL S

. S. 19 .

Schoo lh ouse

H 1 c-U i .

Crossdall Fergort

do . do .

20 .

Cro s Crossnamoyle Tulllyglush

do .

do .

Crossmor e

ao .

Corran Armaghbreague

do .

21 .

Two School' ous e s

la Clady beg Knockava nnon

Schoolhou se do .

Lisdrum chorUpper

do .

Tullyallen .,

do .

_ ron 111 Tullyherron

do .

il t Drumilt

do .

Lisnalee

do .

Killybrodagh

do .

on Lissummon

do .

Tully1 appy

do.

Tievenam ara

do .

sh 1 7 '1' l us· Tullyglu

do.

Outleckan

do.

Carri ckrova ddy

do.

Tullyval lan

0

6.

h:3 .

o, S, MAPS 1835, SCHO_Ol&_ I Y 7 G3 2.

0 . S.25

27

28

31

Sch ool~1 ous e

allogy gallogy.

Carrickg

do .

Sturgan

do .

Mullaghglass

ao .

Latt

do.

Ballinlare

Ci. O •

Corrinshingo

do .

el er1 a:ely Maghernah

do .

Tully vallan McCullagh

do .

Mullaghduff

do .

Aughandufff

do .

ve - Tullynacreeve Tullymacree

do .

Aughadanoree

do .

Tullynav all

do .

Maphoner

do .

Gl ebe

do .

Balli nl iss

do .

Aghadavoyle

do .

Kill een

do .

Ellishol ding

do .

Fathom Lo we r

d.o .

Cre gg anb ane Gl ebe

do.

Shean

glass

o,s, SHEETS 1635, PIPE FACTORIES I I'

o. s.29.

Toba cco Pip e Hanu fa ctory

:J:8 35.

Cloghoge

O. S. 7

12

: d ,m ,Maydown

Beetling Mill do .

Drumdurf

do .

Allistrag

16

Six Beetling

20

Four Beetling mills

Tul l glu s

Be etling mill

Dundrum

Three Be et ling mills

allog e Tullynamalloge

ills

do .

21

Tassagh

Ra carby

Two Beetling mills

Darkley

ling mills Ruined Beetling

do .

Darkley _Beetling mills

do .

Beetling 1ill

all en .

Tullyallen

o,s. SHEETS 1635, BLEACH ,a11 s AID GHJ!:ENS I I 1832,

Blea ch mill

Dr uma rt

13

Old Blea ch Mill

Be g Ballysh iel Beg

16

Blea ch Works

Ballya rds

O.S.8

do .

Jenny Field Blea ch Work s Bleach works

Lislea

Two Blea ch mills

Balle r

20

Ruined Bleach mills

Darkley

26

Bleach mill

1

ullagh glass

Bleach mill

Gla Glassd rummo nd

Bleach Mill

Derr ymore.

O,S, SHEETS 1835, spade

O.S.7.

12

millss AND CART manufactories ES I H 18 35,

spade mills .,_

Tullymore

Cart Hanuf actory

Salt er ' s Grang e

do .

Spade Hill

Dr

Etra

na soo

Mullintur

do .

Gla s sdrum, ond

do.

Goragh

Spade 1anufa ctor y

Lis drumgu llion

Spade Mill

Clog1a revan

do .

Mullaghglasss .

o,s, SHEETS 1835, DI Distilleries

o.s.6

and

BREWERIES I N 183 5,

Distille ry

Derry

Br ewery

ore South Tannaghmore

9

Distillery

Garvaghy

12

do .

Bally crummy

do .

Armag: City

do .

eg Ballynahone one Beg

do .

Tullybrick

15 26

a ilton

Old Dist i ll ery

Lisdrumliska

Three Brewerie s

Ballinlare

Distillery

Lisdrumgullion .

-bCj

o,s, SHEETS 1835, paper

o.s. 16.

mills

Pape r Mill

I N l.8.3..2....

Roughan .

O,S, SHEETS 1835, Quaker

meeting

HOU SES AlTD burial

GROUNDS I F 1815,

o. s. 6

Quaker r m ee tin gHou se

Lu rg an Money

9

Qu ak er Bu r yi ng Ground

Moyraverty

10

Qu ak er Bu ry in g Ground House

Ri ch hi ll .

13

Qu ak er meeeetit ng

71,

o,s, SHEETS 1835.

LI NEN HALLS I N 183 2,

o. s.6.

12 .

Linen Hall

Lurgan

Linen Hall and Mar ket

Armagh .

72 O,S, SHEETS 1835, rope

O.S.12

19

walks

I N 1832..!.

Two Rop e Walks

Armagh

. Rope Walk

Ken n edies

do .

Drumgreenaghe ena gh

o,s, SI:!EBTS 1835, LI Linen cotton

AND spinning

mills

I N 183 2,

Spinning mill

Kennedies

20

Spinning Factory

Crossdened

21

Two Co t ton Factories

Lisdrumchor

o.S.12

Drying House Cotton Factory do .

Two Thread 1anufactories

Upp er

do .

Lisdrumchor Lower Tully all en Clo gha revan

o,s, $liEETS 1635, mines

o. s.19 .

I N 133 5,

Old Mine s ao.

Smelt t Mill Bridge

25

Lead mines

Drumgreenagh Clay do . gallo gl Carrickgallogly

7!::,O,S, §BEETS 1835,

O.S.2 .

Bann foot Ferry Maghery Ferry

l+.

Good latts Fe rry

Derr y caw

5.

Rush es ferry .,

Derrymacfall

Robbs Ferry

Derrybrughas

7b.

o,s, SHEWCS 1632, P01: BRIES I N 1835,

. s.4

5

Pot t er y

Der r y caw

do .

Ardr e s s Westst

do .

Derrybrugha s

do .

Dunavally

do .

Clonmain

do .

Derry crew

. s. 1 2

7

Derrylee

ill

Cor

Derryaug h

do .

Booth ' s Mills

o.

Cornmill s

9

Cornmill

Carricka ness

Gregg ' s l· ills

Ballyass ey

Bond ' s \iill

Aughnacl oy

Cornmil l) )

Kiln

10

tra Tullymo re Etra

Diviney

)

Heid tt • s Kilns

Ann ahugh

l ill in ruin s

nty acanty Kilmaca

Corn.mill

Corculle ntr amore

do .

Artabrackagh

do .

Drumnak elly

do.

Ballynag hy

Dyne ' s mills

illy acaahilly Crossmsc

11

corn mill

Tynan

12

do.

Tullyelm er

do .

Lisadian

do .

Ballaghy

o,s, SBEETS 1835, Corn mills and Unspe cified mills . S. l

13

14

.

Cornmi ll

Tamlaght

do .

Umg ola

Ruined mill

Lis banoe

Corn mill

Baltar an

do .

Ballynahone more ore

do .

Legac orry

do .

Ballynewry

do .

Ahore y

do .

Marlacoo

do .

Druminure

do .

Derrya l le n

More ore

Modoge

15

16

do .

Un shog

do .

Baltea gh

do .

Lislan ly

do .

Drumcanver

do .

Ennis lare

do .

Tassag h

Corn Kiln

Balle e r

Cornm ill

Latmc a collum collum

do .

Bally oran

o.s, SHEETS 1835, • S. l

.

corn mill ) )

Kiln

17

Tanderagee

)

Cornmill

Drumachee

~ill

Gosford Demesne

Corrunill

Drumgane

do .

Clare

do .

Shanecracken Beg .

do .

Mullaghmore

i lls )

Derrycughan

)

Kiln 1

19 20

)

Brannock

Cornmill do .

Tullynacross

do .

Clay

do .

Crossnamoyle

Cornmill )

Dundrum

)

Corn Kiln) Two Cornrnills

Crossdened

Cornmill

Cladymore ore

do .

Lurgana

Cornmill

) )

Drumharriff

King'ssmill 1 ill )

Cornmill

Keadymore

If'.

9o Q

s, SliMTS 1635,

Cornmills and Unspecified Mills,

. s. ' 2

Bal lydoghe rt y

Corn ill do.

Demoan

3

do.

Car ri ckduff

24

do.

Tullyvallan

25 .

do .

Carrickannay

do.

Lislea

do .

Derrymore

do .

Cross

do .

Ballynarea

do .

Annaghmore

do .

Ballykeel

26

27 28

29

. iill

Casnel

Cornmill

Ballinliss

f. ill

Camly Ball

Corrunill ) Kiln

31

)· )

Aghyalloge

Ruins of mill

Drummu ckavall

fill

) ) ) M ill Ball's ) ) Kiln

Cornmill

) )

Kiln

) )

Mill

)

Ballynaclosha

Shean

9l .

o, S, MAPS 1635, FLAX ILLS IN 1832, O.S.7

9

12

13 ·

Flax iill

Tullymore Etra

do .

Carrickaness

do.

Corcul lentramore

do .

Drumnakelly

do .

Ballaghy

do.

Kennedies

do .

Rockmacreany

do .

Ballynewry

do.

Ballybreagh

do .

Ballyloughan

Two Flax Mills

Ahory

Flax Mill

Marlacoo Beg

14

do .

Derryallen en

15

do.

Derryhaw

do.

Drumacanver

O, S, MAPS 1832,

FLAX lILLS I N 1835,

. s. 16 17

Fl ax mil

in ruins

Roughan

Flax mill

Balleer

do .

Dru.m acb ee

do .

Lurgabo y

do .

Cordrum · ond

Two Flax mill

Drumg ane

do .

Clare

do .

Br y andrum

do.

Bally sh iel more

do .

Bally sh i el Beg

-_ do .

Shanecr acken Beg

Flax mill

Br y andrum

do .

Killyc arn Up per

do .

Mullaghmore

do .

Derrycu ghan

S'3 .

o, S, MAPS 1632, FLAX •iILLS IN 1835, .S.l

Flax mill

Tullynacross

19

do .

Drummond

' O

do .

Corkley

21

Two Flax iills

Bally lane

Flax mill

Lisdrumchor Lower

do.

Tully all en

do.

:r. Mountnorris

do .

Keadymore

do .

Lisnalee

do .

Keady Beg

do .

Drumh arriff

do .

Ballydogherty

do .

Knockduff

24

do .

Tullyvallan

25

do .

Carrickgallogly

do .

Carrickannay

do .

Latt

do .

Cross

do .

Glassdrummond

22

Cf;~ 0, S, §HEETS 1832, ,

Methodist...

0 . s. 1

-;:i

thodist

4

in

0

s

e lee !J Derry

do .

do .

Tullyrowan Timake el Derryanvil Ballymagerny Richmount Tev do.

8

do.

9

do. do . do . do .

13 14

Two

Ballym odistore t ing ous s.

O,S, S!:JEE~S 1632, FLOUR : 111 s I N 1835 -

o. S. 12

Flo ur 'ill do . do . do .

14 16 20

Lur gyv alle n Umgola Bal lyn aho ne

ore Bal lyn aho neMore

do .

len n Der ryalalle

do.

a Bal lya rds

Two Flo ur - ills do .

Beg

Rac arb ry Crossmore

Flo ur dll

n allaan val Tul lyv

Two Flo ur Mills

lio n guion Lisdrumgull

o,s, SHE5TS 1832, mills I WindILLS Coe ..

. 6.

ill

183 2· ind ill

anphy Drumanphy

ind ill

Derrytra sna

indmill Hill

Clankilv oragh

indmill Stump

Lurganta rry

indmill

ain Clonmain

9

•indmill Stump

Corrculle ntranmor e

10

indmill

Drumna canve y

12

lour

18

Old

K

K

Steam

indmill in

ill

engineDe rrytrasna .

agh Armagh Tullynac ross

~7-

o,s, SFJIDETS 1835, R. C. CHAPELS II 1° 35 .

o.s.4 .

R. C. Ch ap el

5

do .

6

do .

Clonmo re Eglish Aughac ommon

do .

h er Dogher

do .

Derry

do .

1 Coragh

do .

an Keenagh an

do .

unsi in Drumna hunshin

do .

sl ion Selshion

10

do .

