Directory Enquiries - Fermanagh

Directory Enquiries - FermanaghAuthor(s): T. S. F. StittSource: North Irish Roots, Vol. 3, No. 2 (1992), pp. 5-9Published by: North of Ireland Family History Society (NIFHS)Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27696866 .

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DIRECTORY ENQUIRIES - FERMANAGH

By T S F Stitt

Directory Enquiries - Fermanagh is the first in a series of rough and ready guides to Almanacs

(only those with printed lists of names), Trade and Topographical Directories that cover Ulster and were published before 1900 The articles are not designed to be comprehensive but to act as a guide to these and to make the reader aware of them I feel I am bound to leave out some of the little known examples you the reader could correct me, this correction will be

published in a later edition of the Journal, Often provincial newspapers had their own yearly offerings These articles will cover Armagh, Antrim, Cavan, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Monaghan, Tyrone and Belfast Hopefully this series will also help local historians I cannot

guarantee the condition and accessibility of the Directories, These depend on many factors

including if repair work is being carried out, if someone else is using the copy you want Opening or appointment times (where they apply) vary from place to place The following tells you, a) the year, b) what places are covered in the county concerned, c) where you might find them in Ireland, ending with a Bibliography of what has been recently republished As well as that,

extracts will be reproduced showing type and contents, along with some pointers on how to use them Anything in brackets did not appear in the original Directories Where '&' appears, eg Clones & Newtownbutler, this means these two places occur in one entry for that year only This in a way shows an economic area, these often cross county boundaries, so more than one county needs to be checked in this series I would like to thank Shaun Cheyne for help checking the places against the originals that appear in this article

Abbreviations used -

B&PUD Belfast & Province of Ulster Directory BCL Belfast Central Library CCL Cavan County Library LHL Linen Hall Library NIFHS North of Ireland Family History Society Library, at Bangor Heritage Centre NLID National Library of Ireland Kildare Street Dublin

(P) Photocopy PRONI Public Record Office, Northern Ireland SEELB South Eastern Education and Library Board SELB Southern Education and Library Board SG Society of Genealogists, London

(T) Typescript or Transcription UAFP Ulster American Folk Park Library

WELB(FD) Western Education and Library Board, Fermanagh Division

WELB(LD) Western Education and Library Board, Londonderry Division

WELB(TD) Western Education and Library Board, Tyrone Division

1778 Maps of the roads of Ireland by George Taylor and Andrew Skinner Has Index of Surnames

appearing in its pages, but without Christian names Useful for finding basic location on landowners and places, NLID (Ir 9141 t 1)

1786 William Wilson's Post Chaise Companion through Ireland, printed in more than one year from about 1783 NLID (Ir 9141 w 13)

1795 Topographica Hibemica SELB WELB(TD) 1796 Flax Growers list by County by Parish Lists of growers only NLID PRONI 1810 A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Nicholas Carlisle with tribute to his Father, 12th

May 1810, published in London by William Miller This has a good contemporary Bibliography, but contains only brief descriptions of places and few names Useful for

background description and a quotation LHL WELB(TD) 1812 Ambrose Leet's A List of Market Towns, Villages, Gentlemen's Seats and other Noted

Places in Ireland This is basically a Postal Directory with no description of places It has indexes for surnames and placenames, as well as a subscribers list NLID (Ir 9141 1 10)

1814 Ambrose Leet's A Directory of Market Towns, Villages and Gentlemen's Seats and other

Noted Places in Ireland This is basically a Postal Directory with no description of places It has indexes for Surnames and placenames, as well as a subscribers list

NLID(lr 9141 1 10) PRONI 1824Pigot's Directory of Churchill, Enniskillen, Irvmestown (see following example),

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Maguiresbndge, Pettigo (part in Donegal) First directory to cover Fermanagh in the form that is recognisable as such Descriptions and short list of important people only CCL LHL NLID (Ir 9141 p 75) NIFHS (Pettigo & Irvinestown extracts only) PRONI (SELB)

