Crossmaglen, Creggan Civil Parish, County Armagh

CROSSMAGLEN, a village, in that part of the parish of Creggan which is in the barony of Upper Fews, county of Armagh, and province of Ulster, 8 miles (N.W.) from Dundalk, on the road to Newtown-Hamilton; containing 545 inhabitants. It comprises about 100 houses, of which several are large and well built, and has a penny post to Dundalk: the surrounding scenery is strikingly diversified. In the vicinity is a small lake, called Lough Maglen, or Magherlin; and there are numerous others in the surrounding district. The slate quarries here were formerly worked to some extent, but they are now in the declining state. A market for provisions is held on Friday; and there are fairs on the last Friday in every month for black cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs. A constabulary police station has been established in the village and a spacious and handsome R.C. chapel has been recently erected, which is the parochial chapel of a very extensive district, called Lower Creggan. A dispensary was built by subscription, in 1830.
The Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, by Samuel Lewis 1837

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Type	Dates	Where
Unknown records	starting 1835	Local custody

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Surname	Record Type	Info	Contact

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LDS Film Numbers

Film Title	Film number(s)
Tithe Applotments 1825-1835	#256594
Griffith's Valuation 1854	#844991
Religious Census 1766	#1279330
Ireland 1901 Census	#812089 -812091, 846206
Ireland 1911 Census	#1999954 -1999956, 1840047-18400481

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SURNAME	CONTACT
McShane	Mike Maher
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Town(land) Links

Crossmaglen Gravestoned, various surnames, ConnorsGenealogy website

Griffith's Valuation Index, Creggan Civil Parish, John Hayes' website

Townlands of Creggan, Patrick Devlin's website

Griffith's Valuation Index, Creggan Civil Parish, John Hayes' website

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Civil Parish	Creggan
Barony	Fews Upper
Poor Law Union	Castleblayney
Catholic Diocese	Armagh Diocese
Catholic Parish	Creggan Upper (Crossmaglen)
Presbyterian Congregation	Creggan

Type	Dates	Where
Baptisms	1796-1881 with gaps 1796-1880 with gaps	MIC.1D/43 Pos 5592
Marriages	1796-1881 with gaps 1796-1880 with gaps	MIC.1D/43 Pos 5592