Lylo

11

a o.

ran ysaran Tullysa

do.

Tynan

do .

A

8

9

12

Annacramph Tamnaghvelton

do .

13

do .

15

do.

ogan doogan Cavando

do.

l· Madden

16

do.

Ballym acnab

17

do .

Drumla ck

18

Ballyar gan R. C.

Chapel Mullagh glass

R. C. Chapel

Branno ck

2.

o,s, §f:IBITS 1835, _, c. chapels s IN 1835 . s. 9

• C•

ap el

Cross namo yle

· do .

ore Granemore

do.

Cladymore

do .

Knockava11non

do .

Tully herro n

do.

on Lissu mmon

Two R.c. Ch apels

Tully valla n

.c. Chape l

Carri ckann ay

do.

Lisle a

6

do.

parar cropp Carric kcrop

27

do .

Cully nanna Big

28

do .

Shanr oe

29

do .

Ball inlis s

do .

Ellis holdi ng

do .

Monog

do .

Moybane

do .

Glass druma nan

do .

Shean

do .

Drurna tee

do .

Ed enapp a.

30

31 32

o,s, BRENTS 1835, . . 5.

9 12

13

Presbyte rian meeting

House

Ballynary

do .

Lurgan

do .

Clonmain

do .

Cloveneden

do .

Edenderry

Two Presbyterian Meeting Houses .

Presbyterian

eeting House

Evangelical House

Ri chhill do .

Presbyterian meeting House Seceding meeting

Armagh

House

Ahory Clare Derry all en

14

Presbyterian meeting

15

l meetingHouse

Lislooney

Dissenters Meeting House

Farnaloy

Presbyterian meeting House

Drumhillery

Temple Presbyterian Meeting House

Mowillin

16

Redrock Seceding Chapel

Cavangrow

17

Presbyterian Chapel

Coolmillish

Presbyterian Meeting House

Clare

18

House

do . eeting House Seceding meeting

Ballinan Lisnagree

o,s, Bfffl§Ts 1832, presbyterian·S I IJ 18 35.

1

Seceding l eeting House

Tassagh

Presbyteria n Veeting House

Crossdened

Covenanters Chapel

Knockavann on

Presbyteria n Chapel

Tullyallen

KingsmillsPresbyteria n eeting House meeting

Lisadian

Presbyteria n 22

24

27

eeting House

Mountnorris

do.

Knockduffe

do.

Kilmonagha n

do.

Altnamacki n

do .

Tullyvallan

Seceders Meeting House

Cortamlet

Presbyteria n Meeting House

Freeduff

o,s, SflEETS 1635, ISCELLA

OUS IT

S I N 1835,

. s. 7

EelWeir

Cor & Augh antar ragh

9

TanYard

Cl ounagh . J

l'

Archery r y Butts

Palace De Demesne Armagh

Mineral

Ballynahone Mor e

Spring

Glenoran Well

Teemore

Aqueduct

Cargins

, Mineral Spring

Latt a collurn

19

i Manof War Inn

Clay

0

Aqueduct

Dun.drum

25

Mountain House Inn

Drurnilly

26

Glass \ works

Lisdrumgullion

4

Salt Works

do .

28

Slate Quarry

Creggan Duff

29

Spa

ell

Ballintemple

Welling ton Inn

Fathom Lower

q2.

O.S. ·SHEETS 183z.

HfBBACKS, MILITARY, POLICE, ETQ, , in 1632,

o.s.12

)

County Prison

Armagh

)

Infantry Barrack · )

20

Police Station

Madden

Police Station

Crossmore

Infantry Barracks) )

)

Cavalry Barracks

28

Ordnance Ground)

)

Lisdrumgullion

Camly Ball

Old Barrack Yara) Barrack

Shanroe

31

Two Police Barracks

Shean

32

Barracks

) )

Old Barrack)

Edenappa.

o,s, 5f::IBETS 1632, - RICKYARDS I

. s. 4.

ri c rard

6

do . .two

Derrycaw Knockramer Aughacommo

ric {field s

Brickyard C ay Pit

Corr and Dunavally ) )

Keenagan

rickyard ) 9

Brick hole

Garvaghy

do .

Corcrain

11

Brick Field

Derrydor ragh

14

Brick Pit

Lisbane

15

Two Brick Fields

Tullybrick-Hamilton

Brick Field

Shan tally

Brick Kiln

Dorsey Mullaghglass

Brick Fiel d

Camly Ball

28

GH r r 1

. rl

t·

and, several i i r e s .1ay be opened in the

n Ir

1

o·

ning again te come s a profitable s p eculalead mining

n

Ar ... ag .

t

s swaglen, Forkhill il ton , Crossmaglen y , Newtownhamilton Keady

i ng

::.ac:i

re i1 as 1 a2 J. found in ·.:~ any di stricts,

l Middletown A mine ·v-ra s Ballytyrone oyre, and Markethill

ur~ed, ut

v

ot far f rom Keady, ~ or e than f ifty years since,

e e _enditure fo r development purposes was so greatly

in excess of the yield tb at the enterpr ise was not persevered in .

TI e mine at Cre gg anduff, in tne neighbournood of

Crossmaglen , ~1as not be en worked for tu ore than fifteen years. iscontinued .at Tullydonn ell, also -r ithin a

ining was

··J hile

s·.., ort aistance of Crossmaglen, about t he same time. ·o d

asted

or smelting, ~1 ining was carried on near i:-e Newtownham T' at

· amilton .

was a long time ago.

l in vein s of coal, s aid to be of fair quality, h ave

. . een

·scovered in the parish of 11ullaghbrack, district of

ont, and in the ar ethill, in the vicinity of Charlemont arishes of Tynan and

. ave

ec

noticed,

co sequence.

.

Killylea

Some indications of iron

ut they are not regarded as of

uch

Limestone 1 sto

ose t

r

1

in

t

o d qualit

01

cit

i s extensively quarried

of Armagh, nea r Lough gall and Tynan .

gh limestone estone · as a. pink tinge which is i · pro ved

eat· e ri

vic"nit

ed Armagh

f

period uas used very

marbleis al so quarried in the It polish es pr ettily, and at one uch fo r ~ mantel pieces

In the

sou h - astern part of the county there is an abundance of excel

1t granite.

wor s

f tie Bessbrook Spinning Company, Limited, between and Camlough laugh , and by anot her f irm at Goraghwood .

ro Bessbrook Sliev

It is quarried profitably at t h e

Gullion ion, which rises to a h eight of 1, 893 feet

above tne level of the sea, at the south-eastern point,

The

is an offset of the granite distri ct of county Down.

top is flat, and contains a lake.

During the suc cessful

day s of , illing , the Slieve Gullion granite 1,,-1as highly

stee ed ~or grinding purposes . feldspar,

Its composition includes

ica, quartz, and hornblende.

Veins of pink

quartz, in the granite, are of frequent occurrence .

A

ard stone, approachi ng to dark blue in color, called 1,vhin i

this county, is found in various places .

Several slate

quarries have been opened, but none are worked .

1 t e t e

oun ains of the county are named on the

rent of

he book and their heights given .

The

ap ,

3--

al so . ar d on h e ;i ap .

For some time the . ve "' en under t he control of the Great

i

I-

1·1e

t r Northern

ort· rn, r iddle, aDQ sout h -

stern ~i tricts a re ~airly - ell supp lied with broad a ge r

ut t h re i s sti 1 room or narrow gauge

s

r _ises lice t· ose which i1 ave rescued ~1uch 01 the trii fro·:!l isolation .

Antrim

co

A narrow gauge roa d

s t e county at Caledon, and end s at Tynan, one

e~t

It is called tj e Clogher Vall ey steam

- or der .

A line of tnis l.. i nd from Bl ackwaterto,•m to

a .

~ra

~ag·

a y, - ia

city, -muld be a great conveni e11ce to Some time ago the Grand J ury gave

.. a

er s and otner s.

a

aro · al guarantee for -'- ,,.renty "ears to a Company r g anized f or

.!..,.

e purpo se of building tbe tramway, but

go no furthe r.

wou

doi g al

The sha re_olders were desirous of

they could in the loss .

risir o

ile

atter without incurring th-e

T' ey could not, however , be convinced

hat a guarantee ·or such a s1ort period would be sufficient , ' e _roje ct

and

' t

e· ains in abeyance.

· ree ~iles in

n ele ctri c tram-

engtn, con ects Bessbrook with Newry .

uilt a s a private enterpris e by sh areholders of

ss rook Spinning Company, Limited, and opened f or r ffic

Octo' r,

85.

I n 1 86 it carried 97,668

97 e s.

asse

asses are

n ~he public roa d over which it

ates

e ed and closed automatically by an invention I n t hi s ~anner a saving in

t 1 s.

HenryB Barcroft

r.

fe cted, which would be a very serious ite

s

a es

TI

in

or ing expe ses.

t

,-e r 1 87 it cost t he county £19,130 16s . ·'"'or

r

re.i: airing a little over l,575 ·uiles of roads. avi gable wat er- ways f acilita e the carrying

ro rade

1

t1e county .

The xore important sepa rates t e It run s 1rom the t.idal - asin

Armagh .

County D wn

ro

om, at Fathom

elow Newry

e agh , and is served by

to Lough

t· e Bann and t· e I Newry river.

T- e depth of water is

suf · cie_t to fl oat lighters 70 tons burden.

Direct

unication ~dtn Belfast is se cured by mean s of the

co

Coal, grain , timber and

eagh .

Lagan Canal, via Lough Neagh ge eral was ifty

ne

erc1andise for - the cargo~s. irst of the

Tne Newry

ind completed in Ireland.

Canal About

ears ago conn ection wa s effe cted between Lough

Erne and Lough

eagh, by

eans of the Ulster Canal.

This

pas~ es for a considerable distance along the western and nort -western

orders of Armagh .

Ken advantage of at pr esent

It is oeing largely

y so e of the leading

t

City

Blackwatertown

t

distan t

- e sh i ppi ng pla ce

our ., ile s.

It is

Ulste rC anal syst em will be soon very

1e

i • pro ved by t

os es

Armagh .

e Uls t er Canal Comp any wh o re ceive

~t thi s Tea r - 1888 - unde r spe cial Act

P r ia ent .

:. 1 anu a ctur i ng ·nte r est s of Ar uagh , consid ering

l

its

·ea in s ~atu t e a cr e s, are 1}10re i mportan t t han t h ose any

t

r Iri s-.1. count y -, ith , per'::i ap s , a sing le except ion .

~wenty - seven out of the t hirt y - t wo , ar e l ar ger . re

ore th an

d ee t h e size, and si x ~ore th an t hree

t i , e s t e size .

Doi:.m to th e clo se _of t he sevent eenth

cen ury t' e woolen "o ti ng .

It

i ndust r

1a s t h en

ade at reviva l ,

~uaint ained a sub s t ant i al

e st r oy ed

. e · glish .~anuf actur er s .

0

Four

y l egisla tion i n f avor

So e a t ve p ~s 4-

.L

ave been

u t i t ha s now no r eprese ntation .

cotto spi n nning and weavin g were carri ed on in the f irst al

of

1

sat Gl enanne .

h

cent ury .

Until 1856 ther e were exten sive

At pr esent the re i s not a

ill -wit hin

e 11 · s of th e count y devote d exclus iv ely to cot ton

r

_,; e '

s

it s branches,

capiual possessed by re sidents,

L,

:...a ge · ar

.l.

linen indu stry, in al

1' e

et

1 t b e ong i ng to Belfast~

f

_ e 1,> ast - ift y -- ea rs a gre at deal

r

as been

f develo- aent, -J articularly at Lur ga n .

· ay

eav · 1g , 1e stitching and finishing of cambric and

1

efs ent to a large nu- ber of give :.!lploy· handkerchi

i

ing fa ctory l ie _i rst machine hem stitching

i e in.1a i ants .

Unit ed

..a..•

i

J

ingdom, on -'" r . Jos . B. Ro be rtson ' s p atents, very desc rip tion, damask

Linens of

rec ed · e re .

as

and ea , · ics are sent "ro - Lurgan all over U t·

a c

a l

o~

he world .

paratively recent period th e weaving was n early ·y hand loomss .

