Wilkinson-Topley: Airdrie, Lanarkshire

Tandaragee, Armagh, Ireland

Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland, Parishes of County Armagh, 1835-38
edited by Angelique Day and Patrick McWilliams,
The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, 1990, pp. 1-5**

Parish of Ballymore, County Armagh

Draft Memoir and Notes by J. Hill Williams,January 1838

NATURAL STATE AND FEATURES

Locality

The parish of Ballymore is situated in the county of Armagh, on the eastern side in the barony of Lower Orior, bounded to the north and north west by the parish of Kilmore, to the south west by the parish of Loughgilly and to the south by the parish of Killevy and to the east by the county of Down, its extreme length from north to south being 9 miles and extreme breadth from east to west 4 and a half miles, its superficial content being 14,158 acres 3 roods 32 perches, of which 49 acres and 29 perches are water.

Lakes

The parish contains no lakes of any considerable magnitude. The following are contained in it: nearly the western half of Lough Shark, situated half a mile to the eastward of the village of Acton, its remaining or eastern portion being in the county of Down. It is elevated to the height of 80 feet above the level of the sea and its dimensions are as follows: extreme length from north north east to south south west half a mile, and extreme breadth from east south east to west north west a third of a mile. Also Lough Moss or Scarva lough, situated in the towniand of Aughlish, 2 miles to the south east of Tanderagee at the height of 63 feet above the sea; extreme length from north to south 285 yards, extreme breadth from east to west 132 yards. McCourt's lough, situated 1 mile south west of the village of Poyntzpass <Pointzpass>, extreme length from north east to south west 374 yards, extreme breadth south east to north west 242 yards. Also a lake situated 2 miles west of the village of Acton, in the townlands of Corlust and Ballyargan and Crewbeg, elevated 258 feet above the level of the sea, extreme length from north to south 418 yards, extreme breadth from east to west 285 yards.

MODERN TOPOGRAPHY

Towns: Tanderagee

The towns contained in the parish are Tanderagee, Poyntzpass and Acton. The principal of these, Tanderagee, is situated in the diocese of Armagh, province of Ulster, county of Annagh, parish of

Ballymore and north east circuit of assize, on the road between Portadown and Newry, at the distance of 5 and a quarter statute miles from the former and 12 and a quarter statute miles from the latter. Distance from Dublin 61 Irish miles, latitude north [blank], longitude west [blank]. The following are its distances from the neighbouring towns in English or statute miles: east of Armagh 10 miles, north by west from Newry 12 and a quarter miles, north east of Markethill 6 miles, east south east of Rich Hill 5 and a half miles, south by east of Portadown 5 and a quarter miles.

Streets: Tanderagee

The town consists of 3 streets, the continuation of one another: Church Street, running in a direction north north east 220 yards, Market Street, in a direction north west and south east 285 yards, Mill Street, in a direction south by east 310 yards, the total length of the town being 815 yards. The town is built in the townland of Ballymore on the slope of a hill called Tanderagee hill. The descent from the church, which is situated near the northern extremity of the town, to the mill dam at its lower extremity is very steep, the fall being 126 feet, i.e. from 238 feet to 112 feet above the level of the sea, the breadth varying from 100 to 20 feet.

Public Buildings: Tanderagee

The principal buildings contained in the town are the church, 2 Methodist meeting houses and 5 schoolhouses and Tanderagee Castle, 1 police station, 2 banks.

Houses: Tanderagee

The greater number of the houses in Tanderagee are in good order. The following is their number: 46 3-storey houses, 133 2-storey houses, 57 cabins and 1-storey, 236 total number of houses. They are, with the exception of 2 brick houses, built of unhewn stone and covered with plaster and roughcast. With the exception of Church Street the town presents a uniform appearance.

