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| 1820 |
Tamlaght O'Crilly
London Hibernian Society school was established; 20
Established Church, 30 Presbyterian, 20 Roman Catholic,
and 69 "other" pupils. |
The Fairy Thorn
Revisited (1996), pg. 76. |
| 1821 |
(1) The population of the parish of Tamlaght
O'Crilly was 7,516, and of Glennawn [Glenone], 973. The
population of the parish of Kilrea was 2,723, plus 973 in
the town of Kilrea. (2) The population of the village of Kilrea was 973 people, occupying 110 houses. The population of the parish of Kilrea was 3,969. |
(1) Population in Ireland, 1821 & 1831
(pg. 35). (2) The Fairy Thorn (1984), pg. 20. |
| 1821 |
Glenone Kildare
Street Society school was established; 20 Established
Church (E.C.), 8 Presbyterian, and 46 Roman Catholic
(R.C.) pupils. Also, Hervey Hill London Hibernian Society
school; 12 E.C., 10 Presbyterian, 12 R.C., and 16 "other"
pupils. Both schools were situated within the parish of
Tamlaght O'Crilly. |
The Fairy Thorn
Revisited (1996), pg. 76. |
| 1821 |
A wooden
vessel, hollowed out of a birch tree, was found in the bog
at Moneygran. |
Ordnance Survey
Memoirs. |
| 1821-01 |
Inquest
performed by Mr. Henry Allen, at Green Castle, county
Antrim, on the body of John M'Iver, of Kilrea, aged 17
years. Itinerant and begging for his subsistence, he took
shelter near a lime kiln. One night, he climbed into the
kiln to stay warm. The jury's verdict was that John M'Iver
died of suffocation before the fire reached him. |
Glasgow Herald,
22 January 1821. Link to transcription. |
| 1821–1824 |
An epidemic of typhus and dysentery prevailed over the country, and though the harvest had been plentiful, the potatoes rotted in the pits, owing to a rainy season. The ravages of famine and disease visited the provinces of Munster and Leinster with particular severity, but barely touched Ulster and Leinster. | Ryan (1832),
pg. 399. Walford (1879). Maguire (1863), pg. 370. |
| 1821-11-10 and 1821-12-09 |
Death of the the wife of the Rev. John Smith, at the age twenty-nine years, and six weeks later, of the Rev. Mr. Smith. Both were buried in the churchyard of 1st Kilrea Presbyterian. | The Fairy Thorn
(1984), pg. 69. Evans & O'Keefe, First Kilrea Gravestone Inscriptions. Posted to Richard Torrens' Bann Valley Genealogy web site, online at: torrens.org.uk/Genealogy Link to biographical sketch of the Rev. John Smyth, including a letter to the editor of the South Australian Chronicle (1893) by one of his descendants, Thomas Ekin Smyth. |
| 1822-10-29 |
John Crockett,
of Drumnaconnor [Drumnacanon], deponed to the Rev. James
Spencer Knox, that the rector of the parish of Tamlaght
O'Crilly, the Rev. William Napper, had made unorthodox
statements. |
PRONI, ref.
D683/324; index entry per online catalogue,
www.proni.gov.uk (accessed 2015-01-20). |
| 1822-12-12 |
Great storm and
considerable destruction of property, particularly in the
neighbourhood of Dublin. |
Walford (1879). |
| 1823 |
The Boveedy
Presbyterian Moral Society was established. "The society
met twice a month in different houses. The Bible and other
pious works were read." |
Account of
Boveedy written by James McIlfatrick; cited in The Fairy
Thorn Revisited (1996), pg. 128. Ordnance Survey Memoirs. |
| 1824 |
The population
of the town of Kilrea was 973. There were three surgeons,
thirteen publicans, four general shopkeepers and traders,
one each of land surveyor, baker, leather cutter,
wheelwright, watch & clock maker, postmaster, and two
woollendrapers. "The mails went by Portglenone to Belfast
and Dublin, and by Donaghadee for Scotland. There was also
a mail that went to Coleraine at five o'clock in the
morning. There was at thiis time no coach calling at
Kilrea, the nearest being that which passed through
Ballymoney from Belfast, and another through Garvagh." |