Lur gan i s a centre f ro1 1hi ch

·arns are given out to be woven by cottage weavers no· s an~ s

D·

f the se wen live in

n a tnousand s in Ar agb and other Countie s.

'

.. r

re

a

ozen

ta 0\-f!l

i g

f a ctories i n Lur gan , about f actorie s, pri nt ".vor--s and

as four linen weaving fa ctorie s, one f l a x

ill , and several he-·· stit ching fa ctorie s.

a ..,o a centre

c

weaving

Th ere

ini sning works.

Po

Spi

- ower loo

t ac1ine hem stitching

sev ral

n

he adjoining County of

It

or· t :1e ·· anufa cture of l i nen , and linen

bric handkerchie f s by hand.l ooms.

l0-0.

City of Ar agh and vicinity there are four

n o

r loo

coarse

linen rea ving factories, and two power

i en weaving

ea. ·~ e o-'- 1 r a1., Lislea

and

T"1ere is also a large flax s pinning

On tne Armagh side of the Blackwater ,

ill at Ar wag 1. at

a ctories, one at Allistragh

loom

Benburb, h re is .a power loom factory fo r weaving

co rse linens, and one also of a similar kind at Dundrum Tassagh tensi ve power loom linen weaving factories are si uated at Be ssbrook, Annval e and Darkley, n ear Keady , at Glenanne, and Laurelvale, Tandra gee. flax spinning

ill s at Bessbrook, Darkley, Tandragee, and

on t'1e Ar ag h side of Ne rry. are done at Milford ord.

Tner e are large

Blea ching and finishing

vale, Portadown Gl enanne, Bessbrook and whiskey di stillation, at on e period carried on ceased.

wit1 large capital, .nas

The only brewery in

t e County is at Lurgan .

There are t hr ee mine ral water

actories, all at Lur gan .

Two tanneries at Richhill

. . resent the County .

Coach-build ing is done at Armagh ,

Port adown and Lur gan.

Bacon-curin g for exportation is

a new i dust r y .

Two firms are engaged in it at Portadown .

ere are flour and corn mills at Armagh , Portado m, and

8.

\ 0 I.

dra

an

a large number of small corn and s cut ch

i _s are scattered t i roug1 the rural distri cts . i 1, o

t ·1e Callan , repre sents paper

manufacture.

d scri t·on oft_ e towns and village s, the

In

anufa ctures

red to separately .

re

ne i

One

eneral trade of the County is conducted on

s indicating spirit , ability , and enterprise . c· ief

et' o s of

In

o\•ms t ' _e comp etition is very keen, and the '1e

ea ding busines s men are admirable.

Bassett t • s County Armagh - pp.19- 27.

Io2

I n ti e

r eat er ) art of t i1

er tile, ,., d ~- a

count y t 1e soil is 1

be worked pr ofitably ·when fair prices

can be o· t ai ned f or pr oduce.

Th e for mation affo r ds

acili t i s r or drainage, and t h ere is an abund ance of est one. e y as ste ; of tr eat~ ent called h ea ting , limeston t he ·o gy

i stricts are capable of yie l ding good crop s.

1i s coe sists of li ght ing peat f ires around a spot about to be planted "1i t n potatoes or oats.

Tt 1e

surface is

also s .. rinkled 1.<l th hot ashes, and wh.en warmed t h oroughly, so f orces ve getation that results are ach ieved equal, if not superior, to t hose secu red from th e r ich est loam lands. en t nis process is not applied , the oat cro p ~ ardly pay s

~

.

or t h e labor.

T1e Southern section, i n cluding the

baronies of Upper Fews and Upper Orior, h as much rocky and barren land.

Granite boulders are plentifully distri-

but ed over t he surface, and t h ere are other ob stacles of a di scouraging nature.

Th e northern, eastern, western and

iddle sections of the county are thickly populated, and t'

f arms are small, particularl y in the districts where

andloom weaving is don·e in almost every cottage.

Bu

industr

or the h elp given by

1

t his

t h e bit of land

would ver y sp eedily come to an end.

I· any of

t· e weavers h ave app le orchards , and between the various

• odest sources of i ncome cont rive to live comfor t ably .

Fruit gro\-ving is an extensiv e feature i n t· e di stricts of Portado wn , Loughgal l and Richhill .

Re presenta tives

of the Scotch and English pr eserve manufact urers co e over every season and purchase appl es, damsons, plum s, gooseber ries and currants , in large quantit ie s, -irect rom t he farmers.

Pres_e rving is also done by growers

and merchant s in the count y .

Owing to the .great number of s all farmers, ther e are few large dairies or stock

ast e rs.

ng

a

utter

is chiefly done in lump, and t h e rnerchan us pack for exportat ion .to suit their own requirements.

At the flower, dog and poultry show, h eld at

rm agh

City in July of this year, t he re wa s a de part~ent f or butter, in which several prizes were offered.

It gave

an opportun ity for a lecture to the farmers and their wives and daughter s, by Canon Bagot, whose work in this field has proved valuable in iunster and Leinster .

There is no regular farming society existing in rmagh, but the county is represen ted in the

orth- ast

IO(f-. ric lt ral Associatio

of I reland , oy ~our vice - presidents

and a large array of committee men .

At the annual shows

of t is excellent organi zation :Jany residents of Ar· agh are exhibi tors in t e l iv e sto ck , poultry and honey depart ·1 ent s.

Two or nitholo gical societies flou r i sh in t_e count , one at Lur gan since 1880;

1883.

Bot

and the other at Arma h, since

societies hold annual sho·ws

or poult r y ,

pi geons and cage - birds, and, thus rar, i ave be en

ost

successful i n their objects.

I n 1887 t h e total area under tillage wa s 107 , 64 acres, exactly 17 acres more than in the previous yea r.

• eadow and clover repr esented 51 , 964 a cres, an i c rease of 3,904 acres over the n... revious -ear .

T. e lar ge st area

·was under oats, 54,231, an increase of 1,610 a cre s .

Potatoes, 26,871 acres, showed a de cr ease of 640 acres .

Tnere were 12,738 acres of flax, cowpared Tith 13,346 in

1886 .

In a few localitie s where t h e land is very

e avy,

t_e farmers still stick to wh eat, but they see · to b e losing faith in it every year .

Last year the acreage

was 2,552, a reduction of nearly 1,000 acres, comp ared with that of 1886 .

~nere was a considerabl e i n crease

in the area devoted to turnips, ,..- angel wurzel, car ots

and parsnips .

The turnip acrea ge was 7,998 .

The

calc

at~on in r egard to the amount of cabbage required

or tne entire county has evidently been brought do m to a very rine point .

In 1886 t ne re were 332 acres devoted

to it, and 336 acres in 1887 .

Live stock statistics show a striking difrerence be t ween

he ye ars 1886 and 1 87 .

Tne total nu ber of

horses in the former year was 13 , 239, and i n t n e l atter year 13,710 .

Of t h ese 10,724 were used f or agricultural

purposes in 1887, and 10,746 in 1886 .

There T,r nre 46

ules in 1886, and only 318 in 1887.

Donkeys seem to

h ave suffered in popularity also .

T- ere were 2 ,~ 6

1887, a decrease of 332 in twelve

onths.

Jilc

in

cows

numbered 31,852 in 1886, and 30 ,601 in 1 87, a decrease of 1,251.

The total number of cattle wa s 85·, 32

and 82,428 in 1887, a decrease of 2,900.

Sheep n

in 18 6, ber ed

12,441 in 1886, and 13,817 in 1887, an i ncrease of 1,376 .

Pig s increased from 28,696 in 1886 to 30,243 in 1887, and goats decreased from 8,902 in 1886 , t o 8, 892 in 1887 .

Tnere was an increase i n poultry f rom 403,289 to 411,581 .

The decrease in the number of r ilcr co ws seems to h ave caused an increase in sh eep and a decrease in ·ules and donkeys . ?he included

arket pla ces of t he county, fifty y eaxs ago, ost of the villages.

r-o·w tne large t owns seem

l06 . opolize nearly all the advanta ges derived "ram the -reat 1ee 1

0

ati1erin gs of '"' armers .

Ar · agh city,

P rtado m and Lur gan are the great centres for tne sale o

~ro-uc e, live stock, etc.

Markethill,

e Keady

ton, Cro ssmagl en, and Poynt spa ss, h ave also Newtownhamilton wee

'2 arket s .

To thes e points, 'l.':i th sowe except ions,

t~ e 1air s are also confine d .

T' e excepti ons are

, gha ls ill, Hamilto nsbawm , Killyle a, Ballybo t, Ca Camlou and Forkhi ll .

Basset t 's County Armagn - pp .37-41.

1i7ACTORI S. and Gillis GILLIS Milford

•i

ord,

01

l an, i s distant from the r i ver Callan T11 e i nh abi tants, ,:Ji t·1 f ew except ions,

r ,a h two

i es .

wor: i1

weaving fa ctory of v.I essrs . Ro bert 1,: McCrum

· Co .

McCrum,so e years decease d, built r . · Willia m

a "i ill '-

r e in 1808, and it is clai 1ed to have be en t he

fi st in Ulster u sed fo r spinnin g flax by the dr y pro cess .

11 t1e ~a c 1inery

In

or it was br ought from Leeds .

18 50 / r . Ro bert G. McCrum J.P., change d t he spinning

At

ill i nto a fa ctory f or t he weaving of damasks . · resent t·

re are · 70 looms in full oper at ion, driven

a 200 ·1or se- po,,1er s t earn engine, and a turbine of 120 orse .

About 450 people are con stantly e ployed.

Diapers

and to 11elling s ar e als o woven at Milford

ya rn

and

lea ching i s done fo r t he use of the con ce r n only .

Since 1850 • r. Robert G. McCrumhas ~ ade substa ntial structu ral additio ns to the f actory, and Das al ost e tirely built the village , of whi ch i t way

e truly said,

t.at it · s a model of cleanli ness and good order, the blast dwe ling bearing eviden ce interna lly and extern -

a

y of a benefi cent proprie tary control .

r.

McCrum s

)rivate residence, an ed and

r t·

Milford House, stands in a

ighly ornamented park at t he ver ge

vi lage, and co wands a beautiful view of the

surroundin n agh.

0

country.

Gillis fa ctory adjoins the Railway Station at It contains 220 power looms, and gi ves emp loy-

ent to over ~50 people .

The

anufactures are linens,

towelling s and damasks, and the buildings are of brick, stone and slate. late

The Gillis factory was built by the

r. John Gass about the year 1863, an d was pur chas ed

by ·essrs . Robert l McCrum& _Co. in 1872.

The pre ises con sist of nine acres.

120

orse, pr ovides the

otive power.

A steam engine, The warehous e

or Milford and Gillis is at 5 Linen Hall Street, Belfast, -mere t he business is conducted under the style of McCrum?

Watson a nd Mercer ercer - Mr . Robert G. McCrumand Mr. Wesley Watson. · r. mercer has been dead for some time.

Bassett 's County Armagh - p.123.

.I i DQJ TRY 11 C

cove r

'lr . John Comp to n , J.P., dur··ng a n er·o about six y ears,

1

g

as · ade coi.sidera b e pr ogres s i

the work of developing a r ost p ro i sing i nclust r .," . ,e avii g o ~ - i

His factory at Umg ola is devoted to t he sk s. drills a nd damask

l,ent y -e ars ago --r .

1

o

founded t h e ent erprise. purchasing, beg an to re ~ode l , enla r g e and i J ro e , unti he secured more. than double t h e or·gii a l capa ci building s, which are of

, are

ri ck and sto

than the illustration i ndi cates.

r ~

e

ore exte_ i e J._

perfected power loo s, and the ot·1 r ne c ess and equipments, includi ng a stea:~ en

•e

e

c apa

l,

.....

..u

C

O J.

0

ri i

up to 120 h orse.

Yarns are p rocured fro

he prin cipal Iris· ·• i - _s

from Dundee, Scotland, and so 1e

ro

il . . e,

e.