IRVINESTOWN (LOWTHERSTOWN) 1824 Is a neat small town in the county of Fermanagh, 86 miles north-west of Dublin, 7 and three

quarters from Enniskillen, 4 and a half from Kish (Kesh), 4 from Ederny-Bridge, and 5 from Tnllick It is a place of no trade or manufacture, but has several good shops It consists of a short street,

at one end of which is the church with a square steeple, an old stone edifice built in the Gothic

style, at the other end are two Methodist preaching houses Here is a free school on the establishment of Erasmus Smyth, for 30 poor children, with a salary of 30 pounds per annum and two acres of land for the school master The market-day is Wednesday, and fairs are held on the 8th of every month The population is about 1100

POST OFFICE - Post master, Mr Oswald Sturdy The Dublin mail is despatched at five minutes

past nine in the morning, on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, and arrives at a quarter past two in the afternoon of the same days A mail to Kish (Kesh) at 20 minutes past two in the

afternoon, on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, arrives at 10 minutes past nine on the same

mornings Letters for England and Scotland go by the Dublin mail

GENTRY AND CLERGY Aiken, Thos , esq Archdall, Chas , esq , Riverstown

Connolly, Rev Joseph Darcy, Wm J , esq , Cassidy-lodge Humphreys, Chnstr, esq , Drummade

Irvine, George M , esq , Irvine Castle

Irvine, Henry, esq , Doraviile

Irvine, Henry, esq , Irvinestown

Kennedy, Patrick, esq , Brockagh Lendrum, Geo , esq , Jamestown

Miller, Rev Geo , rector of the parish Montgomery, Anthony, esq Porter, Rev Gray, rector of Kilskerry (Kilskerry, Co Tyrone) Rogers, Rev Geo , Tullyclay

MERCHANTS, TRADESMEN, &c.

PROFESSIONAL GENTLEMEN Duncan James, surgeon Nevil, John, surgeon

Woods, Charles, surgeon

MERCHANTS Johnston, Gerrard

Johnston, Wm

INN KEEPER & PUBLICANS Aiken, Alexander

Gallagher, Felix

Graham, Wm

Morris, Cornelius

Rogers, Edward

Rogers, Patrick

Sharp, John, innkeeper Sturdy, Oswald innkeeper Trotter Wm

SHOPKEEPERS, TRADERS, &c. Aiken, John, woollen draper Allen, John, grocer Black, Wm & Jas , grocers Blakeney, Blaney, parish clerk

Gmn, Robt, land agent Johnston, Archibald, woollen draper Johnston, Jas , grocer & leather seller

McGoulnck, Jas , grocer Magrath, Jas , woollen draper Montgomery, Douglas, grocer Scott, James, grocer

COACHES The Royal Mail leaves Enniskillen for Dublin, every day at two in the afternoon, and returns at twelve The Shelela also leaves Enniskillen for Dublin at four in the

morning, on Mondays, Wed and Fridays, and returns at eight in the evening, on Tues, Thursdays and Saturdays

Goods may be conveyed to any part of Ireland by cars hired for the purpose

This is a one town Directory How does this extract inform you7 Apart from the obvious list of names, it gives a fair amount of data on the town and district It gives 1 location of town in relation to other places and the names of those other places that might provide possible further research, 2 three churches are recorded, again possible church records in, in this case two

Methodist meeting houses and one Church of Ireland, known in establisment times as the Parish Church, 3 an Erasmus Smyth school was here but records of this are hard to find for this period, 4 it tells you that this was a thriving Market town and commercial centre , 5 a number of townlands and place names are mentioned after many of the names, 6 it tells you the largest land owners of the district, again good for record searches 7 it gives you an

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overall but brief picture of a small town at the hub of a rural agricultural district before the Famine

Lastly note the post master, Mr Oswald Sturdy Many letters are usually found c/o his address Inns were often centres of commerce and meeting places, so his records if you could locate them,

might be a useful line of research

1837 Lewis's Topographical Directory of Ireland with or without subscribers list, depends on copy Good for background of places not covered by Trade Directories and additional data on those covered Good copy for those writing local histories

CCL LHL (who also have copies of Scotland and England) NLID PRONI SELB WELB(LD) WELB(TD)

