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Aghadolgan - Glenavy Parish

Religion, riots and rhyme in Glenavy

Glenavy Parish Church
Glenavy Parish Church

The people of Glenavy and surrounding districts in previous generations were no strangers to violence. Early records and documents that have survived the ravages of time give us a brief insight into the troubled past.

A Mrs Adkinson, wife of Captain Adkinson, related her experiences of the burnings in Lurgan in 1641 and the effects the uprising during that period had on her family. She had relocated to Glenavy according to Public Record Office of Northern Ireland D695/145.

It was often said that the Parish Church in the village had escaped the notice of Oliver Cromwell due to the density of trees in the area, unlike the churches of Templecormac, Tullyrusk and Trummery. Read more »

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Freehold Registration

The following extract is from the Belfast Newsletter dated Tuesday 30th June, 1829 and is reproduced with permission of the Belfast News Letter.

County of Antrim

List of persons applying to Register their Freeholds at the next General Quarter Session of the Peace, to be held at Belfast, for the Division of Carrickfergus, in the said County pursuant to the Act of 10th George the Fourth, Cap.8, entered by the Clerk of the Peace.

No: 54

Name and Residence of Applicant: Hugh McCorry, Aghadalgon
Description of Freehold: House and land Aghadalgon
Yearly Value to be registered: £10

No: 67

Name and Residence of Applicant: John Dogherty, Aghadalgon
Description of Freehold: House and land Aghadalgon
Yearly Value to be registered: £10

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Freehold Registrations, 1831

The following is an extract from The Belfast Newsletter dated 30th September 1831 and is used with permission of The Belfast Newsletter.

The following names are taken from a list of persons applying to register their Freeholds at a General Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be held in Belfast on the 24th October, 1831.

No. 137

Name and Residence of Applicant: Robert Bell, Aghadalgon
Description of Freehold, with the names of Barony and Townland in which situated: House and land, Upper Massereene, town land of Aghadalgon
Yearly Value to be registered: £10

No. 141

Name and Residence of Applicant: John Dogherty, Aghadalgon
Description of Freehold, with the names of Barony and Townland in which situated: House and land, Upper Massereene, town land of Aghadalgon
Yearly Value to be registered: £10

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John Thompson, Insolvent

The following is an extract from the Belfast Newsletter dated 29th Jan 1841 and is used with permission of the Belfast Newsletter.

Auction.

In the matter of John Thompson, an Insolvent. To be sold by public auction, on Monday the 15th day of February next, at the hour of two o’clock in the afternoon of the said day, at the Office of Daniel McDonnell, Solicitor, Belfast (pursuant to the resolution of the Creditors), the said Insolvent’s Interest in all that portion of Land, held under the Marquis of Hertford, from year to year, situate at ballymacricket, near Glenavy, containing nine acres and a half, subject to the yearly rent of £10 4s 6d payable half yearly: and, also, that farm of land in Aghadalgan, also near Glenavy, held by lease, from the said Marquis of Hertford, for the life of Robert Oakman, containing twelve acres and a half, subject to the yearly rent of £14 11s 8d payable half yearly: on the latter farm are erected very comfortable Dwelling houses and suitable offices.

Dated 22nd January 1841.
Daniel McDonnell, Attorney for the Assignee, No 77 Upper Dominick Street, Dublin and Belfast.
Arthur Hamill, assignee, John Devlin, Auctioneer.

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Extract from Griffith Valuation 1862 - Union of Lisburn (Part of)