· anufactured goods are so ld in · el '"'ast , · a c· ester,

o do ..

and Northampton .

In addi tion to the oth er subs l, antia=... i prove:.... effected since Mr . Compton 1 s accession , it ~a

s

e __en io ed

that h e has h ad t wenty hou ses erected ~'"'or •mr ers.

~

out

'\ 0 .

re e ploy ed .

vO p

ve in

·rt

r

s

..

a

e 0 squ are · ·1-

ro·

r ug

'

Of this numb er t h e grea ter

and some Wl. .Lt,_h t1e ir pare nts who The market

nr . e rs of th e neig hbor hood . r agh is l ess t ·1 an an

glis h \ ile ciist an t

acto ry , and t he railw ay stat i on is w~thi n a

ile and a quar ter .

Umgolaa ms a fron t rank with t he Llany charn ing _ e i medi ate vici nity of Ar.'.n agh . p aces i of a ctor y and pre ises occu py between ni ne an d t en acre s '.f.11 ey are t ! e Call an val ley , clos e to t h e Cale don Road . ost surro unde d by hill s .

Half a illile f u.rth er west

t e site of the pala ces of t he King s of Ulst er comes pro i nent ly i nto view . i.'ESSRS .

WM . H

ADDEY & C~

·' essr s . \wl ·. H; Addey & Co 1 s Weavi ng Fact ory and Bee tling\ orks , at Alli stra gh, are situ ated at a dist ance of two , iles from the Armagh Rail way Stat ion. · They oy, a bord er town co unic ate with the dire ct road to Moy

in

two

cele brat ed for hors e fair s, and are with in Tyro ne, iles of the Ulst er Cana l, at Blackwatertown

essr s. Wm. H. Addey

Co . are

anuf a ctur ers and

f n sher s of coar se line ns, known to the trad e as rs, 11 and sell all thei r outp ut in Manchester tllers Beet

t

re r epre sent ed by Vess rs . Jaco b Add ey

wher e

sdan Co . , Marsden

bout 36 year s s

ttracted

y

go the 1 ather of Hr. 1rlm . H. Addey Allistragh

and l ooke d up on it as a

.... os t

_ ortant industry • avora, l e site fo r founding an i. p

.e

iv er seen in Lh e illustration i s t h e Ca ll an .

its

ans ' any e terpTises 11ave been i ni tiated, and are

no

deepl

rooted .

Upon

Thi s fa ct, coupl ed with ot h ers

en couraging , i nduced Hr. Acldey to a cquire premises,

equa

consi st ing OL sixty acres, as a oa si s for op erat i on s.

So e of the ·1ouses now us ed for bee t l i ng purposes, f orty

ears ago, ··1ere owned by i r . W. C. McBride, a corn merchant an t. ·ore than sixty years previous to that time lv r. McBride s ad a bleach green h ere.

fath er

· r. Addey re odel ed t he corn will, and put in eetling engines.

he sit e of a corn

ill, -.,1as built by ·1 essrs •

• Add ey ~ Co.in 1882 .

It co ntains power looms,

occupies •

The weaving fa ctory , vJhj_ch also

aving t he late st i mp rovement s, driven by water and steam.

Tro turbines, with a 40-horse engin e as an auxiliary, supply the necessary driving force.

A portion of the

ork- p eople live in cottages oelonging to the property, and t e

e ainder h ave houses of their own, and small

rms in th e neig1borhood.

r.

. H. Add ey 1 s private r esidence, app roached

t rou h a beauti.f ully plant ed avenue, stands on the side g

t e acclivity , corn anding a ch armi ng prospect.

J

e

ann

ess ing

o

s

George Gray & sons

n e of ~he place s in th e Coun ty Armagh

eatu r es o

i nter est apar t f rom thos e con-

it as a centr e of i ndus trial act i vity .

Tn e

G en , f or a wile and a half , is charmi ng ly dive rsifi ed y rees , r oes, green anks , and rugg ed accl iviti es. 'i' e , uild ing s

seen i n the ill ustr atio n exten d from a ,

fi t in abou t a ., i l e of the Railw ay stati on at · Lough gil ly , to t he h ead of the Glen , h elpi ng to acce ntua te At the lowe r end t he Trater t e pict uresq ue effe cts. poin t

wheel s, and in t he uppe r regio n , tn e tall chimney -sha fts, send i g h eir cloud s of smok e abov e the tree -top s and eyon d t e clif f s, are strik ing acce ssor ies .

LaKe, a body of wate r forty acre s in exte nt, S1 Shaw 's with a dept h of abou t thirt y feet, is the rese rvoi r for ·1er pur pose s .

It i poun ds t he Tate rive r and othe r.

er strea ms, and lets out from ~ay to day suff i cien t of its store to drive six brea st ·wheels and one Ma cadam Thre e stea engi ne s, tur ine, aggr egat ing 200 hors e. s a

With agg rega ting 180 hors e, are used as an auxi liary . t ese appli ance s 316 loom s are kept at work weav ing , and 34 eng ines beet le- finis hing linen of all grad es from Sons blea ch as 1ess rs . Geor ge Gray coarse t o fine .

20.

8

s

read

s

i 0

G

e

r und available in t h e limits of a prop erty

5 acres . i

e various

v · 11age

roducts of their lo oms, h aving plenty

From 400 to 500 people are e ployed

epart:n nts.

.ost of these live in the

G Glenanne,·whi ch contains a.bout 60 houses

e ongi g to · : essrs . Gray .

The fi r m consist s of Mr.

GeorgeGray , J.P., FT . Joseph H. Gray, J.P., and l" r . Wm • . Gray.

leacn greens were establishe d in -the Glen at

an early

riod, an d about vh e year 1818 , the

ate -r .

William Atki nson settled at Glenanne and ere cted extensive cotton spinning and weaving ~ills.

In 1841 lv r . George

Gray acquired po ssession of the mill s and premises, and

continued t1e cott on • anufacture for fifteen y ears. then remodeled the building s to suit the linen, and the

He

anufa ctur e of

ills h ave since been mu ch enlarged.

Bassett's County Armagh - pp .125, 127,159 .

para tively s· ~rt period, a chang e has

c

·t i

e =et· o so

1

o

ery son

te s

• anu acture at Portadown i spens e entirely wi th the _

. a hand loom· weavers. ~

ustrious

se

· · strict . lo

· ec · al,.J_e e i,...ra"'" d .

i ~

t, and a great , any of the

I

po er-loo

a. ilies h ave

ha s bee n r esisted as long as

as l at -er ly been co ing into f asnion n e re are four lar ge

a rush .

factories now

i v ng e ploy ent be t wee n t en to upward of

.. ..;rati n,

'

The youiLg p eople

- t..e

ut it

'

Watson

Go od aut horities agree th at the

the occupati on of t · eir father s to an

... o

OS

ard- working p eople lived in

t is not above ~,500.

.L

ears ago over

wenty

ople, t· e _ajo rity of wh om are fe ales.

Co ., J . r Armstrong !')

Island

n Co pany ,

J. Ach eson

Messrs .

Co., Castle

nd Grimshaw shaw r ~ McFadden.

Flax

essrs . D. Graham · Co., provides Tow spinning or

r

bout 400.

co a

o

e stitching by

achinery

e quite a· ro i s ihg ~ea tur e of .the

industries o _eople

town and district .

Bet ween 500 and 600

re e play ed as a be ginning.

Those partly eng a ged

in it are ·ressrs . Thomas Da wson , Andrew J . Lutton '"' Son, 1

Hamilton obb, Robb William Co wdy, John Malcolmson

Wilson,- . . ''

Samuel

. Stewart & Co., John Gilbert, and Moneypeny [Moneypen

Watson,at Cornascrebe.

are he stitchers by hand .

fessrs .· Spence

11

Br y son ~ Co .

All t '1ose · ention ed are lin en

~anufacturers by h and-loom, and give employm ent i n t n e aggre gate to nearly 6,000 cottage-weavers of t h e Port a dovm and oti er distri cts of Armagh , and of t 1 e count i e s o Antrim, Down, Derry and Tyrone.

1essrs . Thomas

Kernaghan,

Portadown, John Montgomery & Sons, Derryvo r e, Ro bert ~

Son, Tar son, and Jame s Irvine Annett,

also linen

anufacturers by h and-loom.

eid

iv erside, are T1e nu b er o

,eavers they employ is included in t h e calculation.

It

is necessary to explain that the same weavers are not exclusively employed by any one

anufa cturer.

Yarn-

boiling and preparing are also done at Portadovn1.

Pork-

curing has become an important branch of industry t· is year .

A distillery co nsuming 3,000 tons of malt, bere and oats,

and a brewery , once flourished in the tom, but are no

longer in existence.

:r

carr i g trade between Port adown , NewTy a nd

el ast via t i1e Newry Canal, Lough Neagh and La gan Canal , is still successful. about an Iri sh

t·

The Newry

Canal j oin s tne Bann

ile south- east of th e tovm, and con tinues

navi ga ion s yste· to Lough Heagh , 7 I rish miles.

· e Lagan Canal also join s Lough Neagh so tnat vess els up to 70 to ns burden may go f rom Belfast to of Port adown .

e1:rry by way

It take s one day to go to reHr y f rom

Portadown, light, and two days wi t h cargo

goi ng or

returning .

Freigh ts, con sisting of coal, grain, timber

and general

erchandize ,. are usually

risk enough to 11 ake

t h e trade profitable f or four individual boat owne rs, and four firms of boat owners.

Th e tolls on t he l ew--ry Canal

are 6d. p er lock per boat, light, and ls. 6d. with ca r go going into Nevrry , and 2s. per lock, with cargo, returning . ere are 13 locks.

I early all t he masters of boats

s are profit s with the owners.

About a t h ird of t1e

number live with their familie s on board t he boa ts.

TI1 e

comp etition is so ke en that t he re is no opp ortunity to

exact hig

rates.

1s quite large.

Between Belfast and Portadown t1e trade Boat s up to 85 tons bur den are towed by

steamer from the Lagan Canal through Lough Nea.gh to

Port down .

The toll is 9-}d. per ton cargo;

nothing on

J

regist r.

11.

tone time Portadovm had direct communi-

ation by boat \vi th Scotland and no

th

24.

ales .

Belfast is

limit .

Bill before Parliame nt this year, 1888, provides

or the dredging, deepening and widening of t he Lower Bann, for improving its cnannels, the construction of sluices at some of the weirs, and the removal of obstructions .

It resulued from t he appointment of a

Royal Commission wnich sat in Portadown, last year, with t e view to the collection of testimony showing the injury caused to occupiers of_farms along the Upper Bann and its tributaries by flooding.

This year, 1888, it

is estimated that 4,ooo acres, within the area referred to, were flooded, and that the loss caused thereby aggregated £20,000.

The Bill provides t_at a sum of

£65,000 shall be expended in order that the summer level of Lough Neagh

ay be perpe tually r aintained.

T1is it

is believed can be effected by the works conte plated in the Lower Bann.

The propo sal of the Government is t1at

£45,ooo only of the grant shall be repaid, which sum is to be levied upon the lands in the catchment area of Lough

eagh, i ncluding the towns of Portadown and Lurgan.

ga ti on et ee n vi na e th st le lt fe en So e an xi et y ha s be e y be i pa ir ed y ,a n ow ad rt Po d an gh Loug h Nea t bu t it is be ie ve d ta l, ve le er su to on r ed uc ti va ab le in te re st . s hi t d ar gu fe sa to n ca re w il l be ta ke

! - pp . 277 - ~79. ag m Ar y nt ou C 's tt se as B

I\ LDU STRY I I

THE

9

r

co, Af ·iAGH I i- 1888 ,

IRK ENTERPRISES

T Annvale and Darkley

The enterprises growing out oft e life-work oft: e late l'r. William Kirk, a native of the Count ·

Antrim

flourish ~at various points along t 1e · anks

l an . e Callan

vale , near r. Kirk began hi s career at Annvale

ad , in 1 4 eetle · inisl i g

using one small building, now devoted uO

in connection with his efforts as a oleac: er.

va e

afterward beca e one of t he fine st ~ le a c· gree s i Ireland, including in spre ad grounds, wor sand fa ctories The wor 1{: done auring · is t · c

about 250 acres.