1839 Directory of Enniskillen PRONI 1843-44 British Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland (1844) Basically the same as Lewis's

Topographical PRONI 1844-45 British Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland (1846) Basically the same as Lewis's

Topographical BCL LHL NLID (Ir 9141 p 30) SELB 1846 Slater's Directory of Clones (Co Monaghan) & Newtownbutler, Enniskillen, Lisnaskea,

Maguiresbridge, Brookeborough, Lowtherstown (Irvinestown) Has the same basic format as Pigot's from whom they took over, but with longer lists CCL LHL NLID (Ir 9141 p 30) PRONI WELB(LD) SELB

1846 Lewis's Topographical, Index to persons in, by F Wall SG 1847 Lewis's Topographical 2nd edition on Microfiche WELB(TD) 1848 The Handbook or Directory for the County of Fermanagh, compiled by Charles Macloskie,

published by the Armagh Guardian, contents Belleek, Brookeborough, Derrygonnely, Enniskillen, Garrison, Lisnaskea, Lowtherstown (Irvinestown), Maguiresbridge, Newtownbutler, Pettigo (part in Co Donegal

- see also North Irish Roots Vol 3 No 1, p31) Tempo With 42 pages of adverts Description and Directory listed separately, index at back PRONI copy was owned by A C McClatchey, June 1848 and later by James (Copsie?), 1 Brookview Lodge, Enniskillen PRONI NIFHS (Pettigo only) NILD, LHL (See following

example)

PETTIGO 1848

Pettigo - A Market and Post Town, partly in the Parish of Templecarn, Barony of Lurg, but

chiefly in the Parish of Tirhugh, County of Donegal, is situated on either side of a small river, which divides the counties of Fermanagh and Donegal, about a mile north of the nearest part of Lough Erne Its vicinity is highly picturesque, from its elevated position a fine view of Lough Erne is obtained, there is little or no trade besides that connected with the markets and fairs, which are well attended

Post-office - Thomas Read, Postmaster

NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY Atcheson, Alexander, Grouse Lodge Barton, Colonel Hugh, Waterfoot

Barton, Folliot Warren, Esq , donelly Crummer, John, Esq Given, John Esq Hammond, Rev Peter, Aghapy Maude, Rev , -, Glebe

Ryan, Rev Neil, Aghpy

SPIRIT AND PORTER DEALERS

Gallagher, Denis Hamilton, Hezlett, Hotel-keeper

and Posting Establishment Holmes, James

McHugh, Terence

McRory, John Read, Thomas

Ryan, Owen Swanston, Thomas

PROFESSIONAL PERSONS, INSTITUTIONS &c. Edgeworth, Henry, Surgeon Morrow, Henry, Land Surveyor National School - John McCaffertey, Master Parochial School - James Copeland, master

Mary Copeland, mistress

Smith, John, Surgeon

SHOP-KEEPERS Aiken, Mary, Grocer

Freeborn, Thomas, Grocer

Hamilton, Hezlett, Grocer, Ironmonger &c

McBrien, Henry, Grocer, Draper &c McCrea, Catherine, Grocer and Baker

Mccutcheon, Irwin, Grocer Reid, Adam, Grocer

Reid, Thomas, Ironmonger, Draper &c

Smyth, John, Grocer, Draper &c

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TRADERS PLACES OF WORSHIP AND THEIR MINISTERS Cushore, Thomas, Blacksmith

Dogherty, Peter, Tailor

Ellis, William, Carpenter Glendinning, Charles, Baker

Glendinning, George, Cooper Gorman, John, Shoe-maker

McAteer, Andrew, Saddler

McGoldnck, John, Butcher

Maguire, Hugh, Baker

Murray, James, Blacksmith

Myles, Thomas, Shoe-maker

1849 Lewis's Topographical 1852 B&PUD Vol 1 of Enniskillen This Directory covered in the period we are concerned with,

21 Volumes, Vol 12 only covered Belfast From 1852 to 1863-4 it was published by Henderson, from 1865 onwards, it was published by the Newsletter Description and lists with adverts BCL LHL PRONI SELB