Kernohan
(1912), pg. 45. Link to description of the town of Kilrea, in Pigot & Co.'s 1824 directory. |
| 1824 |
The agent for
the Mercers' Company was Major David Stark. |
The Fairy Thorn
(1984), pg. 20. Pigot (1824), pg. 390. |
| 1824 |
"The House of
Commons agreed to an address for a Commission of Inquiry
into the educational institutions of Ireland, maintained
wholly or in part by public funds. The inquiry was also to
include the parochial schools, and the Diocesan Free
Schools, and the Commissioners were directed to recommend
a plan of education for all classes in Ireland."--Royal Commission, Schools in
Ireland, 1824-1827. Returns were completed by the
rector and the parish priest of each parish. In Kilrea,
while there were sixteen schools in the the area, many
were in poor condition. |
Endowed Schools
Commission (1858), pg. 22. The Fairy Thorn (1984), pp. 47-48. |
| 1824 |
Lislea Parish
School was established; 35 Established Church, 78
Presbyterian, 7 Roman Catholic, and 16 "other" pupils. |
The Fairy Thorn
Revisited (1996), pg. 75. |
| 1824 |
James Courtnay, Esq., gave up the bleach green
at Clady. |
Ordnance Survey Memoirs. Note: The bleach green was occupied by David Cunningham, of Castledawson, in 1836. |
| 1824-04-12 |
After a vacancy
of a few years, the Rev. Hugh Walker Rodgers was ordained
on the 12th April, 1825. Under his ministry at 1st Kilrea
Presbyterian, "religious and moral advance in the whole
community was apparent during the whole of Mr. Rodgers'
ministry. He ably seconded the efforts of the Mercers'
Company at improvement when they resumed the management of
the estate. He interested himself largely in social
reform, and his influence as exerted in reducing the
number of early marriages by requiring the consent of the
parents in every instance. To keep pace with the growing
disposition for reading and education generally, Reading
Societies were formed in connection with the congregation.
They met at stated times, and some of them subscribed for
the purchase of books. There were eight of these societies
in the two parishes. Mr. Rodgers was also librarian of the
Library founded in Kilrea by the Company at his
suggestion." "The Sunday School met twice on Sundays 7-9
a.m. and from 6-8 p.m." |
Kernohan
(1912), pp. 40-41. The Fairy Thorn (1984), pp. 69, 72. |
| 1824-04-21 |
Jane Lowry was
charged for taking a spade out of the shop of John
O'Regan, of Kilrea; a verdict of not guilty was returned
at the Londonderry Assizes in September. |
Enniskillen
Chronicle, 2 September 1824. Link to transcription. |
| 1825 |
The church at
Greenlough was remodelled and slated by the Rev. Dr. John
McRory (or Rodgers). Dr. McRory also extended the
graveyard. |
Parish of
Greenlough (2006). Tamlaght O'Crilly: Greenlough, www.greenlough.com |
| 1825 |
The Rev. George
Hill wrote, "About the year 1825, the writer happened to
be in Tamlaght-O'Crilly, and was present at a rustic
meeting on mid-summer eve, where several boys and young
men attended, who wore no coverings on either their heads
or feet, but who knew Latin well, and could translate, and
make sensible comments on Virgil and Horace, with
astounding ease and freedom." |
Hill (1877),
pg. 170. |
| 1825 |
Eden London
Hibernian Society school was established, in the parish of
Tamlaght O'Crilly; 37 Established Church, 27 Presbyterian,
51 Roman Catholic, and 56 "other" pupils. |
The Fairy Thorn
Revisited (1996), pg. 76. |
| 1825 |
Henry Ellis, Esq. built Inisrush House, parish
of Tamlaght O'Crilly, on the road from Garvagh to
Portglenone. The estate included an expansive lawn, a
farm, and a native wood of oak trees and hazel. |
Ordnance Survey Memoirs. |
| 1825-08-31 |
Sarah Craig was
prosecuted for stealing a bank note, value £1, from Samuel
Boyd, of Lismoyle, at Kilrea fair; verdict, not guilty.
