Killevy

• Abbreviations used in these GENUKI County Armagh, and library notes
  • AIGS = Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies
  • FHL = Family History Library (LDS)
  • LDS = Latter Day Saints
  • NLI = National Library of Ireland
  • PRO = National Archives (formerly, the Public Record Office) at Kew, England
  • PRONI = Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
  • QUB = Queen's University, Belfast
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• 1901 and 1911 censuses - LDS microfilm numbers

• Church of Ireland
• Presbyterian
• Roman Catholic

• Coote, Charles, Sir, Excerpt from Statistical Survey of the County of Armagh, pub. 1804
• [Kyle, Rev. Robert Wood?], Nox observanda. A sermon preached in Drumbanagher Church, County Armagh, on Sunday, November the fifth, 1826, by the Rev. Robert Wood Kyle, A.B. Curate of Killevy, William Curry, Jun. and Company, Dublin, 1827
  • NLI: P 487(17), Coll. P.

• Church of Ireland
• Methodist
• Presbyterian
• Roman Catholic

• Chambers, S. W., Places of interest in Northern Ireland. No. 1: South Armagh, Newry and the Mourne Mountains, [Belfast: 1941]
  • NLI: Ir 9141 p 106, Coll. Ir.

• Geograph
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• The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
• Coote, Charles, Sir, Excerpt from Statistical Survey of the County of Armagh, pub. 1804
• Lewis, Samuel, Camlough, an ecclesiastical district, in the barony of Upper Orior, county of Armagh, from A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland [1837] - hosted by Library Ireland
• Lewis, Samuel, Killevey, or Kilseleve, a parish, partly in the barony of Lower Orior, but chiefly in that of Upper Orior, county of Armagh, from A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland [1837] - hosted by Library Ireland

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Killevy to another place.

• Rental books of Lord Charlemont's Newry Estate (Armagh), 1839-1866. Microfilm of original records at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast: PRONI no: DOD 360. Newry Estate in Orior Barony, County Armagh, includes the following townlands of Loughgilly Parish: Clogharevan, Drumherriff and Tullywinny;of Killevy Parish: Ballynalack, Carrickbrackan, Carrickcroppan, Carrickcloghan, Cross, Eshwary or Esswary, Keggall, Lissaraw, Maghernahely. LDS microfilm references:
  • Rental books of the Newry estate, 1839-1850. -- FHL BRITISH Film 258638
  • Rental books of the Newry estates (cont.), 1850- 1866 -- FHL BRITISH Film 258639

• Chambers, S. W., Places of interest in Northern Ireland. No. 1: South Armagh, Newry and the Mourne Mountains, [Belfast: 1941]
  • NLI: Ir 9141 p 106, Coll. Ir.

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference J0441225160 (Lat/Lon: 54.164867, -6.402185), Killevy which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Copy Killevy and paste it along with the county name into the search box at Ordnance Survey Ireland.
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• Ó Paircín, Liam, in AINM, Journal of the Ulster Place-name Society, Index of Contents, AINM - I-VIII
  • Carricknagalliagh, Carraig na gCailleach (Aughanduff-Slieve Gullion Area) VIII (1998-2000), 99
  • Cloghoge, Clochóg (Aughanduff-Slieve Gullion Area) VIII (1998-2000), 96
  • Dorsy (Mullaghglass) (Aughanduff-Slieve Gullion Area) VIII (1998-2000), 95
  • Drumbanagher II (1987), 29
  • Drummintee, Droim an Tí (Aughanduff-Slieve Gullion Area) VIII (1998-2000), 100
  • Killeavy, Cill Shléibhe VIII (1998-2000), 177 (= BUPNS Series I Vol. 1 Part 4 (Autumn 1953) 73 [54])
  • Latt, Leacht VIII (1998-2000), 99n
  • Lislea, Lios Liath (Aughanduff-Slieve Gullion Area) VIII (1998-2000), 99
• Townland names of Killevy parish - from the PRONI's Geographical Index of Northern Ireland

• IrelandOldNews - an ongoing, volunteer project to transcribe 18th & 19th century Irish newspapers
  • Input "Killevy" and spelling variants (e.g., "Killeavey") into the "Find" box
  • Also try inputting townland and other placenames found in Killevy parish
  • Of course, you may also wish to search for your favourite personal and family names!
  • Revisit the IrelandOldNews web site periodically, as transcribers update their county pages regularly
  • The Newry Commercial Telegraph
• The Armagh Observer, Co Down ed. & South Armagh ed., no.1691 ,1692; 1,8 Sept.1962
• The Belfast Newspaper Index, 1737-1800; compiled by Dr. John C. Greene of Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.A.
  • Mentions of Killevy in the Belfast Newsletter index

