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ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF ARMAGH, 1836

PARISH PRIESTS, CURATES, PARISHES, POST TOWNS AND COUNTIES

This archdiocese covers the following counties:
Almost all of Armagh, part of Derry or Londonderry, part of Louth and most of County Tyrone

There were 51 parishes in this Archdiocese in 1836, and 1846. By 1931 there were 55.

One thing which people do not realise is that the religious parish was not a fixed entity, that is to say that the parishes which existed in 1836 may not have existed in later years and may not be parishes today. The parish or the size of a parish all depended on a number of factors, the first being the size of the population, the second and I guess the most important being whether the Diocese had enough Priests. The size of a parish depended on the Bishop, his management of the area that he was in charge of, so, if the number of people in one parish increased and the number of people in the next door parish decreased, then the Bishop would assign townlands from the larger parish to the smaller parish. We sometimes see evidence of this written in parish registers. There were as I say 51 parishes in the Archdiocese of Armagh in 1836 and there were 55 in 1931 - all of the 51 parishes listed in 1836 are not named in 1931, some parish names seem to have 'disappeared' and new parish names have appeared. The parishes which are not listed in the 1931 directory are marked with **

In some cases Roman Catholic parish names are abbreviated in the 1836 'Complete Catholic Registry and Almanack' so I have compared the names of Roman Catholic parishes listed in 'Thom's Directory of Ireland, 1931' and made suggestions as to the probable full Roman Catholic parish name in 1836. in some cases, where no similar R.C. parish name is found in the 1931 directory I have suggested names from the 1851 Townlands Directory of Ireland.

I have now broken my original table down alphabetically by parish. There are two tables per set of parishes, plus a final table for suggestions re the abbreviated parish names. The first table gives the name of the Parish Priest or P.P., the name of each curate (c.C.) in his parish, and the name of the Roman Catholic Parish. The second table lists the name of the Roman Catholic Parish, the name of the closest 'post town' and the name of the county that the closest 'post town' is in so long as there is not a town of that name in more than one of the counties associated with this Archdiocese

Parish Name Beginning with A-C : D-F : K-L : M-T : Abbreviated name suggestions

Parishes A-C

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Parishes D-F

Parish Priest, Name & Surname	Curate, Name & Surname	Roman Catholic Parish
John Rogers Peter Coleman Peter Coleman Arthur McKenna Bernard O'Neil Bernard O'Neil William Crolly, D.D., Primate William Crolly, D.D., Primate William Crolly, D.D., Primate Very Rev. Dr. McCann, V.G. Very Rev. Dr. McCann, V.G. Very Rev. Dr. McCann, V.G. Very Rev. Dr. Montague Very Rev. Dr. Montague Thomas Magee Felix Slane Henry Kearney Very Rev. Dr. O'Rafferty Very Rev. Dr. O'Rafferty	James Malone James Byrne Patrick Duggan John Kelly (not given) McCoy (not given) Murphy Edward Heaney Michael Kieran James Tierney John Marmion T. McCann, D.D. Bernard McKeon H. J. Cavanagh Francis Quinn Richard Flanagan Henry O'Kane No curate (not given) McPharland Hugh Mulligan	Damour Derrynuse Derrynuse Desart-crea & Derrylon Donoughm. Donoughm. Drogheda Drogheda Drogheda Dundalk Dundalk Dundalk Dungannon** Dungannon** Dunleer Erigalkier. Fohart Forkhill Forkhill

 

Roman Catholic Parish	Closest Post town	County
Damour Derrynuse Desart-crea & Derrylon Donoughm. Drogheda Dundalk Dungannon** Dunleer Erigalkier. Fohart Forkhill	Castlebel. Keady Cookstown Dungannon St. Peter's, Drogheda Dundalk Dungannon Dunleer Ballygaw. Flurry-br. Forkhill	Louth Armagh Tyrone Tyrone Louth Louth Tyrone Louth Tyrone ???? Meath/Armagh