~

eac i

There are 200 power l oo s,

nd

still continued, included linen weavi g , and finishing.

works at different points on the Ca llan, extend · n

and , d ein

i

ee

for

ount, six miles - Ballyards, ioneyquin, Tassagh Greenmount Annvale,

Millmount,

and Darkley.

up per and lower, t he Glen

Some 600 people are emp loyed at

[Corkly] ea Corclea va e

and its beetling connections.

The extensive buildings at Darkley

a ~ile and a

half higher up the river, were erected by l' r.

Kirk, in conjunction with his son, • r.

Ii li

• irk, · Kirk William

and are devoted to flax spinning and linen weaving .

-r-

111 contains 8,000 spindles, and the fa ctory 2 0 po ier

e

looms.

here are 137 acres i n t ne nre".ises and J.arr About 700 --,ork- p eople

elongi g to this enterpris e. are e · ployed.

- r.

Willia□

Kirkdied ·n 1871, leaving

the business and estate to ~ r. Jon e

died in 1873, and his b rother, Mr.

Kirk: is elde st so J .

st l e

trustee, then formed a pa rtners: i p under t h Kirk and Son. William

and partners.

ounaed a

Four years later ' e

second partnership under the style of

illia2 : .

Kirk

Two years afterward t his

sanction of the Court, acquired title to William Kirk and Son.

The uartners were

s

. Kirk,

lia William

e

of

. r.

ia

i

•

Kirk, - r. William Gardiner, l r. Samuel C. Magee

a d 'r .

, r. Gardiner died in 1883, - ·r .

illia ...

Alex.

Wallace

• Kirk in 1884, and

r. iagee in 18 6.

partners are Mr. Alex. Wallace,

rs . ' ary Ga

e p resent i er

r.

nd

Robert George Wallace.

Tne business at Darkley is conducted

der

·

st le

Nearly all the linen -~oven

· ere

is taken over by Messrs. Wm. i . Kirk and partners .

e

le two fir~s work in unison, but '-he interest in Darkley

s

of Wm. ~ . Kirk and Co.

owned by the trustees of William L Kirk.

One o

handso est warehouses in Belfast belongs to ~essrs.

• Kirk and partners.

e •

all It stands at the corner of Donegal

11 l. qua square s . i ... e Stre t,

ere are agencies of the •irm at 44

r ew York;

an

Bread treet, London ;

an

e

Red Lion, Court, Cannon Portland Stre et, Manchester,

D'aboukir bou ir, and 24 Rue St . Marc Paris .

Bassett ' s County Armagh - pp .169-170.

street

l 7. 2

RY I N CO ._ARViAQH I N 1888,

LISLEA, Lislea

is a village 4 · iles south - west of Armagh .

Te nouses are scat t ered.

It is in the Callan valley,

once, at tnis point, the site of exten sive bleach greens.

Tow t~1e only industry is operated by }/ essrs. Thomas Wynne& Co.

Th ey are manufacturers by ~o ower loom of

buckram s, hollands, and packing canvas, and i n the ·factory and be etling

ills give employ~ent to about 200

people .

Bassett 's County Armagh - p~l79 .

Il DUSTRY I N CO. A iAGH I P

~LESSilS.._ J OSEPH Orr IV'. e s s r s. Joseph Orr : Sons are .aanufa ctur re

loom of linens of diff erent kind s . and

inisher s.

Tae f a ct or y o

s ~ y ,.. o· er

. r

, c _w

chief 1~po ·t an ce : s

situated on the Armagh side of t e Blackwater

Tyrone

known as r· Milltown town · i ll s , Benburb , Coun be seen f rom the illustr ation, t ~ -;:

an · i

are J. e

·· c

~o " e

· rer

esque pla ces devoted to indusLrial pur poses .

t~

the valley, the sur rounding ·1eight s, an

io

form a lovely combi na ti on .

The factory buildings and beet i of ston e, with brick

acing s.

ate

in conjunction for power pur ~oses .

36 acres.

i l

rn·

belonging to this

propert y .

C

re

nd st

ed

e . . 1 re'-4iscs

At Tullydoey, -i stant a out a

from Milltown town .dills, there is a

... e

i e

d

r

an so e privat

.:..a.

It is

of the Blackwater, in T rone, and · as at ac: d

·t

0

57

acres of land.

Tne warehouse and

ills at C Cranagil

eight miles from Milltown Mill s. acres, with a private residence.

oi .rr:

Loughgall e

'.

e late

a

:r .

0

ep

Orr

3:i..

0 unded

!

i du stry at Cranagill, fifty years ago .

t ' 1 t im Josep

OI

1

. s death he wa s

Orr · Son s .

1ead of t he fir m of

It at present consi sts of 1r .

Ja as Orr, J.P.' and . ,- r . Jacob Orr, J .P.

ar et

or t

°l.1.

Th e pr inci al

anuf actures is t he United ~ing dom.

~1ere are agen cies at Lo ndon, Manch ester, Leeds, and Belfast.

-Cranagill is seven miles from t he ci t y of

irinagh, and · ill Milltown Mills six miles.

Bassett 1 s Count y Armagh - p.185.

T Tassagh

Tassaghis a be autifully situated village of a few · ouses, · n t e valley of t i1e Callan,

r. ag , a a ~

~ miles

iles north - east of Keady .

.

sout h of

The Redford

Linen Co ., Limited, of Redford, Moy, Co. Tyron e,

ave a

...,ranch : ere ror the manufacture, by power-loom, of s, hollands buckrams dyeing .

etc ., and f or beetle-finishing and

ployment i s pr ovided for about 70 p eople .

Bassett's County Armagh - p . 208.

e c 11 si sts of on e long st re t , an. : as atertown villa Blackw _an·

ouses, t ~ e s t ;lo of whi ch sugg ests 0e tter c. a y s .

•e

ac·~•1at r an

Ulst er Canal pass close to th e villag e .

ars a go t1e popula tion wa s almos t t h ree times

Fi t '

greate r 1., · n a t p_·e St;~1t .

Th e cana l was

ot t;_ e1

wa s na n i i:;ipo rt ant cen1., r e for th lack Blackw atertow

f gene r a ab

r e: an di se .

Ve ss el s of

1.

ini s11 d .

distri b tio

50 to1· s curcien T.re re

to . . avi gate t 1e B Blackwater, an d too_- f r o~1 ~ ere lar 6 e

quant ities o f grai n and potato e ·s .

Sto Tes, SL. ill in

existe n ce , tell t ·1 '"' sto ry of nthe goo d old days . u ear, o r..·: g to a ci isuJ1d e r s tandin g

1;1i t :1

T" is

t h e railw aycompany

the U Ulster Canal i s be·ng u sed larg e ly by u er chants of

agh .

Bas se t t • s Count y Arj agn - p . 21 5.

127

Tandragee

T

ar a

0

a

Tandragee , as

fa n exten sive linen industry , and · ad a

~: e c nt reat

irst 1alf oft e century,

:e

In

t ever

In t he season · ~e sale

ednesday .

aloe average d over £6,000 a week .

so ·epart ~ents f or linen and general produce i n ~1i cj

~:.e sal e s averaged over £2,500. li~e · sea great su ccess. a fe 1 people

10

A mont hly ,. , air wa s

f ow t he mar et exists ,,or

sell roll butter .

fairs_ as been long a dead letter.

Ti1e patent fo r Th e linen i ndustry

in t e to,-m and district is still i mportant , but of t h e ; eop e e ployed, about 3,000, th e greater part

ive

else ii ere .

ne flax spinning mill in to1·m · as about

6 0 ·1oro:ers.

It is ovrned by the 1· essrs . Sinton , who r.

plo

about 700 at their fa ctory at Laurelva le .

ill "a

n Turtle, of lullavil la House, e ploys about John

,oo

·1 and- loo

linen weavers, belonging to various

laces, and -~r . Willi

Kilpatri ck , of Cabra Grove,

about 500 .

assatt • s County

r agh - p . ~27.

GH

t t

e~ise , in 1887 , \ r .

f his

l

Sinton ms conducting a

1

anufa ctur ing business of a ··, ost

xtensive c' aracter at Laur elvale, the --arns ere s ~un in e

or mi ch

i l s at Tandrage e and Killyleigh , Co . Do wn .

egan hi s career at Laurelvale about t irty-five y ears ing the place hi mself.

ago,

about 150 a cres. the

Thomas

~~ e

pr operty co sists of

Of this over four acres are covered by

uildings se en i n t ~1 e illustration .

are 350

wo st earn engines of 180

ooms, ·riven by

po·er i di cated. rovided

I n t: es e the re orse

ater Lor conden sing purpose s i s

rom a la~e to whi ch a small strea

oran stepps . from Glenoran

i s directed

This enhances the attraction s of

tasteful y planted pleasure grounds, f acing the family

residence ne ar the factory

The manuna ctures f rom the

Laurelvale looms incl ude superior h eavy linens and s· eetings.

re

Tearly 700 people are employed here .

Yarns

iven out to cottage weavers to the numb er of 1,500

in he counties of Armagh and Dovm, to be woven i nto h eavy

ouse o d linen , and cambric and linen handker chiefs . e 111 at Tandrag ee, also illustrated, was acquired by

r

t

•

9

d .y

Previous to that time

andragee Spi nning Company .

It

nd of t~e trade , a~ d the r e a re

i 8'. ...

ears ago .

at

s ~ ndi

:r .

Lin en :rarn s o'"' the finest grade are suun

n s.

to Sinton

t : ere,

i 1 KillyleighCo . Do w.n , ,1as taken by

5, and conducted under the styl e .of Thomas

n

_ton Sinton

Th e

· t about 6 O peopl e, chiefly fema l e s .

d

O)

vork- peopl e employed numb ering over 500 .

v

T] e

si ess at Laurelval e and mill at Tandragee con tinue to · e .... ar

:propr·e ~ d t

un er the na2 e of Thomas Sinton .

ied s

re

The

i s sons, 1 essrs . Maynard Arthur, Thomas

FrederickSinton

Laurelvale is situated at a

-i stance of a ~ile and a nalf f rom Tandragee, and three

ana a

a f

s· i ppi ~g

i es

ro

Portadown

ailway station, the

oint ~or all the illanufa ctur ed goods.

ast office

Tl e

f the ~irm i s at 3 Linen Hall Str eet .

assett • s County Armagh - p . 229 .

I

CO. AJ. · GH II

Bessbrook spinning . . i ne

e e

188.8_._

CO. , LI ,II TED.

i _ ens an d cambrics wov en by the loom s of

ess ro z:( Spinning Co . , Limited, are known and

ap recia ed in

ost of the count ries of the world.

The

istor .. of t e Comp any ·..ust, t herefore, be r egarded as possessi ng considerable i nterest .

odest woollen i n dustry at Bessbrook at the end of

ad a t· e

ast century, and owned the lands of t he i m · ediate

vicinity. by

mi

A fami ly named Po llock

·r . Jo seph Nicholson

suc ceeded the Pollocks

urc·1a se, an d ere cted t · 1e f irst power flax spinning in Ireland.

It was destroyed by f ire in 1845.

Soon ai'terwards the Richardson f a~ily bought Bessbrook. · Ti e·

ut up a

site o

ew mill on a much larger scale, near the

the old one .

From that time building operations

were carried on at intervals until Bessbrook assumed the proportions of a populous tovm , one spinning ~ill alone

avi g 22,000 spindles, and one weaving fa ctory from 500 to 600

oo s.

A h and-loom weaving fa ctory occupies t he

Spot .... re th e Pollock woollen mill stood .

Here the

etbods of "the good old daysu for the production of IUp rf1 e linens, are still preserved .

A green f0r yarn-

38.

\ '3 I. . . · rtic

ar : ro cess, is also maintained.

o pan , in ad., i tion to those J.J entioned, o

v r a

i e along the River Bess, between

Camlough g. d I Newry ...u. ..... ..., .....