• Blacker, William (1777-1855), Address to the small farmers on the estates of the Right Hon. the Earl of Gosford [Mullabrach parish] and Maxwell Close, Esq., [Killevy Parish] in the County of Armagh, Murphy, Dublin, 1834
  • NLI: Ir 630 b 9, Coll. Ir.
• Blacker, William (1777-1855), An essay on the improvement to be made in the cultivation of small farms by the introduction of green crops, and housefeeding the stock thereon: originally published in an address to the small farmers on the estates of the Earl of Gosford [Mullabrach parish] and Colonel Close [Drumbanagher, Killevy parish], in the county of Armagh, W. Curry, Jun. and Co., Sackville-Street, Dublin. London: R. Groombridge. Edinburgh: Blackwood and Sons, 1845
  • NLI: Ir 630941 h2(2), Coll. Ir.

• ---, South Armagh! Your day for Ireland. [Bye-election appeal by Sinn Fein urging constituents to vote for complete separation from Great Britain], [n.p., 1918]
  • NLI: ILB 300 p 3 [Item 110], Coll. Ilb.
• De Valera, Eamonn (1882-1975), To the voters of Armagh, printed for the Candidate, Dr. Patrick McCartan, by O'Loughlin, Murphy & Boland, Ltd., Dublin; and published by the Sinn Fein Election Committee, [Dublin], [1918]
  • NLI: Ms 25,588(57), Manuscript Colls.
• Eye-witness, When McCartan comes marching home, [Dublin?], [1918]
  • NLI: Ms 25,588(58), Coll Ms.
• McCartan, Patrick (1878-1966), Conscription, printed for the Candidate, Doctor Patrick McCartan, by O'Loughlin, Murphy and Boland, Ltd., Dublin; and published by the Sinn Fein Election Committee, [Dublin], [1918]
  • NLI: Ms 25,588(56v), Coll Ms.
• McCartan, Patrick (1878-1966), Which do you choose?, printed for the Candidate at the Wood Printing Works, [Dublin], [1918]
  • NLI: Ms 25,588(60), Coll Ms.
• O'Dwyer, Edward Thomas (1842-1917), The late Bishop of Limerick and John Redmond, printed by P. Mahon, Dublin, and published by the Candidate, [Dublin], [1918]
  • NLI: Ms 25,588(58), Coll Ms.

• Armagh Poor Law Union - from Peter Higginbotham's The Story of Workhouses
• Newry Workhouse history - from the Newry Journal e-zine
• Newry Poorlaw Union and Workhouse - from Peter Higginbotham's The Story of Workhouses

• Holdings of documents related to Killevy parish at the PRONI
  • OS Map portions of parishes in Killevy, Loughgilly, Killmore and Ballymore, Co Armagh, PRONI ref. D/1577
  • Papers about individual parishes in the Armagh Diocesan Registry archive
    • "Camlough, near Newry, Co Armagh -- The papers date from 1773, 1785 and 1817-1968 (with many gaps), and include deeds and related papers of 1866-1868, among them a ground plan, about the building and consecration of the new church."
    • "Drumbanagher, near Newry, Co Armagh -- The documents run from 1948 to 1952 (with many gaps)."
    • "Killeavy (Camlough), Co. Armagh -- The documents date from 1775 and 1826-1894 (with many gaps), and include a c.1870 schedule of formal documents relating to buildings over the period 1774-1859."
    • "Meigh, near Camlough, Co Armagh -- The documents, which are few, run from 1830 to 1875 (with some gaps), and include some particulars about the new chapel of ease at Meigh, 1830-1831."
    • "Mullaglass, near Camlough, Co Armagh -- The few documents there are run from 1872 to 1964 (with many gaps)."

• ---, Exploring living memory [(Slide)], Part 1: South Armagh reminiscence and recall, Confederation of Community Groups, Newry, 1985(Slide)
  • QUB: Main Lib., Belfast Campus - ts/ HV1481.N8/EXPL
• Castleblayney Community Enterprises, Along the Black Pig's Dyke folklore from Monaghan and South Armagh, [Castleblayney Community Enterprises], [1993]
  • NLI: Ir 3991 a 15, Collection Ir.

• Valuation Records
  • 1848-1864, General valuation of rateable property in Ireland, "Griffith's Valuation"
    • Listed every occupier of land, the lessor of that land, size of the holding, and the rate payable on that holding
    • Killevy parish segment -- online at John Hayes' web site