Tanderagee Church

The church of Tanderagee, situated near the northem extremity of the town off Church Street, is a plain rectangular building with a square tower and

belfry, the body of the church being 76 feet long and 38 feet broad. It was built in the year 1812 at an expense of 2,300 pounds, of which 700 pounds were given by Lady Mandeville, then Miss Sparrow the remaining 1,600 pounds being furnished by the parish. It can accommodate 1,000 persons, the aver age number of persons attending being 600. It has a large gallery. It is neatly ornamented in the inside. On the baptismal font are the following inscriptions: "Built 1622, rebuilt 1812, T. Carter, rector, L. Creery, curate, T. Stratton, clerk, R. Greenaway, W. Loftie [the last 2 bracketed together with the initials C.W. church warden]." The church, being elevated and surrounded with trees, may be seen to great advantage from different parts of the surrounding country. Rector the Reverend Thomas Carter, Dean of Tuam, Tanderagee Glebe. Curates [bracketed together] Reverend James Wilson, Tanderagee, Edward Lindsay Elwood.

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

The Wesleyan Methodist chapel of Tanderagee, situated on the eastern side of the street, is a plain neatrectangular building of stone, 76 feet long and 35 feet broad. Was commenced in the year 1835 and finished in 1837, cost nearly 800 pounds, procured by subscription. Could accommodate 800 persons, the average number in attendance being 100. The ministers always change.

Primitive Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

The Primitive Wesleyan Methodist chapel, Tanderagee, situated on the western side of the street, is a plain rectangular building of uncut stone, with a portico. Its length is 60 feet and breadth 38 feet. It was commenced in the year 1835 and finished in 1837. The cost of building was 600 pounds, raised by subscription. It accommodates 500 persons, the average number attending being 100. Its ministers are also changing.

Presbyterian Meeting House

The Presbyterian meeting house, situated 200 yards to the west of the lower end of Mill Street (Tanderagee), is a plain rectangular building in good order, standing nearly north and south, 60 feet long and 30 feet broad. It is connected with the Synod of Ulster. It was built in the year 1828 at a cost of about 700 pounds, raised by subscription. The average attendance is 250 persons and the house can accommodate 400. The congregation consists of 145 families, minister the Reverend James Bell,

Tanderagee, income, stipend 50 pounds, Regium Donum 50 pounds (Irish).

Tanderagee Castle

Tanderagee Castle, the residence of Lord Viscount Mandeville and Lady Mandeville, is a fine large stone building of the Elizabethan style of architecture, enclosing a good court. It was commenced in 1830 and will probably be finished in 1838. It contains a large handsome chapel, wainscoted with richly carved oak and it will also have an organ and gallery. The house contains large and commodious apartments, also a very valuable collection of theological works consisting of the old English and French divines collected by Lord Mandeville. Lord Mandeville occasionally resides in it with his sons Lord Kimbolton, Lord Robert Montagu and Lord Frederick. It was formerly, with the adjoining estates, the property of Miss Sparrow (now Lady Mandeville), daughter of Colonel Sparrow and Lady Olivia Sparrow who resided in the castle. It is built on the site of the former one and in making the improvements about the house a quantity of human skulls and bones have, at different times, been found by the workmen. Attached to the house is a good garden and conservatories, also a fine demesne, well planted and tastefully laid out.

Tanderagee Flour and Corn Mills

The flour and corn mills, situated 150 yards from the end of Mill Street, consist of a large stone building the property of John Creery Esquire, situated in the townland of Tullyhugh. The diameter of water wheel is 25 feet, breadth of water wheel 8 feet, fall of water 16 feet. Was built in the year 1824, the machinery is metallic and 16 persons are employed.

Roads

The principal roads which traverse this parish are the northernmost road from Armagh to Banbridge and Loughbrickland which runs nearly through the middle of the parish in an easterly direction for the distance of 3 and three-quarter miles, its average breadth being [blank]. It is macadaniised and kept in good repair.