1854 B&PUD Vol 2 of Enniskillen, BCL LHL PRONI SELB 1856 Slater's Directory of Clones (Co Monaghan) & Newtownbutler, Enniskillen, Lisnaskea,

Lowtherstown (Irvinestown) LHL NLID PRONI SELB 1856 B&PUD Vol 3 of Enniskillen LHL PRONI SELB 1858-59 B&PUD Vol 4 of Enniskillen BCL LHL PRONI SELB 1861-62 B&PUD Vol 5 of Enniskillen BCL LHL PRONI SELB 1863-64 B&PUD Vol 6 of Enniskillen LHL PRONI SELB 1865-66 B&PUD Vol 7 of Enniskillen BCL LHL PRONI 1868 B&PUD Vol 8 of Enniskillen LHL PRONI 1870 Slater's Directory of Enniskillen, Lisnaskea, Lowtherstown (Irvinestown), Maguiresbndge

and Brookeborough LHL NLID PRONI SELB 1870 Belfast & Province of Ulster Post-Office Directory Vol 1, of Enniskillen This was probably

an attempt to change the title from Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory LHL PRONI

(titled B&PUD on spine of their edition) SELB 1876 Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards Similar to Griffiths Valuation PRONI SG 1877 B&PUD Vol 9 of Enniskillen BCL LHL PRONI 1880 Henry N Lowe's Fermanagh Directory and Household Almanac of Enniskillen, Lisnaskea,

Belleek, Brookeborough, Ballinamallard, Belcoo, (also known as Holywell, check Blackhon

its twin village), Derrygonnelly, Irvinestown (Lowtherstown), Lisbellaw, Newtownbutler,

Pettigo, Rosslea, Ederny, Lack, Maguiresbndge, Tempo, Kesh Don't ignore the 83 pages of advertisements at the back LHL NIFHS SEELB WELB(FD)

1880 B&PUD Vol 10 of Enniskillen LHL PRONI WELB(TD) 1881 Slater's Directory of Enniskillen, Lisnaskea, Lowtherstown (Irvinestown), Maguiresbndge

and Brookeborough LHL NLID PRONI 1884 B&PUD Vol 11 of Enniskillen LHL PRONI 1890 B&PUD Vol 13 of Enniskillen BCL LHL PRONI 1891 Derry Almanac of Enniskillen I found no location to this so far, might be in the British

Library, if I receive any details I will publish them in future issues 1892 Derry Almanac of Enniskillen 1892 B&PUD of Vol 14 Ballinamallard, Enniskillen, Lisbellaw, Maguiresbndge, Newtownbutler

This year saw an expansion of this Directory, with many towns and villages being included for the first time BCL LHL PRONI

1893 Derry Almanac of Enniskillen 1894 Derry Almanac of Enniskillen 1894 B&PUD Vol 15 of Ballinamallard, Belleek, Enniskillen, Irvinestown (Lowtherstown),

Lisbellaw, Maguiresbndge, Pettigo (part in Co Donegal) CCL BCL LHL PRONI 1894 Slater's Directory of Enniskillen, Lisnaskea & Maguiresbndge & Brookeborough,

Lowtherstown (Irvinestown) & Tnllick (Co Tyrone) & District CCL LHL NLID PRONI 1895 Derry Almanac of Enniskillen 1895 B&PUD Vol 16 of Ballinamallard, Belleek, Enniskillen, Irvinestown (Lowtherstown),

Lisbellaw, Maguiresbndge, Newtownbutler, Pettigo (part in Co Donegal) BCL LHL PRONI 1896 Derry Almanac of Enniskillen 1896 B&PUD Vol 17 of Ballinamallard, Belleek, Enniskillen, Irvinestown (Lowtherstown), Lack,

Lisbellaw, Maguiresbndge, Pettigo (part in Co Donegal) BCL LHL PRONI

Parish Church - Rev Maude, Rector Roman Catholic Chapel

- Rev Neil Ryan, P P Rev P Hammond, Curate

Presbyterian Meeting-house Wesleyan (sic) and Primitive (sic) Methodist

Chapels, Ministers various

(above is Wesleyan)