At l ount Caulfield field [Caulfeild] tn re are

-wo

---~--s - on e

or spinning, and t he othe r for oeetle-

i · s in .

At Deramore ore a ill for grani te polishing and

flax scutci ing.

At Millvale

there ar e two -.~ills, oue

or sc- tching and t ·1 e other for generating powe r electric tra way be tween Bessbrook and Newr y .

Craig ore loo. s.

or the At

_ re i s a we aving fa ctory containing 160 power Stea~ and wat er are us ed fo r d riving p~rposes .

r ere a re ni ne steam engines giving an aggregate indi cated power

f 1,4 0

orse.

. . ee s Nive a united

Six turbines and rour ower of 412 h orse.

t e s · rce oft' e Bess . . supplying

It

eceives

reast

Camlougn is

h e surplus after

h e domestic requirements of Newry

3,5 0 peopl e are employed at Bessbrook .

About

A branch at

Lurgan is u sed for p reparing and distributing linen yarns

to

etween 800 and 1,000 cottage weavers.

P1--.......4g

ill at Newry

Tne Dro,, a lane

described in the Book of County

, .. as 7,200 spindles, and from 300 to 400 Hork- peop.le .

0 receive e· ploy,:: ent in the County Armagh, and cord

the in-erests of the Company will be found

s

. .11

e t.

st

C

ducted

1

~

OJ.

0

trim .

..ttor

Spi Bessbrook

ing Co ., Li -ited, was or ga· ized,

·, s ine ss •1hi c

I 1ave oriefly ou.t l i ned ras

y -i r . Jo· n G.

Richardsonai. d

es ... rs . J a ·, es F . Richard son, jun .,

and -~r .

n t·1 1876,

any ·rears'

is

r . Joh

artner s, .l:i .

ry Barcroft t.

Henry

Bassett 1 s Count y Ar agl - pp . 239 - 240 .

Harris,

Portadown

I

~stimated J.J_Qp_ulation, 10,000 i n 1888 ~ Por adown i s pleasantly si tuated on the

ann ,

7¼

iles norti1 by uest from Dublin, 25 miles south by -.,es t fr.o

- ast, 10-} miles north-east f rom Ara agh , and 5

iles south-,rest f ro• Lurgan.

It i s

an i ~po~ t an t

junction · n tr:1e syst e. of the Great Northern Railway e~bracing the counties of Armagh, Antrim, Dovm, · Monaghan and Tyrone, and i s the chief port on th e canal , ·et ween

Newry and Lough Neagh.

The ground ri ses high enough

at both sides of the river to afford a great

any beautiful

sites for villas, and the wealthy residents, in recent years, have taken advantage of them to such an extent, as

to greatly enrich the picturesque features of the outskirts.

From the manufacturing point of view Portadovm comes next to Lurgan.

In its weaving .and hemstitching factories,

and spinning mills, employment is given to over 3,000

people , and it is the centre of a district in whi ch t ere are upward of 2,500 cottage-weavers.

As a market for

general produce it ranks with the foremost towns in the orth of Ireland.

The great market is held every

rda

a~d altnough s everal i nclo sed places ar e

spaci lly provided for conducting tran sactions in cident sa e an~ purc1ase , t ~ ere is an overflow o~ odds - and-

t

ends tat ' as a fascinati on f or t il e country peo ple, the effect of wi1ic

is quite a using .

A promi nent fi ur e

in t· e overflow is t ·1e vendor of second-h and clothing . st le, .J. ani1er and get-up 1e is intens ely dra ati c, 1

I

and d t h every arti cle off ered, goe s t nr oug 1 a for sustained by speech and gesture to. a most artistic cli• a . raveling shooting - gallerie s, shows on vheels, dancing aidens, and venerabl e acrobats , in a modest wa , s e cond t· e efforts of the clothing artist.

The warehouse

windows, and t 1e side-wal ks in front, on sue· are dressed in bright colors.

o c a sio s

Indeed, not· ing see· s to

e left undone in order to .make t he day one of genuine P easure as well as of business .

Tne resident s of Portadow n· ave con siderabl e taste.

This fact soon be comes manifest to t ne stranger in going

t ~ought e streets.

l•1ost of the building s are well

construc ted and sightly,. and t he pla ces of worship, in ar

itectura l outlines and internal de coration , are very

u

above the average.

Societie s for mental and p

CUlture exist in proportio n to the requirem ents of t1e

sical

tj

re i s a publi c pa r k , purchas ed ana

· su~ scripti on, in whicl. tne peop e a re

t

a "· iar ized , · ·vi1 th In

ver

t e co~ ~t r

are

T

,eauties of f ature .

~irect ion fr om Portadovm. tne forma ti on of if na vor abl e to agri cultura l operati o s . la

ad ·s ge e rally good .

Po tatoes, oats , and

e prii cip al crops .

Dairying i s no t carried on

as largel r as i t was ten year s ago, bu t it stil at -:;ent · o •

~e ce ve

A gre at ·1any of the far-s e rs "ind - ru · t -

growi g a valu able aid to inco· e.

Apple -o r c'1ards are ou ~g a 1 .

abunda it , espe cial y to ward tbe west, ..La cing In t· e season i t i s not un comnon to

i nd 20

loads o

appl es on on e Saturda y in Port a~own .

Basset t's Count y Ar 1a gh - pp .265- 267 .

I r CO

ARMAGH IN l

DAVID GRAHAi~ & CO.

•1essrs . David Graham & Co' s spi nning -~ ills are so · uated as to be seen f rom all tr ains eitner entering or leaving Porta 01-m, and are well calculated to i mpres s

t~e stranger with the i portance of t he town f ro ufa ctur i g point of view.

J

date s ~

ro

52 .

1

t1e

To e hi story of the ~ ills

Du.ring t hat year Hessrs. 1. i ls on , Irwin

Co . put up a building two storeys and an atti c in l

and 135 feet

long, nor flax and to w spim1i ng .

capacity -a s nor 2,000 spi ndles.

Te

Stimulated by

activity i n t · e linen · rade, pro du ced by t he

ight,

e

er i can .ra r,

t:ey erected a second building 160 fee t long, in 1865.

It 1as t ro storeys high , fire-proof, and so constru cte d

that it can - e raised to fi ve storey s if ne cess ary . le ceilings are lofty, and the rooms well ventilated . ery extensive stores are i n use for f lax, tow, and ot er 1

aterials.

c

e number of spi ndles wa s incre ased to

5,

87~ th

Portaaown Linen Co., Limited, yurc1ased the

erst o

essrs .

cern i V

1

a

•

co

ilson , In,dn J:. Co., and -mr ',.ed the

ection with their weaving factory at

Four

ears later, Messrs. David Gra am

Co.

p r C: ased

·'

1

i ls f ro

the Port adovm Linen Co ., Li :i i te d ,

and

egan at o ce to renew t he ~a chi ner y , and i ncr eased

th

.. u"'

spindle s t o 8,000 .

er

The land under pre~ises

easure s a li t l e ov er 3¼ a cre s, i n t h e h eart of t he to m .

•es sr s.

David Grah am

:i

Co. have consi der ably ext ended t h e

build·ng s s ince t h eir advent.

A private resi den ce ,

standing in hands om e grounds, and appr oa ched by a taste fully plan ted avenu e f rom Ca st l e Street, i s a pl asing

eature of t he i mpr ove-.ilen ts 1,vhich t hey · ave r. ade. raw ~at erial spun by r, es sr s . David Gr aha

great er p art i s of Iri sh growt h . olla dar e also u sed. warp fo r

" Co. f or t 1e

Flax f rom Belg i ur:1 and

The yar ns ~ade ar e ch i ~1y pr i e

oth damask, h eavy linen and cambric , an d are

pur ci1ased by to e pri ncipal

t he Con tinent.

anu f acturers of Ul st er and

The engines, a beam and a ho rizo_t al,

are capable of driving up to 430 horse power.

workers are e played .

t· e

.the

About

Owi ng to t he central position o

ills t h ese are enabled to go to t h eir own home f or

eals.

hose wao are too young to work

ore t h an half

time, ' ave excell ent facilities f or attending school e

ills a re connected by a siding with the Great r orth rn

r. David Graham and •l r. Rob ert Graham con stitute

Railway .

e

irm of

es srs. David Grah an & Co.

ssett•s Count y Armagh - p.293.

45.

r. IL o as Dawson's ent erprise at Corcrain House, en in a state of a ct iv e develop8ent sinc e 1 7~ .

as

t ·1at

:a

I

-anu acturi ng by hand loom

ruit t.

Josep·

Li.1. en

ear he be came owner in perpetuity . wa s begun " ere in 1 40

y ~r .

He became lessee of Corcrain Hous e, t j e

bandso e residence now occupied by } r. Dawson , an d built the stores and offices in connect ion with his trade, tnirty of t· e ·workers ' houses, and the port er's l odge seen in the illustration.

Mr. · Dawson, since · is accession,

as wade con siderable al~erations and extensions, inc uding the erection of a ne~ stitching factory .

He a~so added

depart· ents for yarn boiling, pr eparing, and •-i ndi g . bout 400 hand-loom weavers aT e employed in the manu'"'acture of linen and cambric· andkerchiefs, about 60 i side and

tci1ing 30 outside ~ ands in cont. ection ·with tbe hem stitching

actory, and from 20 to 30 in the yarn boiling and pr eparing depart•.uent s.

te

achinery wa s also intr oduced by Mr . Dawson.

buildings are principally of stone and slate .

r. Dawson 1 s , ar et .

4

r

Belfast

Corcrain Hous e, grounds, factory

ises embrace over fifteen statute acres.

The

grouno.s

re

aste ully planted and laid out.

rieties flouri sh in th em.

anY

per action are C' oice

Trees of

ong t h ose i n greates t

eec, a sh , bi rch and oak .

There a re some

spe ci121 ens of Portuguese and common laurel, Iri sh

•ew, holly - cofil on and variegated - and a splen id array of r-1 o rhodendrons odendron s.

Corcrain Hou se is 1-·Ji t nin the town boundar y .

It i s

about three quarters of a mile f rom th e Railway station . e Corcrain river bounds th-e prop erty on the west, and the Great ~-Northern Railway on the north.

Bas sett•s County Armagh - p . 29 5.

co. ARMAGH I N 1888,

I

consists of about sixteen e nursery lursery o Woodsid

r e

cc - ies the site of the

a res, · n f Port ad

e r ~e re

m.

amous Castle Gard ens

co1verted to nurserv nurpose s .,

-

J;

t: e - ate '.lr . Francis Grant, about fift een years ago. ste s

.e t

McGredy and Son Dough t t he property .L rom

ue

-essrs .

1.

Grant, nine years since.

l'r .

cGredy · a s · ad a life-long experien ce in nursery work and

ardening .

andscape

S00 e of the f i ne st private places

in Ul ter ·1av e ...,e en laid out f rom ni s desi gns, and under is per sonal supervis ion .

ave at

-I essrs. Sl. McGredy and Son

resent f ive glass houses, each 95 fee t ·in l eng th, ozen f ra es fo r bringing f orward young stock .

d a

For specimen s of

Pansies

nd violas are a speciali ty.

these,

ne "'irrn re ceived highe st award at the Show of

he

Horticul tural Soci et y , Dublin, in 1887, and Royal

e ever else exhibite d .

Rose culture is t h e great

eature

The stock f or sale in 1 88

t eir labors .

ceeded 6 ,ooo. a, Islee

t

<..;

T' ey were awarded f i r st prizes Lor roses

of Manin 1886 and in 1887, ,irst p rize

in 1886, first prize at the Royal Glasgow

'4-L ral society ' s Show, Dub li n , in 1887, and fir st ral hor ticut ltu els evln ere i n riza s at reen o c , Gla sg ow, dinb urg h , and Sco t

~a ·n 886 .

st~ ll ano t~ r

The cul ti vat ion of fru it tre es is Dur ing t h e Aut umn e sp ecia liti es .

ver ~5,0 0 app le tree s wer e sold at the Conif ers and ornam enta l shru b s tak e nurserysery . e ide ods

7- ,

of Wo up a

ten

ar ~e sp ace .