The southernmost road from Armagh to Banbridge and Loughbrickland (through Markethill) traverses the parish in an east north easterly direction for the distance of 2 and a half miles, its average breadth being [blank] feet. It is macadamised and kept in repair.

The road from Portadown to Newry (through Tanderagee and Poyntzpass), entering the parish

to the north west, three-quarters of a mile north west of Tanderagee, runs to Acton village 4 and a half miles in a south westerly direction, then 3 miles in a southerly direction, its average breadth being 20 feet. It is injudiciously laid out and very hilly, macadamised and kept in good repair at the expense of the county.

SOCIAL ECONOMY

Local Government

The following is a list of the magistrates with their residences, which are all in the parish with the exception of Colonel Close: Viscount Mandeville, Tanderagee Castle, J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant of the county; Charles Hunt, seneschal, J.P., Manor House, Tanderagee; Robert Harden Esquire, J.P., Clare; Conway Richard Dobbs Esquire, J.P., Ac-ton House, Acton; Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell Close, J.P., Drumbanagher Castle in the parish of Killevy.

Constabulary

The constabulary station in Tanderagee consists of 1 sergeant and 3 men.

Civil Jurisdiction

The manor court, Tanderagee, is held on the first Friday of every month for the recovery of fines not exceeding 40s Irish currency. Lord of the manor Viscount Mandeville, J.P., Castle, seneschal Charles Hunt Esquire, J.P., Manor House. A court leet held on the first Friday in May, in which court money matters are not taken cognisance of, its business being confined to framing by-laws for the regulation of the estates and the appointment of its bailiffs.

Petty Sessions

Petty sessions are held every alternate Tuesday in Tanderagee, in a house hired for the purpose for 10 pounds paid by the county. There are generally 3 and sometimes 2 of the above named magistrates in attendance. The cases brought before the magistrates at these sessions are generally of a light nature, such as usually result from the quarrels of the peasantry. Sometimes these quarrels are caused by drunkenness which, however, has been diminishing some years, it is said, from the introduction of temperance societies. There are no illegal or other combinations existing among workmen to deprive others of working as they please.

Dispensaries

There are 3 dispensaries within the parish: the Tanderagee dispensary, [blanki Patton M.D. (surgeon), connected with the county, open every Tuesday and Friday from 10 a.rn. to 1 p.m. Lord Mandeville's private dispensary for the relief of his tenants, held in the castle at Tanderagee, open every Thursday from noon to 6 p.m. [Insert footnote: also one in Pointzpass].

Schools

The improvement resulting from education is said to be remarkable and the education of the poorer class has become popular. On the property of Lord Mandeville it is attended to with the greatest liberality as to the number of the schools, the donation of the patrons and the strictness with which the regular attendance of the children and improvement is enquired into, Lord Mandeville receiving weekly reports of the numbers of children attending. In the town of Tanderagee and parish of Ballyrnore are 7 schools under his patronage or Lady Mandeville's: of these one is a male and female infant school in Tanderagee, held in a good new house attended by 141 children of an age varying from 2 to 7 years.

Poor

There are no funds or bequests for the relief of the poor in Tanderagee. They are supported by private subscription and also relieved by the following means: a fever hospital supported by private subscription and also by fines from the petty sessions. Four small houses are given rent free by Lady Mandeville for the habitation of 8 widows, 2 to reside in each house; 20 widows and other destitute persons receive a portion of meal weekly at the Castle, and in general the poor are very carefully supported by Lord and Lady Mandeville. There is also a clothing store at the Castle for supplying the tenants at cost price, the clothing being made in the schools.

Emigration

There is very little, either emigration or migration from the parish.

SOCIAL AND PRODUCTIVE ECONOMY

Fairs

There is in Tanderagee an annual fair, a quarterly fair and a monthly fair held on the first Wednesday on every month, all of which are very numerously

attended for business and largely supplied with linen, flax, grain, cattle.