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Parishes K-L

Parish Priest, Name & Surname	Curate, Name & Surname	Roman Catholic Parish
John Conroy John Conroy (not given) Duffy (not given) Murphy Very Rev. Dr. O'Brien, V.G. Very Rev. Dr. O'Brien, V.G. (not given) McQuinn Thomas Loughran (not given) Murphy (not given) McKeon John Keating (not given) Conolly (not given) Conolly Patrick Bannan Patrick Bannan Michael Caraher	John Mullin John Smith (not given) McGurk Peter McArdle (not given) Hughes Charles O'Brien (not given) Feran John Dallagher (not given) McGeogh John Murphy John Irwin Peter O'Toole (not given) O'Toole Patrick Markey Thomas Pentony M. Hughes	Kilcurly Kilcurly Kildress Killeavy Killeshel Killeshel Kilmore Kilssaron Lissan Lordship Loughgall Loughgilly Loughgilly Louth Louth Lr. Cregan

 

Roman Catholic Parish	Closest Post town	County
Kilcurly Kildress Killeavy Killeshel Kilmore Kilssaron Lissan Lordship Loughgall Loughgilly Louth Lr. Cregan	Dundalk Cookstown Flurry.br Dungannon Portadown Castlebel. Cookstown Flurry-br. Loughgall Markethill Louth Newtownh.	Louth Tyrone ??? Tyrone Armagh Louth Tyrone ?? Armagh Armagh Louth Armagh

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Parishes M-T

Parish Priest, Name & Surname	Curate, Name & Surname	Roman Catholic Parish
William Quinn (not given) Vincent John O'Neil (not given) Gahan Very Rev. Dr. Marron John Coyne Thomas Callan Neal McGuckian Neal McGuckian Andrew Rogers Thomas Traynor Bernard Loughran	(not given) Bradley (not given) Quinn John Fearon (not given) McKenna John Callan Anthony Gosson Thomas Corrigan James McCaffrey Patrick Quinn Richard Everard Patrick Healy. Thomas McKenna	Magheraf. Moneym.** Portadown** Stewartst. Tallonst. Tanderagee** Termonfec. Termonm. Termonm. Togher Tullyallen Tynan

 

Roman Catholic Parish	Closest Post town	County
Magheraf. Moneym.** Portadown** Stewartst. Tallonst. Tanderagee** Termonfec. Termonm. Termonm. Togher Tullyallen Tynan	Magheraf. Moneym. Portadown Stewartstn. Louth Tanderagee Termonfec. Ballyawley Ballyawley Dunleer Drogheda Tynan	Derry Derry/Louth Armagh Tyrone Louth Armagh Louth ?Tyrone ?Tyrone Louth Louth Armagh

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Abbreviated Name Suggestions

NAME	SUGGESTION	SOURCE
Ardboe	Arboe	1931 Directory
Aughaloe	Aghaloo, Aughnacloy	1931 Directory
Aughnacl.	Aughnacloy, Co. Armagh	1851 Townland
Ballyawley	Not found
Ballygaw.	Ballygawley, Co. Tyrone	1851 Townland
Ballymack.	Not Found
Ballymacn.	Ballymacnab, Co. Armagh	1931 Directory
Castlebel.	Castlebellingham, Co. Louth	1851 Townlands
Clogher	?Clogherhead, Dunleer	1931 Directory
Damour	?Darver, Castlebellingham	1931 Directory
Derrynuse	Derrynoose, Keady	1931 Directory
Desart-crea & Derrylon	Desertcreat and Derryloran, Cookstown	1931 Directory
Donoughm.	Donaghmore	1931 Directory
Erigalkier.	Erigal Kieran, Ballygawley	1931 Directory
Flurry-bridge	Not found
Foghart, 1931	Dundalk, Co. Louth, closest Post Town	1931 Directory
Fohart	?Fogart, Co. Tyrone	1851 Townlands
Kilcurly	Kilcurley, Dundalk	1931 Directory
Killeavy	Killevy, Upper & Lower	1931 Directory
Killeshel	Killeeshil	1931 Directory
Kilssaron	Kilsaran, Castlebellingham	1931 Directory
Lr. Cregan	Cregan, Lower, Cullyhana, Co. Armagh	1931 Directory
Magherafl.	Magherafelt, Co. Derry	1851 Townlands
Newtownh.	Newtownhamilton, Co. Armagh	1851 Townlands
Stewartstn.	Stewartstown, Co. Tyrone	1851 Townlands
Tallonst.	Tallanstown, Ardee	1931 Directory
Termonfec.	Termonfeckin, Co. Louth	1931 Directory
Termonm.	Termonmaguirk, Carrickmore, Co. Tyrone	1931 Directory

 

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