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Ballyminymore - Glenavy Parish
Obituaries
The following extract is from the Belfast Newsletter dated Tuesday 24th March 1835. Thanks to the Belfast Newsletter for granting permission to use the extract.
Died - On the 18th inst. At his father's residence, Darraghmore, near Glenavy, John, son of Mr. Walter Oakman, aged 25 years.
Walter Oakman was a linen draper and farmer who lived at Darraghmore in Townland Ballyminymore. Vicki Strickland of Melbourne, Australia, has a keen interest in Oakman families in Northern Ireland and is developing a website to share the results of her research. Read more about Walter, and other Oakman families, and view photos of Darraghmore by visiting the Oakman of Ireland website.
Return to TopExtract 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: Ballyminymore |
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Ordnance Survey map number: 59 |
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| 1 | John Lorimer | Marquis of Hertford | Land | 02 00 30 |
| 2 | John Johnston | same | House,Offices,Land | 56 03 30 |
| 3 | Margaret McVeigh | same | Herd's Ho.Office,Land | 48 02 20 |
| 4 | Samuel Johnston | same | House,Offices,Land | 43 00 15 |
| 5 | Samuel Bryans | same | House,Office,Land | 22 00 10 |
| 6 | same | same | same | 19 02 06 |
| 7 | same | same | same | 14 03 25 |
| 7a | Michael McCaffrey | Samuel Bryans | House and Garden | 00 00 25 |
| 7b | William Bryans | same | House and Garden | 00 00 35 |
| 8 | Robert Colburn | Marquis of Hertford | Land | 14 02 15 |
| 9 | John Clendinning | same | House,Offices,Land | 21 02 30 |
| 10a | Nicholas Oakman | same | House,Offices,Land | 106 03 27 |
| 10b | Anne Stewart | Nicholas Oakman | House,Office,Garden | 00 01 08 |
| 11 | Alexander Young | Marquis of Hertford | House,Office,Land | 08 02 15 |
| 12 | Eliza Gill | William Anderson | Land | 02 01 00 |
| 13 | Dave Clendinning | Marquis of Hertford | House,Office,Land | 10 02 23 |
| 11 | Claudius Clendinning | same | House and Land | 04 00 00 |
| Total | 376 02 36 | |||
Trout at Johnston Weir
The following is an extract from the Lisburn Standard dated Friday August 29th 1948
Events of 25 years ago - extracts from "Standard" File.
Angling - Mr. Wm Armstrong, a signal operator at the G.N.R. station at Glenavy, while fishing at a spot known as "Johnston Weir" on the Glenavy river landed a trout which weighed 9 lbs 2 ozs, was 23¼ inches in length and had a girth of 15¼ inches.