Markets

A market is held in Tanderagee every Wednesday and very numerously attended by traders from different towns around and the adjacent country. It is also abundantly supplied with linen, flax, corn, butter, potatoes, meal, cattle, pigs, meat, poultry, fruit, vegetables. Some of the commodities exposed for sale are bought for the immediate consumption of the inhabitants and a large quantity bought for the purpose of exportation from Belfast and Warrenpoint.

Trades and Occupations in Tanderagee

Surgeons 3, grocers 17, haberdashers 8, spirit dealers 36, painters and glaziers 1, bakers 3, tailors 2, shoemakers 6, watchmakers 2, hardware shops 2, earthenware shops 2, leather stores 2, saddlers 3, nailors 1, tinsmiths 1, smiths 1, reedmakers 1, pawnbroker 1.

Religious Libraries

There is a lending library in the Castle, Tanderagee, for the use of the gentry and shopkeepers, and one in each of the schools on Lord Mandeville's property for the use of the poor. The books of which they consist are all religious.

Banks

There are in the town of Tanderagee 2 branch banks, one of the Ulster Banking Company and one of the Belfast Banking Company, the offices of which are open every day from 10a.m. to 4p.m.

Amusements

No peculiar amusements can be described as belonging to the inhabitants of the parish and adjoining country, except one to which they resort in great numbers on the 13th July every year. It is called the Sham Fight of Scarva, from its taking place near that town. The battle, fought in imitahon of the battle of the Boyne, is commenced at the eastern boundary of this parish on the western bank of the Newry Canal, which in the course of the battle is crossed in imitation of the crossing of the Boyne, and it continues on the eastern bank of

the canal in the county of Down. The combatants being all Protestants divide themselves into opposite parties, and from there being no real opponents no accidents take place. In 1836 more than 5,000 persons assembled and were dispersed by the military collected there in great force with 6 pieces of artillery. In 1837 they met at 2 o'clock in the morning and the day passed very quietly.

** I plan to summarize these pages at a later date (before fall 200), including some other sources about Tandaragee, rather than copy so many pages from a book currently in print.

