MOIRA

Moira (or Saint Inns of Moira), anciently called MOIRATH, is a town and a parish, in the barony of Lower Iveagh, Co. Down, head of a petty sessional division, and also of a dispensary district, in Lurgan Union, Protestant and Catholic diocese of Dromore, with a station on the Great Northern Railway, about 5 miles north-east from Lurgan, on the road from Belfast to Armagh. The town, though small, is well-built, and consists of one long and spacious street, containing the Court House, a large building, in which petty session are held. This was formerly part of the parish of Magheralin, and was made a distinct parish about 1725, shortly after which the church was erected at the joint expense of Sir John Rawdon and the Earl of Hillsborough; it is a gothic edifice with a square tower, surmounted by a spire, and from its situation above the town forms a conspicuous object. There are also places of worship for Presbyterians, Methodists and Unitarians. Moira gave the title of earl in the peerage of Ireland to the noble family of Campbell-Radon-Hastings. Sir John Rawdon was created Baron Rawdon in 1750, and advanced to the dignity of Earl Moira in 1761. His son Francis, who succeeded to his titles in 1793, is well known to history, both as a soldier and a statesman in the reigns of George III. and George IV., Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of India 1813-23, and raised to the rank of Marquess of Hastings 1816, who was victorious in the Ghoorka (1816) and Mahrattas (1817-18), thus establishing the English power in India. The marquisate of Hastings and the earldom of Moira both became extinct on the death of the 4th marquess, Nov. 10th, 1868. Fairs the first Thursday in February, May, August and November. The area of the town comprises 30 acres; parish, 6,092 acres. The population of the town in 1891 was 414; parish 2,002.  

POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & SAVINGS BANK (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Co. Down added) – Jane Watson, Postmistress.
Deliveries, 7.45 & 9.30 a.m. & 4.45 p.m. ; Dispatches, 8.40 a.m. & 3.50 & 7.5 p.m.

Disepnsary Medical Officer & Registrar – Thomas H. Brownrigg (L.R.C.P.Edin, L.R.C.S.Edin) 

Petty Sessions held last Wednesday in every month; Arthur Stanfield – Clerk.

Constabulary Station, James Maguire – Sergeant.

CHURCH OF IRELAND – Rev. John Knox Barklie, Rector.

PRESBYTERIAN – Rev. Samuel Graham.

METHODIST –

UNITARIAN –

Railway Station, Charles McCartney – Station Master.

MONTIAGHS

Montiaghs, a parish, in the barony of Oneilland East, Co. Armagh, containing 10 townlands and the village of Charlestown, 4¼ miles north-west of Lurgan, on the southern shore of Lough Neagh. The area comprises 6,308 acres; the population in 1891 was 3,342.

CHURCH OF IRELAND – Rev. T. B. Harpur.

SEAGOE

Seagoe, a parish in Co. Armagh, barony of Oneilland East, protestant and Catholic diocese of Dromore, bounded on the west by the river Bann, and adjacent to Portadown (in which a portion of the parish is included), containing 47 townlands. The church of St. Gobhan, built in 1814; rebuilt and enlarged in 1891, at a cost of £4,500. The rectory was built about 160 years ago, on a fine elevated site above the valley and reaches of the Bann. There are two catholic churches, also places of worship for Presbyterians and Wesleyan Methodists. There are nine schools in the parish. Carrick-Blacker Manor House, the residence of the Baroness Von Stieglitz (daughter of the late George Blacker esq.), built in 1692, of small red Dutch brick, with a balustrade on which are alternative urns and bosses, after the style of the period; it contains many interesting relics of the days of the Revolution of 1690. The area comprises 9,876 acres; the population in 1891 was 7,961.

CHURCH OF IRELAND – Seagoe, Very Rev. Abraham Dawson, M.A. ; Rev. Robert Quirk, D.D., Curate.

CATHOLIC – Rev. Edward McCartan, P.P. ; Rev. James Byrne, C.C. ; Rev. Joseph Doyle, C.C.

NATIONAL SCHOOLS : –
Seagoe – Margaret M. Kinnear, Mistress.
Silverwood (R.C.) – Jane O’Hare, Mistress.
Turmoyra – Elizabeth Jamieson, Mistress. 

SHANKILL

Shankill, a parish partly in Co. Armagh, barony of Oneilland East, and partly in Co. Down, barony of Lower Iveagh (Upper Half), Protestant and Catholic diocese of Dromore, containing 26 townlands and the town of Lurgan (which see). The parish church (Christ Church) is in Lurgan. The area comprises 6,292 acres; the population in 1891 was 14,058.

WARINGSTOWN

Waringstown, a town, head of a dispensary district in Lurgan union, in the parish of Donaghacloney, barony of Iveagh Lower (Upper Half), Co. Down, Protestant diocese of Dromore, is 17 miles from Belfast, 5 north from Banbridge and 2 south from Lurgan, and is the property of Colonel Thomas Waring M.P., D.L., J.P. The branch of the Waring family, which has been established here for more than two hundred years, was driven from England by the religious persecutions which prevailed in the reign of Queen Mary. William Waring, the first settler of the family in the locality, built the mansion house, a handsome old edifice, also the church, which he erected at his own expense and presented to the parish. The linen manufacture was first introduced into this part of the country by his son Samuel Waring, who, on his return from the Continent, brought with him several artisans from Holland, by whom this branch of industry was established. The church is a stone building, surmounted by a spire, and there is a church for Presbyterians. The village is neat and clean, and the adjacent country shows a degree of comfort which contrasts favourably with most other parts of Ireland. The area comprises 37 acres; the population in 1891 was 440.

POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & SAVINGS BANK – William John Harwood, Postmaster.
Letters through Lurgan; Delivery, 7 a.m. ; Dispatches, 11.30 a.m. & 5.55 & 7.10 p.m.
The nearest telegraph office is Lurgan, 2½ miles distant.

Dispensary Medical Officer & Registrar – William Price M.D.

Constabulary Station – Richardson A. Long, Sergeant.

CHURCH OF IRELAND – Rev. Edward Dupre Atkinson LL.B. ; Rev. Benjamin Finch White, Curate.

PRESBYTERIAN – Rev. John McIlrath.

NATIONAL SCHOOLS : –
(Male) Thomas Graham – Master.
(Female) Mary Harvey – Mistress.

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