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Historical Background of Drumcree and the County of Armagh:

ARCHIVES & Museums for DRUMCREE Parish...

ADMINISTRATIVE (i.e. Government-Created ) Records for DRUMCREE Parish...

• Poor Law Unions were Armagh, Banbridge, Castleblany, Dundalk, Lurgan, and Newry.

  • Board of Gardians Minute Books. survive from 1839 onwards (except Castleblayney).

BIOGRAPHIES of Various Drumcree People.

CEMETERIES in DRUMCREE Parish...

• (nearby) KERNAN CEMETERY, Kernan Hill Rd., Portadown, Craigavon, Co. Armagh, N.Ireland, BT63 5YB. (Tel:) (028) 3833 9059.

• (nearby?) LURGAN CEMETERY, 57 Tandragee Rd., Lurgan, Craigavon, Co. Armagh, N.Ireland, BT66 8TL. (Tel:) (028 3834 2853.

• Other have to be researched for...

CENSUS (and their Substitutes) for DRUMCREE Parish...

• A list of Persons to whom PREMIUMS for sowing Flax-seed in the Year 1796.

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CHURCHES (and their Records) for DRUMCREE Parish...

• Baptists

• Congregationalist

• Methodist

• Presbyterian

• Roman Catholic

• Society of Friends (Quakers)

CIVIL REGISTRATION (and their Records) for DRUMCREE Parish...

• Births

• Marriages

• Deaths

DIRECTORIES for DRUMCREE Parish...

ESTATE RECORDS (i.e. Land Records) for DRUMCREE Parish...

FAMILY HISTORIES (Genealogies) for DRUMCREE Parish...

HERITAGE CENTERS (Family History Societies/Centers) for DRUMCREE Parish...

MILITARY HISTORY & RECORDS for DRUMCREE Parish...

MAPS for DRUMCREE Parish...

NEWSPAPERS for DRUMCREE Parish...

PROBATE RECORDS for DRUMCREE Parish...

RESEARCH Sources and Services for DRUMCREE Parish...

SCHOOLS -- Historical & Present for DRUMCREE Parish...

• Historical (denoted in Griffiths:)

  • AGHAVELLAN Townland -- reports a National School (Scotch St. (of Richmount).

  • ARTABRACKAGH Townland -- reports a National School.

  • BALLYWORKAN Townland -- reports(in O.S. Memories) a 'small' School

  • BREAGH Townland -- reports a National School.

  • DERRYALL Townland -- reports a Wesleyan Meth. School-house.

  • DERRYCAW Townland -- reports a National School.

  • DERRYCORY Townland -- reports a Ch.Ed.Soc. School-house.

  • DERRYVANE Townland -- reports a Ch.Ed.Soc. School-house. (PRONI: SCH 226/1/1-2, 1875-1941).

  • DRUMGOOSE Townland -- reports a Ch.Ed.Soc. School-house. (PRONI: SCH 437/1/1-2, 1872-1939).

  • DRUMHARRIFF Townland -- reports a school structure (in O.S. Memories).

  • DRUMNAKELLY Townland -- reports a Ch.Ed.Soc. School-house.

  • KILMORIARTY Townland -- reports a Ch.Ed.Soc. School-house. (PRONI: SCH 193/1/1, 1877-1918).

  • MULLANTINE Townland -- reports a school-house.

  • PORTADOWN TOWN: (Selshion Townland) -- reports a School.

  • PORTADOWN TOWN: (Tavanagh Townland) -- reports a National School (Edgarstown2?) (PRONI: SCH 117/1/1-2, 1886-1914).

  • PORTADOWN TOWN: (?) -- Portadown INFANT School. (PROTI: SCH 227/1/1-2, 1891-1941).

• Present.

SOCIETIES-- Historical and/or Genealogical for DRUMCREE Parish...

• Craigavon Historical Society. (Checkout their newsletter 'Review') -- Great.

STATISTICAL DATA for DRUMCREE Parish...

• Denoted: BREAGH Townland listed also in SEAGOE Civil Parish in Griffiths...

• Denoted: DRUMNAKELLY Townland listed also in SEAGOE Civil Parish in Griffiths...

• Denoted: SEGOE'S EDENDERRY Townland lists in Griffiths...

  • Township of PORTADOWN (Contains a Wesl. Meth. Tabernacle).

  • Town of PORTADOWN -- Bridge St. (has a Presb. Church, a National School, and a Baptist Church), Foundary St., Carrickblacker Rd., Bright St., Watson St., and Watson Land.

TAX RECORDS for DRUMCREE Parish...

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Click on the following DRUMCREE PAGES for information on:

Drumcree page 2.The Government of IRELAND

• Contains a list of the Lord-Lieutenants, Chief Secretaries and Lord-Chancellors of Ireland (from 1760-1844). Includes a list (of Oct 1841) of the various locations (in IRELAND) served by the Serpendiary Magistrates (for holding civil court).

Drumcree page 3. The Townlands of DRUMCREE.

• Contains a list of the Various Townlands in Drumcree Civil Parish giving details Acreage, and Major Landowners for each Townland, etc...for researching.

Drumcree page 4.

• Click here for Map of the Townlands of Drumcree. (not yet done...)

Drumcree page 5.

• Click here for the Tithes of Drumcree(1830s). (not yet done...)

Drumcree page 6.

• Click here for Griffiths Tax Lists (1860s). (not yet done...)

Drumcree page 7.

• Links PAGE.

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Present Resource Centers & Links for Drumcree-related info...

• Borough of Craigavon
  • Web-site of Borough Council. (has a map of the BOROUGH of CRAIGAVON).

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