Updated on Saturday, 01-Jul-2000 18:10:49 MDT

	Parish of Ballymore, County Armagh Draft Memoir and Notes by J. Hill Williams,January 1838
	NATURAL STATE AND FEATURES Locality The parish of Ballymore is situated in the county of Armagh, on the eastern side in the barony of Lower Orior, bounded to the north and north west by the parish of Kilmore, to the south west by the parish of Loughgilly and to the south by the parish of Killevy and to the east by the county of Down, its extreme length from north to south being 9 miles and extreme breadth from east to west 4 and a half miles, its superficial content being 14,158 acres 3 roods 32 perches, of which 49 acres and 29 perches are water. Lakes The parish contains no lakes of any considerable magnitude. The following are contained in it: nearly the western half of Lough Shark, situated half a mile to the eastward of the village of Acton, its remaining or eastern portion being in the county of Down. It is elevated to the height of 80 feet above the level of the sea and its dimensions are as follows: extreme length from north north east to south south west half a mile, and extreme breadth from east south east to west north west a third of a mile. Also Lough Moss or Scarva lough, situated in the towniand of Aughlish, 2 miles to the south east of Tanderagee at the height of 63 feet above the sea; extreme length from north to south 285 yards, extreme breadth from east to west 132 yards. McCourt's lough, situated 1 mile south west of the village of Poyntzpass <Pointzpass>, extreme length from north east to south west 374 yards, extreme breadth south east to north west 242 yards. Also a lake situated 2 miles west of the village of Acton, in the townlands of Corlust and Ballyargan and Crewbeg, elevated 258 feet above the level of the sea, extreme length from north to south 418 yards, extreme breadth from east to west 285 yards. MODERN TOPOGRAPHY Towns: Tanderagee The towns contained in the parish are Tanderagee, Poyntzpass and Acton. The principal of these, Tanderagee, is situated in the diocese of Armagh, province of Ulster, county of Annagh, parish of	Ballymore and north east circuit of assize, on the road between Portadown and Newry, at the distance of 5 and a quarter statute miles from the former and 12 and a quarter statute miles from the latter. Distance from Dublin 61 Irish miles, latitude north [blank], longitude west [blank]. The following are its distances from the neighbouring towns in English or statute miles: east of Armagh 10 miles, north by west from Newry 12 and a quarter miles, north east of Markethill 6 miles, east south east of Rich Hill 5 and a half miles, south by east of Portadown 5 and a quarter miles. Streets: Tanderagee The town consists of 3 streets, the continuation of one another: Church Street, running in a direction north north east 220 yards, Market Street, in a direction north west and south east 285 yards, Mill Street, in a direction south by east 310 yards, the total length of the town being 815 yards. The town is built in the townland of Ballymore on the slope of a hill called Tanderagee hill. The descent from the church, which is situated near the northern extremity of the town, to the mill dam at its lower extremity is very steep, the fall being 126 feet, i.e. from 238 feet to 112 feet above the level of the sea, the breadth varying from 100 to 20 feet. Public Buildings: Tanderagee The principal buildings contained in the town are the church, 2 Methodist meeting houses and 5 schoolhouses and Tanderagee Castle, 1 police station, 2 banks. Houses: Tanderagee The greater number of the houses in Tanderagee are in good order. The following is their number: 46 3-storey houses, 133 2-storey houses, 57 cabins and 1-storey, 236 total number of houses. They are, with the exception of 2 brick houses, built of unhewn stone and covered with plaster and roughcast. With the exception of Church Street the town presents a uniform appearance. Tanderagee Church The church of Tanderagee, situated near the northem extremity of the town off Church Street, is a plain rectangular building with a square tower and