As many as 50,0 00 rho dod end ron s are

y one buy er .

ur c~ as ed

Dah lia s and gla dio li

han ds of h ess rs . rec eive a l arg e sha re of atte ntio n at the Samu el -: c redy

~

Son .

Th e i.'fate r supp ly is pro cur ed from

t: e Riv er Bann .

ass ett ' s Cou nty Armagh - p. 297 .

AGH I N 1888,

HALL , Diaper

Ytl

.Janufa ctu_ i •1g interest s of Lurgan are almost ected with the linen trad e.

co

tirel

6

But for it

'"' t1 e to1•m ~ight 'av e been confi n ed -,l ithin ve

t·

Co

· at

va ri ng, b .P. for Hillsborou gh,

illia

ar o

i its .

down

introduced the •. anufa cture of diapers her e,

1

about the "ame tiwe, shortly after the ari Waringstown

accession of Queen Anne , 1702.

Ta e p eo ple of Lur gan and

istrict s· ol!8d an ·nteil i gent appre ci ation of hi s - indess,

d ~ade substant ial progress in a cquiring t he

ow ed 0 e

· ic· e

1e i mp arted.

-fu en t : e training

ad pr oved

sale of webs began to be a featur e of the It wa s t' en ·1 eld on ~riday , in a ccordance

eekl

~ar et .

· t·

· e . :_Jatent granted t o 1r. Brownlow by Willi am III.

Line

er · ant s sto od in th e open street, and made purcha ses,

pay· g

or and r eceiving t e goods afterward at the hot els.

t t e

eginning of the present century a Linen Hall wa s

bui t

y subscriptio n.

It was thr onged every Friday by

expos ed their webbs on long tables weavers hand loomwho

ro 1 ed ·or the pur pose.

In 1825 the weekly sales

50.

3,0 o.

0

The hall h ad a railing

sp ace v~1i ch i s now included in

d

tual y t i1 e 2' erc 1ant s changed their Church .:.n Place it

ali

. ~es

t·1 e 1-eavers to such an ext ent t nat

t e :a

·· s a' 1· s1ed in 1865 .

veavi r-

a ct r

alcol ,

. . ' · n 1855.

as

V

. . -a 1 facturers cal

at __ ge 377 .

· ie s, p~ain a ea c lat·

irst power-loom

•a s built by the father of ,1r. James

·ollo ed

ot 1-,,e

The

Up

to the present 1is example

~ alf

a doz en out of the large

'1ose names are re corded alnhabeti -

Lurgan ~anufa ctur ers

nd e broidered, a great f eature.

hrough hi s ..., ana ger, I find

1 ,ooo l and-loom weaver s are ra~ c

ur~an.

Basing

n uuon t: e stat e ' ent s 'Sl ade to me by ea ch

anuract r r _e . . . sonally, or

u.r

ake hand er -

employed in. , e

ter~ris es wh olly or par tly dire cted f rom

f

e · eavers

nearly all live in Armagh, Down,

d Tyrone, and the yarns are given out to the 0

ices ·n Lurgan and at centr al points in the other

counties .

to

at

o s

TJ e sa e

anu ~acturers give out embroidery work

ds of romen th roughout the pr ovince of Ulst er.

c::, 00 _eople are employed as in side wor ke rs in the p

acto ies and pr eparing departi ents of th e

ctur•rs c 1

y

hand loom.

factory was ere cted, this branch has increased rovides inside

•

Since 1866 , 1.·m en the fir st

empoloyment ent or about ~,400

.i.. -

"'

r ·~s ~ av

a disti ll ery ,

5,

ns 0

rain annua lly, --rer e flour i s i ng .

acco

facto ries.

0

WO

1

On e of

he brew eries ,

ston d over a hun.r ed years ago , S, starte Jame s 0.1.s IJohn s s.

s

~

o,

·TO

.

ies an breweries

.. .... rs

e

i

t h er, t h e disti llery , and t he tobac co

IJ een _·eplac d

y mineral

ater facto ries .

1 s carri ed on to a consi derab le exten t . i_ging - amak brick

asset

I

s County Ar· agh - pp . 357- 359 .

CO, A 1AGH I N 1888,

S Malcolm 1 1 S Et T&3PRI SES, Malcolmsha ve been f or a great many years

•

ro · nen ly · entified with the · anufacturin g interests of L rgan .

vlr . Ja es Malcolm

father of r r. James

alcol, D.L., J.P., during the palmy days of handloom weaving •a s extensively engaged in the manufa cture of cambrick

-e introduced power looms in this part of

tne count ry, erecting a factory for the purpos e in 1855.

T' e co , otion created among the handloom weavers was so

great, that they collected in a body, two years later, anp rent y with the intention of forcing him to abandon

t e enterprise .

A publi c meeting of the residents of

t · e tom, called for the purpose; under the chai rmanship

oft

senesc al, ' r. John Hancock, J.P., soon afterward,

as-ed a

eries of resolutions in the highe st degree

ompli entary to

r. Malcolm, and they were handsomely

en rossed and presented to him . e pr set proprietor succeeded.

ac ·v

At his death in 1864, He had already be en

asso ciation with his father in the manage - ant

co cern, and soon began to make important structural

r t·ons ad extensions, increasing the number of power

1 .

loom anufactures a r e confined to cambr i c

· ic ·1 nd ere· iefs - emp loy1u ent being provid ed fo r peo le in this aepart ; ent .

out

In 1 66 l r . Malcolm

c as d t e pa ents taken out by Mr . Joseph B. Ro bertson , sta

d

: sh d t~e first factory in t he United Kingdo

e stit ching by ma chinery .

~0 r

This is situated in Union

I

Stre t, and

ives e ployment to about 350 p eople .

-

At

first it wor ed in conjunction ·wi th the weaving fa ctory only, bu·l, it i s now al so used in t e i nterest of other

_ ufacturers, and of mer chants of Lurgan and Belfast . ~

e

·uildings and premises, including t hose oft e weaving

factor

off High Street, and the Union Street fa ctory,

exten

over an area of ten a cres, in the h eart oft e

t wn .

Steam is the motive powe r at both fa ctories . . ~r .

a co

is also an ext ensive sto ck owner in and dire ctor

oft e

ew

Be

orthern Spi nning and 1 weavingCompany, Limite d ,

ast .

Bassett 1 s County Armagh - p.361 .

888,

ton Allen .: ston, .~e ss- c:: . Johns

Co. occupy a promi nent

a-i ong t ' e ,·anuf actur ers of Lurga n .

p si t · o

in 1 67 for t he

s es ablis e

Tn e fir !Il

anufa ct v~e of lin en and

ca:1 ric · ad erci1i efs by _andl oom, and a begin ning was

out yarns to about 500 cotta ge weave rs •

· gi vi

..1ade

en rears t ·1is number had been incre ased to 1,000 .

·t l i n

Arran ge ents

r e c ot

as all sold in t e brown state .

·ere t h n

ade for a bleachi ng and f i nishi ng depar t~ent ,

and

or t · e erect ion of a

I

ac .tine

gave addit ional emplo ~ent to 300 i n side work ers .

· ~c

po~er ,

emsti tchi ng .L actor y by

T:e enterp rises enum erated are all carri ed out in premi ses

consi sting of about a statu te acre, front ing William Stree t, and exten ding to Ulste r Stree t.

rl actor y i

in 1888 t he firm de cided to erect the po 1er loom u strat ed on t ~ e oppo site pag e.

:ress rs. Young

d MacKenzie, the emine nt Belfa st arch itect s, suppl ied tne

nd by a very impo rtant econo mical impro ve ent ,

esi n,

ave ef_e cted a great s aving of spa ce in~ e inter ior

ot t e fac ory .

s vl t t

t

Tae build ing, whi ch front s Victo ria stree t,

the pr emise s, tree acres .

cture are brick and glass .

The chi ef

ateri als

Capa city i s affor ded

1

t. n 5 en i e , 1

and

s fe

eet

ft is 1 e

•

loom s, driv en by a Coat es comp ound The chi mney orse pO\·l8 r indi cate d . a cent r e cylin der abou t 60 a tion of the Vict oria stre et fa ct ory

igh,

erec

nt

ion of 500 has been made to t he tota l numb er TI1e anuf actu res cons ist of t he fine st e. pl e _ r of line n ea bri c and erch iefs , and t he fine st clea r lawn ad ~-

ric . bric camb

i -r . JamesesJohn ston and 1lir . Jose ph Alle n con sti-

tute t1e

ir

of John ston , Alle n and Co.

asse tt ' s County Ar agh - p.365.

CO, ARMAGH I N 1888 ,

I

SONS. essrs. Jon S. Brown & Sons, as manufacturers, h ave Mr . Jame s Brown laid t h e foundation

r d- Ti. ~e re utation .

a 0

t. eir busine ss at Lurgan in 1795, making lin ens and

d

asks s pe cial features.

The late Hr . John Shaw Brown James Brown in 184 3.

Soon

afterward a partnership was formed bet·ween Mr

Brown

is nep· e , succeeded Mr

~ r.

Ja es Magee and ·ir . W Liddell, and t he s am e line of work

cont·nued at Lur gan until 1860, wh en Mr. Magee re tired. e style

f the fir

then became Brown and Liddell , and

ead-qu rters 1· ere at Belfast .

partnership was dissolved .

wor

Six y ears later this

Mr. Brown then took up t he

en tirely on hi s own account.

at St.

He built t he factory

s, County Down, a view of ·which appears on t , e Ellen's

opposi e pag e.

It is situated within four and a half miles

of Bel ast, and has 380 looms engaged in the weaving of ---..u..

sks,

inens, bucks, and towels.

rortded by st e

and water, and the buildings and p remises

brace about fi ve acres . d

The driving power is

In 1872 Messrs. Joh~, William K. I

GeorgeHerbert Brown

sons, were taken into partnership .

• John Brownretired in 1883, and in 1887 Mr. John Shaw

ng t e business to Messrs .

a

Brown .. Robert George

illia

K.

h e present pr oprietors .

Hot

death of ,-Ir . Brown , Mr . Thomas H . Magee - • ad

and t

s. Brown

ns ,

a

O

under given

'

o continue to carry it on at Lurgan ,

e of

. e st

tri

daught ers

f

Tho as H . Magee

Co .

ploym ent is

, essrs . John S. brown & Sons to about

st no v b

llen 1 s, 1, 500 hand loom weavers of Ar agh,

t.

people at

5

usines s was pur chas ed by .fessrs . John

and

rone, and to over 3, 000 1.vi. ve s and

S · all

fa

e rs at hand embroidery .

lessrs .

Browna· ea s e ciality of t h e weaving of mono gr ams, crests,

far s, and flag s on l i nen supplied to families , coatssof arms ip co pani es, yacht clubs, hot els, etc . steam ship

T"hey are

anu ~a cturer s to the Queen, the Prince of Wale s, and all t e oyal Family;

bers of t1e

have co nt r a cts for sup plying

damasks tote

Admiralty; anufactur e all t1e linen f or

t e House of Co

ons rest.aurant, t he

North astern

i dland and London and

t he Grand, metropole, Railways

1st Avenue,

ang am, Inns of Court, and Charing Cross Hotels, Lo don; e pr· cipal clubs of t1e United ~ing dom;

5t York

' 01'

Avenue,an

St . J ames ' s Hotels, and Hoff an House, New

d t· o Grand Pacific Hotel, Chi cago .

P rior

t1e •indsor,

Prize t edals

erit fere o tained fo r their good s at t e London, 1851 , 1862, and 1 70;

187~; Belfast, 1870 ; Paris - Gold _ 1 67; 876 .

County

l 5(. ett ' s Co.

Armagh 1888 ,

hand loom weaverslive in Hamiltonsbawn

· ut 1

p.163 .

od.

ei g:

and

· and· oor weavers live in t a e neighbourhood p . 192 .