BCL

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1897 Derry Almanac of Enniskillen 1897B&PUD Vol 18 of Ballinamallard, Belleek, Enniskillen, Irvinestown (Lowtherstown),

Lisbellaw, Maguiresbridge, Pettigo (part in Co Donegal) BCL LHL PRONI 1898 Derry Almanac of Enniskillen 1898B&PUD Vol 19 of Ballinamallard, Belleek, Enniskillen, Irvinestown (Lowtherstown),

Lisnaskea, Maguiresbridge, Pettigo (part in Co Donegal) BCL LHL PRONI 1899 Derry Almanac of Enniskillen 1899 B&PUD Vol 20 of Ballinamallard, Belleek, Enniskillen, Irvinestown (Lowtherstown),

Lisnaskea, Maguiresbridge, Pettigo (part in Co Donegal) BCL LHL PRONI 1899-1900 Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland WELB(TD) 1900 Derry Almanac of Enniskillen, Pettigo'? 1900 B&PUD Vol 21 of Ballinamallard, Belleek, Enniskillen, Irvinestown (Lowtherstown),

Lisnaskea, Maguiresbridge BCL LHL PRONI 1907 Derry Almanac, North West Directory and General Advertiser Issue 43 with Enniskillen

and Pettigo listings, L'derry Sentinal PRONI have the only edition of this I have found so far

Bibliography of repubiished material

1778 Road Maps of Ireiand, republished in 1969 by Irish University Press 1824 Pigot s Directory Pettigo extract in NORTH IRISH ROOTS, Vol 3, No 1, 1992(1),

Irvinestown (Lowtherstown) extract in NORTH IRISH ROOTS, Vol 3, No 2, 1992(2)

1837 Lewis's Topographical by Genealogical Publishing Company Inc , Baltimore, New Jersey, USA

1848 Handbook or Directory of , Pettigo extract, in NORTH IRISH ROOTS, Vol 3, No2, 1992(2)

1880 Lowe's Co Fermanagh, republished under the title of Fermanagh One Hundred Years Ago by Friar's Bush Press 1990, ISBN O 946872 29 5, price 4.95, see original book review in NORTH IRISH ROOTS, Vol 2, No 7, 1991(1) This is a facsimile reprint of an original copy held by WELB(FD)

Other Republished Counties and Cities of Ireland not covered by this series

1850 Henry Shaw's New Pictorial Directory of Dublin City SEELB and any good bookshop 1889 Bassett's County Tipperary republished by Friar's Bush Press 1991 as Tipperary One

Hundred Years Ago 1890 King's (Offaly) County Directory by King's County Chronical Editor John Wright, republished

as Offaly One Hundred Years Ago by Esker Press SEELB have a copy of reprint in stock 1940 B&PUD extract of Saintfield, reprint in Saintfield Heritage, number three, a publication

of the Saintfield Heritage Society 1990

GRAND ENTERTAINMENT TO THE MARQUIS OF HERTFORD'S TENANTRY, AT LISBURN

BELFAST COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE - 18th OCTOBER 1845

by S P Cheyne

The first visit of the Marquis of Hertford to his extensive and flourishing estate, at Lisburn, has for some time caused considerable excitement in that town, and among the tenantry

generally The visit of a nobleman whose position makes him capable of benefiting so much those over whom he is placed, could not fail to occasion a very great interest, and it was very

much increased when it became understood that the intention of the Noble Marquis, in visiting his estate, was solely for the purpose of doing all that could reasonably be expected of him

to advantage his tenantry As our readers are aware, an address of a very complimentary nature was presented to his Lordship, by a highly-respectable deputation, on behalf of the tenantry, and arrangements were nearly completed by the latter to entertain his Lordship at a public dinner, but when the intention was made known to his Lordship, he was obliged to decline accepting the invitation, on the ground, as we have been informed, that his delicate state of health would not admit of it Since his arrival, his Lordship has manifested the greatest anxiety to become

acquainted with the numerous tenantry on his estate, and to this end many of them were invited to partake of the hospitality of their landlord at his own table, where his affable and kind manner, so well calculated to make every one around him happy, together with the interest which he

manifested in the prosperity of his tenantry, has endeared him to all with whom he came in

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