	belfry, the body of the church being 76 feet long and 38 feet broad. It was built in the year 1812 at an expense of 2,300 pounds, of which 700 pounds were given by Lady Mandeville, then Miss Sparrow the remaining 1,600 pounds being furnished by the parish. It can accommodate 1,000 persons, the aver age number of persons attending being 600. It has a large gallery. It is neatly ornamented in the inside. On the baptismal font are the following inscriptions: "Built 1622, rebuilt 1812, T. Carter, rector, L. Creery, curate, T. Stratton, clerk, R. Greenaway, W. Loftie [the last 2 bracketed together with the initials C.W. church warden]." The church, being elevated and surrounded with trees, may be seen to great advantage from different parts of the surrounding country. Rector the Reverend Thomas Carter, Dean of Tuam, Tanderagee Glebe. Curates [bracketed together] Reverend James Wilson, Tanderagee, Edward Lindsay Elwood. Wesleyan Methodist Chapel The Wesleyan Methodist chapel of Tanderagee, situated on the eastern side of the street, is a plain neatrectangular building of stone, 76 feet long and 35 feet broad. Was commenced in the year 1835 and finished in 1837, cost nearly 800 pounds, procured by subscription. Could accommodate 800 persons, the average number in attendance being 100. The ministers always change. Primitive Wesleyan Methodist Chapel The Primitive Wesleyan Methodist chapel, Tanderagee, situated on the western side of the street, is a plain rectangular building of uncut stone, with a portico. Its length is 60 feet and breadth 38 feet. It was commenced in the year 1835 and finished in 1837. The cost of building was 600 pounds, raised by subscription. It accommodates 500 persons, the average number attending being 100. Its ministers are also changing. Presbyterian Meeting House The Presbyterian meeting house, situated 200 yards to the west of the lower end of Mill Street (Tanderagee), is a plain rectangular building in good order, standing nearly north and south, 60 feet long and 30 feet broad. It is connected with the Synod of Ulster. It was built in the year 1828 at a cost of about 700 pounds, raised by subscription. The average attendance is 250 persons and the house can accommodate 400. The congregation consists of 145 families, minister the Reverend James Bell,	Tanderagee, income, stipend 50 pounds, Regium Donum 50 pounds (Irish). Tanderagee Castle Tanderagee Castle, the residence of Lord Viscount Mandeville and Lady Mandeville, is a fine large stone building of the Elizabethan style of architecture, enclosing a good court. It was commenced in 1830 and will probably be finished in 1838. It contains a large handsome chapel, wainscoted with richly carved oak and it will also have an organ and gallery. The house contains large and commodious apartments, also a very valuable collection of theological works consisting of the old English and French divines collected by Lord Mandeville. Lord Mandeville occasionally resides in it with his sons Lord Kimbolton, Lord Robert Montagu and Lord Frederick. It was formerly, with the adjoining estates, the property of Miss Sparrow (now Lady Mandeville), daughter of Colonel Sparrow and Lady Olivia Sparrow who resided in the castle. It is built on the site of the former one and in making the improvements about the house a quantity of human skulls and bones have, at different times, been found by the workmen. Attached to the house is a good garden and conservatories, also a fine demesne, well planted and tastefully laid out. Tanderagee Flour and Corn Mills The flour and corn mills, situated 150 yards from the end of Mill Street, consist of a large stone building the property of John Creery Esquire, situated in the townland of Tullyhugh. The diameter of water wheel is 25 feet, breadth of water wheel 8 feet, fall of water 16 feet. Was built in the year 1824, the machinery is metallic and 16 persons are employed. Roads The principal roads which traverse this parish are the northernmost road from Armagh to Banbridge and Loughbrickland which runs nearly through the middle of the parish in an easterly direction for the distance of 3 and three-quarter miles, its average breadth being [blank]. It is macadaniised and kept in good repair. The southernmost road from Armagh to Banbridge and Loughbrickland (through Markethill) traverses the parish in an east north easterly direction for the distance of 2 and a half miles, its average breadth being [blank] feet. It is macadamised and kept in repair. The road from Portadown to Newry (through Tanderagee and Poyntzpass), entering the parish