County of Antrim — Barony of Massereene — Parish of Glenavy


Column 1 :Number and letters of Reference to map
Column 2 :Occupiers
Column 3 :Immediate Lessors
Column 4 :Description of Tenement
Column 5 :Area
Not included -Rateable Annual Valuation of land and buildings and Total Annual Valuation of Rateable property
Townland: AGHADALGON
Ordnance Survey map number: 59, 58, 62 & 63
1Jacob ThompsonMarquis of HertfordHouse,Offices,land17 00 17
2aJames McKeesameHouse,Office,land04 01 25
2bJohn McKeeJames McKeeHouse, Garden00 01 30
3AaJames KeylandMarquis of HertfordOffice,land08 03 05
3Bsamesamesame01 01 31
3AbWilliam MorganJames KeylandHouse, Garden00 00 24
3AcRichard CumminssameHouse -
4Daniel KeaneMarquis of Hertford House,Office,land07 01 18
5William Keylandsameland04 01 25
6samesamesame03 01 32
6aHugh HeanyWilliam KeylandHouse, Garden00 00 24
6bRose NugentsameHouse-
6cAndrew LesliesameHouse, Garden00 01 08
7Robert UsherMarquis of HertfordHouse,Offices,land11 02 01
8samesamesame12 01 29
8aJohn ThompsonRobert UsherHouse-
8bLewis Courtney and John McKeesameHouse, Garden00 00 20
8cWilliam McConkeysameHouse-
8dRobert MagennissameHouse,Garden00 00 24
8eUnoccupiedsameHouse-
9Hugh McCorry,jun.Marquis of HertfordHouse,land04 00 31
17Acsamesame00 00 15
10Maria McCorrysameHouse,land03 00 03
9asamesamesame00 00 14
17Adsamesamesame00 00 15
11James LennonsameHouse,Office,land13 03 04
12Catherine McCorrysameHouse,land01 00 11
13John Kearnssameland08 02 29
14John Creanysameland03 02 04
15Daniel McKavenysameland13 00 03
16AaBernard McCorrysameHouse,land05 01 16
16Bsamesameland00 03 00
17AbsamesameOffice,gardens00 00 16
17aCatherine ShakeysameHouse,garden00 00 20
17bPatrick CrosseyBernard McCorryHouse-
17A aHugh McCorry, sen.Marquis of HertfordHouse,Office,land02 02 27
17Bsamesamesame04 02 23
17cMichael McCorsseyHugh McCorry, senHouse-
18A aConstantine DohertyMarquis of HertfordHouse,Offices,land01 00 27
18Bsamesamesame13 02 34
19AaWilliam J. DohertysameHouse,office,land01 02 02
19Bsamesamesame01 00 26
20samesamesame12 02 23
21Robert BellsameHouse,Offices,land18 01 09
22AaJames CulbertsameHouse Offices,land02 03 23
22Bsamesamesame03 00 13
23Philip Culbertsameland01 03 22
24George BellsameHouse,Office,land01 00 11
25aJohn McCorrysameHouse,land05 03 06
25bCatherine ClosesameHouse,landsame
26John McCorryPatrick Lennonland00 01 20
27Sarah HannanMarquis of HertfordHouse,land01 00 11
28John CourtneysameHouse,Office,land03 00 13
29sameJohn Morganland03 03 34
30aJohn MorganMarquis of HertfordHouse,Office,land05 02 06
30bCatherine MorganJohn MorganHouse,garden00 00 20
31Patrick LennonMarquis of Hertford House,Offices,land 16 02 27
32samesamesame16 00 36
32aMaria MorrisonPatrick LennonHouse -
32bSarah BrownleesameHouse-
32cThomas LawreysameHouse-
33aJohn HicklandMarquis of HertfordHouse,land10 03 11
Henry McKavenysamesamesame
34Solomon CourtneysameHouse,Office,land03 03 34
35AaArthur HeanysameHouse,land04 02 05
35Bsamesamesame03 03 14
35BaPhilip McCorryArthur HeanyHouse-
36A aJames HeanyMarquis of HertfordHouse,Office,land08 00 08
36Bsamesamesame00 02 30
36aJohn HeanysameHouse,small garden-
37samesameland03 02 24
11bsamesameHouse-
38Daniel Keylandsameland07 02 28
39Hugh HeanysameHouse,land03 03 34
40Edward AddisonsameHouse,Offices,land21 03 12
41Maria KeylandsameHouse,Offices,land23 03 14
Total    336 02 03

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Albert Peel

In the 1915 Belfast Street Directory, the following is listed as a "Guardian" within the Lisburn District:

Albert Peel, Aghadolgan - for Glenavy

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Swine Fever, 1931

The following extract is from the Belfast Newsletter and dated 27th December 1931. It is used with permission of the Belfast Newsletter.

Lisburn Board of Guardians

Mr James Gregg, V.S., reported as follows - The veterinary department say that swine fever exists at the premises of J. Gilliland, Lisnatrunk; W. Hawthorn, carrycot; Wm. Magee, Ballymacward; Robert Bell, Legaterriff; George White, Lisburn; Joseph McKnight, Ballyclough; Robert Morrow, Whitemountain; John McKee, Ravarnet; William Andrews, Blaris;James McKee, Aghadalgan; Joseph O’Hara, Ballymaclose; Moses Moore, Crew Park; Isaac Matchett, Aghakilmoney; William Kelly, Lisburn; James Archer, Lisburn; and that the disease does not exist at Mary A. Caldwell’s, Crew.

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Robert Cinnamond - the Ballinderry Balladeer

The Digger celebrates the life and legacy of a local singer

On Wednesday 5th June 1968 news was filtering through of the shooting of Robert F. Kennedy in the United States. It was a topic of conversation amongst a group of people who had gathered in the graveyard of St Joseph's, Ballymacricket, Glenavy to pay their respects to a well-known and well-respected gentleman, Robert Cinnamond, who had passed away on the 3rd June 1968 aged 84 years.

Robert had spent several years in the United States himself and the Kennedy dynasty and the American culture would have been a familiar way of life to him. Indeed there was a further irony in the fact that Robert's daughter Vera had taken the Kennedy surname through marriage.
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Robert Cinnamond, 1938

Robert Cinnamond pictured in July 1938
Robert Cinnamond pictured in July 1938.
Photograph kindly provided by the Cinnamond family.

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