The case was not heard at the Londonderry Assizes until
April, 1827. |
Enniskillen
Chronicle, 12 April 1827. Link to transcription. |
| 1826 |
Boveedy London
Hibernian Society school was established; 20 Established
Church, 12 Presbyterians, and 58 "other" pupils. Also, the
Lisnagrot London H.S. school; 20 E.C., 12 Presbyterian,
and 28 R.C. pupils. Both within the parish of Tamlaght
O'Crilly. |
The Fairy Thorn
Revisited (1996), pg. 76. |
| 1826 |
Death
of David Stark, J.P., Kilrea, Major of the Londonderry
Militia, and
agent to Alexander Stewart, the landlord of the Mercers'
proportion. Of
Mr. Stark, Kernohan wrote: "This gentleman had a summary
way of dealing
with offenders. When the streets were long of clearing on
a fair
evening the gallant Major would step out, and with a
liberal use of
horse whip make his presence felt and the offenders
scarce." |
Kernohan
(1912), pg. 47. PRONI, Pre-1858 Wills and Admons: Probate 1826; Will & Grant of Admin., T/1009/304 (1838), per online search facility, www.proni.gov.uk (accessed 2015-01-20); needs to be corroborated to source document. |
| 1826-01 |
By Act of
Parliament, 6th Geo. IV, cap. 99, Surveyors were appointed
to ascertain, and mark out the reputed boundaries of the
several baronies, half baronies, parishes, and townlands
in the several districts, previously to their being
surveyed by the Ordnance Officers. Charles Stewart was the
Surveyor of Dungiven district, which included the parish
of Kilrea. |
Drogheda
Journal, 11 January 1826. Link to transcription. |
| 1826–1827 |
Famine,
owing to failures in the oat, hay, and potato crops,
accompanied by
epidemic typhus all over Ireland, but particularly severe
in Dublin,
Cork, and Kilkenny. |
Ryan (1832),
pg. 400. History of Famines in Ireland (1856), pg. 1036. |
| 1827-03-20 |
The
Rev. James Smyth received a call from the Presbyterian
congregation of
Drimbolg, parish of Tamlaght O'Crilly, which he accepted.
He was
ordained there on the 26th June. |
Reformed
Presbyterian (1858), pp. 161-2. Link to obituary for the Rev. James Smyth. |
| 1828 |
Trinaltinagh
School was run by a Master May. |
Kernohan
(1912), pg. 67. Noted under his chapter about the Boveedy
Presbyterian congregation. The Fairy Thorn (1984), pg. 56. |
| 1828 |
A Male and
Female school was established in a thatched dwelling on
Coleraine street in Kilrea, with John McDougall as
schoolmaster. |
The Fairy Thorn
(1984), pg. 45. |
| 1828 |
Drumoolish
London Hibernian Society school was established; 10
Established Church, 139 Presbyterian, 1 Roman Catholic,
and 6 "other" pupils. Also, Inisrush London H.S. school;
12 E.C., 15 Presbyterian, 6 R.C., and 7 "other" pupils.
Both schools were situated within the parish of Tamlaght
O'Crilly. |
The Fairy Thorn
Revisited (1996), pg. 76. |
| 1828 |
The streets of
the town of Kilrea were paved by a county presentment to
the grand jury. |
Ordnance Survey
Memoirs. |
| 1828-07-12 |
Peaceful Orange
processions in Portglenone, Kilrea, and Bellaghy. |
Dublin Evening
Mail, 21 July 1828. Link to transcription. |
| 1828-12 |
Formation of
Brunswick Club in Kilrea. |
Morning
Post, 10 December 1828. Dublin Evening Packet, 6 Dec. 1828. |
| 1829 |
(1) Erection of
the water pump in the centre of the Diamond of the town of
Kilrea, at the expense of the inhabitants, £90. Compare with: (2) The cost was borne by the Mercers' Company, though water consumption was charged back to the users. "Householders paid one shilling per quarter, publicans one shilling and three pence and hotel proprietors five shillings. The man at the pump was paid seven shillings weekly." |
(1) Kernohan
(1912), pg. 46. (2) The Fairy Thorn (1984), pg. 29. |
| 1829-02 |
The townlands
of Gortmacrane and Drumnacannon, in the parish of Tamlaght
O'Crilly, were put up for sale. Charles M'Alister, who
resided at Tamlaght, would shew the Premises. |
Belfast
News-Letter, 27 February 1829. Link to transcription. |
| 1829-03-31 |
A
Petition from the Protestants of Kilrea, was presented to
the House of
Commons, to protest against any further concessions to the
Roman
Catholics. The first name attached to the petition was
that of the
justice of the peace resident in the district; and the
second name was
that of the Protestant clergyman the Rev. John Waddy, who
had since
asserted that his name, as attached to the petition, was a
forgery. A
committee was appointed to inquire into the facts stated,
and to report
to the house on a future day. |
London
Standard, 1 April 1829. Link to transcription. |
| 1829-04-13 |
The Roman
Catholic Relief Act was passed by Parliament. |
|
| 1829-04-15 |
Four ruffians,
reputed to be Brunswickers, attacked the house of an
innkeeper in Kilrea. |
Limerick
Evening Post, 21 April 1829. Link to transcription. |
| 1829–1842 |
Under Father
Samuel Oterson [Auterson], the church at Drumagarner was
rebuilt at a site just west of the old church. "The
Mercers' Company contributed £200 to the erection of the
church. ... When the new church was completed, the
graveyard was extended and the stones of the old church
used to build the surrounding wall." |
Research by
Mrs. Kathleen Gillen; cited in The Fairy Thorn (1984), pg.
83. |
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