	to the north west, three-quarters of a mile north west of Tanderagee, runs to Acton village 4 and a half miles in a south westerly direction, then 3 miles in a southerly direction, its average breadth being 20 feet. It is injudiciously laid out and very hilly, macadamised and kept in good repair at the expense of the county. SOCIAL ECONOMY Local Government The following is a list of the magistrates with their residences, which are all in the parish with the exception of Colonel Close: Viscount Mandeville, Tanderagee Castle, J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant of the county; Charles Hunt, seneschal, J.P., Manor House, Tanderagee; Robert Harden Esquire, J.P., Clare; Conway Richard Dobbs Esquire, J.P., Ac-ton House, Acton; Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell Close, J.P., Drumbanagher Castle in the parish of Killevy. Constabulary The constabulary station in Tanderagee consists of 1 sergeant and 3 men. Civil Jurisdiction The manor court, Tanderagee, is held on the first Friday of every month for the recovery of fines not exceeding 40s Irish currency. Lord of the manor Viscount Mandeville, J.P., Castle, seneschal Charles Hunt Esquire, J.P., Manor House. A court leet held on the first Friday in May, in which court money matters are not taken cognisance of, its business being confined to framing by-laws for the regulation of the estates and the appointment of its bailiffs. Petty Sessions Petty sessions are held every alternate Tuesday in Tanderagee, in a house hired for the purpose for 10 pounds paid by the county. There are generally 3 and sometimes 2 of the above named magistrates in attendance. The cases brought before the magistrates at these sessions are generally of a light nature, such as usually result from the quarrels of the peasantry. Sometimes these quarrels are caused by drunkenness which, however, has been diminishing some years, it is said, from the introduction of temperance societies. There are no illegal or other combinations existing among workmen to deprive others of working as they please.	Dispensaries There are 3 dispensaries within the parish: the Tanderagee dispensary, [blanki Patton M.D. (surgeon), connected with the county, open every Tuesday and Friday from 10 a.rn. to 1 p.m. Lord Mandeville's private dispensary for the relief of his tenants, held in the castle at Tanderagee, open every Thursday from noon to 6 p.m. [Insert footnote: also one in Pointzpass]. Schools The improvement resulting from education is said to be remarkable and the education of the poorer class has become popular. On the property of Lord Mandeville it is attended to with the greatest liberality as to the number of the schools, the donation of the patrons and the strictness with which the regular attendance of the children and improvement is enquired into, Lord Mandeville receiving weekly reports of the numbers of children attending. In the town of Tanderagee and parish of Ballyrnore are 7 schools under his patronage or Lady Mandeville's: of these one is a male and female infant school in Tanderagee, held in a good new house attended by 141 children of an age varying from 2 to 7 years. Poor There are no funds or bequests for the relief of the poor in Tanderagee. They are supported by private subscription and also relieved by the following means: a fever hospital supported by private subscription and also by fines from the petty sessions. Four small houses are given rent free by Lady Mandeville for the habitation of 8 widows, 2 to reside in each house; 20 widows and other destitute persons receive a portion of meal weekly at the Castle, and in general the poor are very carefully supported by Lord and Lady Mandeville. There is also a clothing store at the Castle for supplying the tenants at cost price, the clothing being made in the schools. Emigration There is very little, either emigration or migration from the parish. SOCIAL AND PRODUCTIVE ECONOMY Fairs There is in Tanderagee an annual fair, a quarterly fair and a monthly fair held on the first Wednesday on every month, all of which are very numerously

	attended for business and largely supplied with linen, flax, grain, cattle. Markets A market is held in Tanderagee every Wednesday and very numerously attended by traders from different towns around and the adjacent country. It is also abundantly supplied with linen, flax, corn, butter, potatoes, meal, cattle, pigs, meat, poultry, fruit, vegetables. Some of the commodities exposed for sale are bought for the immediate consumption of the inhabitants and a large quantity bought for the purpose of exportation from Belfast and Warrenpoint. Trades and Occupations in Tanderagee Surgeons 3, grocers 17, haberdashers 8, spirit dealers 36, painters and glaziers 1, bakers 3, tailors 2, shoemakers 6, watchmakers 2, hardware shops 2, earthenware shops 2, leather stores 2, saddlers 3, nailors 1, tinsmiths 1, smiths 1, reedmakers 1, pawnbroker 1. Religious Libraries There is a lending library in the Castle, Tanderagee, for the use of the gentry and shopkeepers, and one in each of the schools on Lord Mandeville's property for the use of the poor. The books of which they consist are all religious. Banks There are in the town of Tanderagee 2 branch banks, one of the Ulster Banking Company and one of the Belfast Banking Company, the offices of which are open every day from 10a.m. to 4p.m. Amusements No peculiar amusements can be described as belonging to the inhabitants of the parish and adjoining country, except one to which they resort in great numbers on the 13th July every year. It is called the Sham Fight of Scarva, from its taking place near that town. The battle, fought in imitahon of the battle of the Boyne, is commenced at the eastern boundary of this parish on the western bank of the Newry Canal, which in the course of the battle is crossed in imitation of the crossing of the Boyne, and it continues on the eastern bank of	the canal in the county of Down. The combatants being all Protestants divide themselves into opposite parties, and from there being no real opponents no accidents take place. In 1836 more than 5,000 persons assembled and were dispersed by the military collected there in great force with 6 pieces of artillery. In 1837 they met at 2 o'clock in the morning and the day passed very quietly.
	** I plan to summarize these pages at a later date (before fall 200), including some other sources about Tandaragee, rather than copy so many pages from a book currently in print.