: ar ·~ t ill .

to 3

2

in the neighbourhood of Richhill,

eavers

oo~

p . 203 .

reat .Jan

l andloom ,-rnaver s live in this d i strict,

. p . 207 .

Tartaraghan r of the residents in the district large numbe Maghery a dloom weavers .

are

r' s Verner's tj

p . 217 .

Bridge. Over 200 hand.loom weavers live in p . 219 .

ci strict .

Lau elvale.

Yarns are given out to cottage weavers to 1 , 500 .

t· e nu· ~er o

Bessbroo Spinning Co .

p . 229 .

Distributes linen --arns to

00 and 1 , 000 cottag e weavers at Lurgan .

bet1een Poyntzpas s.

p . 24o .

few · and.loom weavers live in the village .

p. 246. o · a · ilton .

Newtownhamilton

A ew' andloom weavers live in t _ e tom .

et aeents

or handker chief wo rkers give out work

stitc· ed and e broidered .

t

out 1 , 500

It is esti ated

f the female residents of

trict receive emplo~· ent in this way .

Newtownhamilton p . 261 .

\'5''L .

Bassett•s Co, Armagh 1888, andloom weavers

emstitchers, etc.

·tain ra~ively short period, a a co~pa Portadown ~ as

ade in tb e :i.1 ethods of manufacture

een

at Port ado wn wi1ich _threatens very s son to di sp ense lith the services of handloom weavers.

nt ·re -

ea rs ago over 4,ooo of these i ndustrious h ard-

, 1ent

Good

ng people lived in the tm,m and district.

r

at· orities agree that the number at present is not above 2,50 .

p . 277 . bout 200 · andloom weavers live in the

et· i l .

Markethill

Linen yarns are given out by manu-

eigi1oourhood .

acturers 1 agents in the village every Friday .

an .

Tartaraghan district. :ag·

ry.

great

p . 192 .

any handloom weavers live in the

p . 207 .

A large number of the residents in the district

are ~andloom weavers.

p . 217 .

About 200 handloom weavers live in the Tullyrone district. er er 1 s

p . 18 .

ridge .

p . 219 .

district .

n

Poyntzpass. ewto

Over 200 1andloom weavers live in

few handloom weavers live in the villag e.

a ilton.

few handloom weavers live in t e tovm .

esi ant agents give out work to be ne~1 stitched and

r

cl red.

It is estimated that about 1,500 of the

J53 Bassett's co, Armagh 1888,

nt s of r Newtownhamilton ilton and ci.istri ct receive

le r\Jsi

t hi s way .

p . 261 .

Annaghmore of the iILhabitant s are su1all farii er s tva 6 e weavers

Q

lo s

s.

in.en : anufactu;rers of Portadown

d ageJ. ts ever

. 319 .

r early every hou se has t·wo or and Lurgan

-mek- to take in webs and give out yarns .

PI CTU ES FRm· Armagh h coach

Factory, p . 86 .

Milford ord t actory )

p . 122.

)

Gillis

actory

)

Umgola .liactory, p . 124 .

Allistr agh 1 weaving Factory, p. 126 .

Glenann e Factories, p . 158.

Kirk - Ii 11 s , Ke a dy ; p • 16 8 .

Milltrown t oi•m ~ eaving Factory, p . 184.

Crana gill, p .184.

Laurelvale) ) Tandragee )

p . 228.

Bessbrook Spinning Mill, p . 238 .

Portadown, Graham & Co., Spinners, p . 29 .

Corcrain , Dawson , . p . 294 .

Lislea, p .178.

Tandragee, p . 228 .

Bessbrook, p . 239 .

Cornascreeb, p . 276 .

Graham & Co., p . 292 .

Dawson a Co., p . 294 .

Bell, p . 3 56 .

Malcolm, p .360.

Lurgan eaving Co., p .362.

Johnston , len

Brown 366 .

Co., p .364 .

,

Lislea.

Higher up t he river the Roan Paper Co~,a1 , Li ited, gives employTJent to about 50 p eople .

Coarse la pi ng paper is t h e spe cial

. 179.

l,AND UTILIZATION IN CO. ARMAGH IN 1888.

Cladymilltown Land fair for oats, potatoes and flax.

Dairying on a modest scale,most of the butter being sent

to the market in "bricks".

Collone Land utilization as above.

Make some butter which they send to the Market in 'bricks'

Derrynaose, Land utilization as above.

Farmers nearly all do a little butter-making.

Drumachee.

Land utilization as above.

Butter sent to the market chiefly in 'bricks'

Glenanne Land utilization as above.

Butter sent to the market in 'bricks'

Hamiltonsbawn Pretty good farming country. fairs twice a year.

014 established hiring fairs also.

-a. land UTILIZATION IN co. ARMAGH IN 1888,

Markets three days per week.

Monday and Thursday grain.

Friday, butter, eggs and pork.

Most of the butter made up in rolls.

Fairs held -2nd Friday of each month.

Killylea Oats and potatoes principal crops.

Good monthly fair.

Good farming country.

Kilmore Land good.

Potatoes wheat and beans principal crops.

Limestone abundant in the parish.

Lisleaslea, Oats and potatoes principal crops.

Roan paper mill employs 50 people.

Lisnadill Lam good, oats, potatoes, flax. farmers make roll butter for Armagh market.

3.

LAND UTILIZATION IN co. ARMAGH IN 1888, Loughgilly. potatoes and oats.

Flax grown extensively.

Loughgall

Best farming in county.

Limestone in abundance.

Oats, potatoes and flax.

Madden, Land good. o·a ts, po tatoes, flax.

Butter sent to markets in 'bricks' A few have large dairies and rise to the dignity of "firking

Ha Markethill.

Monday market

fowl, eggs and grain.

Friday market - butter and eggs.

Fairs third Fridays - cattle, sheep, pigs.

Mowhan Oats, potatoes, flax.

Butter making almost confined to bricks and prints.

lS

'J

LAND UTILIZATION IN CO, ARMAGH IN 1888, Middletown Land good. oats and potato es chief crops.

Dairyi ng carrie d on to some exten t by nearly every farme r.

Marke t for Butte r put up in square s called 'meskins' butter and eggs every Thursday.

Mountnorris, Oats, potato es and flax.

Large part devote d to flax.

Butte r produc ed in "brick s".

Richhill, There is now no marke t for produc e held.

Oats, potato es and wheat ·chief crops.

Tartaraghan Potat oes, wheat and oats.

Tassagh Oats, potato es and flax.

Tynan..

Land good, much being on a limest one basis.

I bo LAND UTILIZATION IN CO, ARMAGH IN 1888,

Whitecross Land fair.

Potatoes , oats and flax.

A good· butter making district .

Blackwatertown Land good.

Oats, potatoes and flax • .

Charlemont, Land good.

Oats and potatoes chief crops.

Most farmers plant some flax and devote some attentio n to

butter-m aking in lumps.

Maghery Land for greater part boggy.

Good crops of oats produced by heating the bog.

lY:rone , Tullyrone fair for oats, potatoes and wheat. only devoted to flax. ll s m aspace

Verner's Bridge, Del tor most part poor.

t toe 1, oats and wheat princi.p al crops.

6.

161 land

UTILIZATION IN co. ARMAGH IN 1888.

Forkhill oats, flax and potatoes chief crops.

Old fairs ·still kept up.

Ballsmills lsm,ill • Used to have fairs in Feb. and Dec., but now has an annual fair in May.

Potatoes, oats and flax main crops.

Mullaghbawn Oats, potatoes and flax.

Some farmers devote attention to dairying.

Silverbridge idg e.

Potatoes and flax principal crops.

Farms small.

Tandragee Good land.

Oats, potatoes and flax chief crops.

1 monthly fair. dnesday market tor sale of butter.

l:6NP UTILIZATION IN co, ABMAGH IN 1888,

oat,and flax principal crops. potatoes Bessbrook

Drumatee Some land good, rest rocky.

Flurrybridge Fairs held up to 20 years ago.

Oats and potatoes chief crops.

Jerrettspass, Land good for pasture and tillage.

Killevy apd Meigh, Land of medium quality in some parts boggy and stony.

Poyntzpass Land of district much improved in last · 50 years by drainage.

0ats and potatoes and some flax. farmers

make a feature of dairying. _

Good cattle fairs.

.. eggs

A market established over a year ago for fowl, butter and

1,AND UTILIZATION IN co, ARMAGH IN 1888,

Belleek Land fair when not rocky.

Principal crops - potatoes, oats and flax.

Butter-making carried on to some extent.

Camlough Land light and rocky.

Oats, potatoes and flax main crops.

Fair third Monday of every month.

Crossmaglen, Market every Friday for butter, eggs and fowl and grain and grass seed in season.

Fair held first

Friday of every month for cattle, sheep,

pigs and horses.

Oats, potatoes and flax principal crops.

1:x:tensi ve dairying.

Carnagh Oats, potatoes and flax.

Dairying carried on to a considerable extent.

LAND UTILIZATION IN co. ARMAGH IN 1888, Cullyhanna Land uneven in quality.

Oats, potatoes, flax.

Patent for fairs a dead letter for more than 20 years.

Lislea, Oats, potatoes, flax.

Lands fair in valley.

Newtownhamilton Saturday market for butter, eggs and fowl.

Fair last Saturday of month for cattle, sheep, pigs and horses.

Hiring fairs last Saturday in May and November.

Oats, potatoes and flax chief crops.

Farmers make a feature of dairying.

Portadown Great market held every Saturday.

Potatoes, oats and flax.

Dairying not carried on so largely as it was ten years ago.

•ery Tuesday in season a flax market.

LAND UTIL!Z4TION IN co, ABMAGH IN 1888, Portadown {cont,) Grain market Wednesday and Saturday.

Hay and straw on Wednesday.

Grass-seed on Wednesday from August to October.

Retail market for potatoes and vegetables daily.

Pork market improving.

Market for sucking pigs Saturday.

Cattle . fair third Saturday each month.

Annaghmore Land when not boggy heavy ahd not easily cultivated.

Potatoes, wheat and oats.• Extensive bog-lands.

Turf marketed in adjoining towns.

Turf carts on roads at all seasons.

Butter sent to market in lumps.

Diamond, Potatoes, beans, oats and wheat.

Birches Land mostly cultivated bog.

Good crops of potatoes and oats produced by beating.

J:r.

LAND UTILIZATION IN co. ARMAGH IN 1888,

Lurgan Market for sale of grain and grass -seed - in the seaso n pork, fowl, butte r, eggs, hay, straw , potat oes, etc. every Thurs day.

Satur day mark et for ·fresh meat.

Derryadd, Oats and potat oes chief crops .

Derrytrasna, Potat oes and a. lit.tl e oats.

BASSETT•s co, ARMAGH 1888, Coach Factory, Armagh.

p.

Milford Linen Factory, Armagh.

p.12.

Gillis Factory, Armagh.

p .122.

Umgola Factory, Armagh.

p .124.

Allistragh Factory, Armagh.

p .126.

Caledon woolen Mills.

p .152.

Glenanne Linen Mills.

p.158.

Annvale Linen Mills.

p.168.

Darkley Linen Mill.

p.168.

Lislea Linen Factory.

p .179.

Milltown Weaving Factory.

p.185.

Cranagill Linen Mills.

p.185.

Laurelvale Linen Mill.

p.229.

Tandragee Linen Mill.

p.229.

Bessbrook Spinning Co.

p.2J8.

Cornascrebe Factory.

p.276.

Graham's Factory, Portadown.

p.292.

Dawson's Factory, Portadown.

p.294.

Mercier's, Moyallon Flour & Corn Millers.

p.316.

Bell's Linen Factory, Lurgan.

p. 356.

Malcolm's Factories, Lurgan

p.360.

6.

BASSETT'S co, AJMAGH 1888, Lurgan Weaving Company, Lurgan.

p.362 .

Johnsto n , Allen & Co., Lurgan.

p. 365.

Brown's Linen Factory , Lurgan.

p.366 .

This is only a note as to ill ustrat i ons of mills in the County at that date.

It only deals , howeve r ,

with such firms as had adverti sements i n the book itself and even then is not complet e.