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TANDERAGEE, anciently Tawnatclee
or Tawnatelee, is a market town, in the parish of BALLYMORE, barony
of Lower Orior, County of Armagh, 80 miles N. from Dublin, 33 S.W.
from Belfast, 14 N. by W. from Newry, 11 W. by N. from Armagh, 9
S. by W. from Lurgan, 6½ W. by N. from Banbridge, 5½
N. by W. from Loughbrickland, and the same distance E.S.E. from
Richhill, and 5 S. by E. from Portadown ; seated on the river Cusher,
and at the intersection of the road from Portadown to Newry with
that from Richhill to Banbridge. The Newry canal, which comes within
a mile and a half of the town, offers all its important facilities
of communication for trading with the large towns of Belfast and
Newry, besides bringing an abundant supply of coal, and also of
lime for the purposes of agriculture, to the surrounding district.
The town, which consists of two principal and three smaller streets,
is prepossessing in its general appearance, and, as seen from a
distance, rising from a beautiful vale, through which the river
winds between its lofty and richly-wooded banks at one extremity,
the demesne of Tanderagee crowning the hill on the other, forms
a strikingly picturesque feature in the landscape. The town stands
on the estate of the Duke of Manchester, whose is continually improving
his demesne, and which is a great ornament to the town's vicinage.
The mansion or castle of Tanderagee is a large and modern baronial
pile, erected by the Duke when Viscount Mandeville, and occupying
the site of an ancient castellated and fortified residence. Adjoining
the castle is a beautiful chapel, and the entire pile, with its
adjunctive beauties, are well deserving the visit of the tourist.
The country round has been long celebrated for the manufacture
and yard-wide linens, and large quantities at one time were brought
to the market here. This trade is not so extensive at present, but
its flax market is large, and some of the finest of this article
in the kingdom is produced in this district. A spinning mill for
the manufacture of linen yarn, belonging to Mr. Thomas Sinton, is
situated here. A branch of the Belfast Banking Company is established
here.
Petty sessions for the division are held once a fortnight; courts
leet are held twice a year, and courts baron at which debts under
40s. are recoverable, every third Thursday.
The church, originally built by Oliver St. John, and which was
nearly demolished during the wars of 1641, was re-built in 1812,
on the site of the old church, and is a very handsome Gothic structure.
The other places of worship are for Baptists, Roman Catholics, Presbyterians,
and Methodists. The Catholic chapel, a neat edifice, is about a
mile from the town.
There are two schools supported liberally by the Dutchess of Manchester,
in which a great number of children are sedulously instructed; there
is also a clothing fund supported, and a loan fund patronized by
her Grace; and there are dispensaries, of which the same benevolent
Lady is the main support.
The market, which is one of the most extensive in Ireland, for
the sale of flax, is held on Wednesday. The annual fairs are July
5th and November 5th; and there are fairs on the first Wednesday
in the other months of the year.
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The town contained in 1841, 1,562 inhabitants.
POST OFFICE.
Market Street, Richard Trotter, Post Master.
Letters arrive from Dublin, Belfast and various parts of the South and
North of Ireland, also from England and Scotland, arrive every morning
at six, and are despatched every evening at seven.
Letters from Portadown arrive every evening at half-past seven, and are
despatched every morning at six.
NOBILITY, GENTRY & CLERGY.
Adair Rev. Henry, Market st
Bell Rev. James, Market st
Bell Rev. John, Clare
Burdett Rev. Henry, Church st
Campbell Rev. Rdward, Tanderagee
Carter Rev./ Thomas, Glebe House
Chichester Rev. William, Mullavilly Glese House
Daly Rev. Peter, Tanderagee
Hawthorn Rev. Robert, Market st
Hutcheson Mr. Andrew, Market st
Manchester his Grace the Duke of, Tanderagee Castle
ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS.
DUTCHESS OF MANCHESTER'S FREE SCHOOL, Market st - Elizth. Walker, Ellen
M'Clelland and Harriet Welsh, mistresses
Wilson Margaret & Fanny, Market st
APOTHECARIES.
See Surgeons and Apothecaries.
ATTORNEYS.
Atkinson Edwd. Dawson, Church st
M'Connell Patrick, Market st
BAKERS.
Cullins Thomas, Market Street
Whitten William, Market Street
BANKS.
BELFAST BANKING COMPANY. Market st - (draw on Denison, Heywood & Co.
London - Mr. Chas. Albert Creeney, manager
SAVINGS' BANK, Market street, Mt. James Hamilton, master
COOPERS.
Hagan Patrick, Church st
M'Giveran James, Market st
EARTHENWARE DEALERS.
Baxter Robert, Market st
Flavell George, Market st
Kinkead James, Market st
FLAX MERCHANTS & DEALERS.
Sandford James (dealer), Mill st
Trotter & Acheson, Market st
GROCERS.
Acheson James, Market st
Divine Peter, Market st
Fegan William Henry, Mill st
Hardy Rose, Market st
Kinkead James, Market st
M'Catlen Samuel, Market st
M'Dermott Charles, Market st
M'Donnell Rachael, Market st
Magennis John, Church st
Pepper Samuel, Church st
Rowley James, Market st
Sandford James, Market st
Sheppard William (and corn factor), Market st
Taylor Moses, Mill st
HOTELS.
(See also Spirit and Porter Dealers.)
Manchester Arms, Eliza Sheppard, Market street
Victoria, Dinah Gillis, Market st
IRON & TIMBER MERCHANTS.
Mathers Thomas, Market st
IRONMONGERS & HARDWAREMEN.
Hardy Rose, Market st
Magennis John, Church st
Rowley James, Market st
LEATHER SELLERS.
Flavell George, Market st
Sifton John, Market st
LINEN & WOOLLEN DRAPERS & HABEREDASHERS.
Bell Sarah, Market st
Grant Anne, Market st
Hutcheson David, Market st
Kinkead James, Market st
M'Callan Samuel, Market st
Magill James, Market st
Montgomery James, Market st
Rice Anne, Market st
Trotter Richard (and rectifying distiller), Market st
LINEN MERCHANTS.
Acheson James & Co. (and yarn), Market st
Davis James Market st
NAIL MAKERS.
Tonar John & Davis, Mill st
Tonar Patrick, Market st
PAINTERS AND GLAZIERS.
M'Callough Joseph, Market st
Matthews Robert, Market st
Overend James, Church st
MILLINERS & DRESSMAKERS.
Dollaghan Ellen, Market Street
Gamble Mary (straw bonnet), Market Street
Gillis Elizabeth, Market Street
Harvey Bella, Market Street
Henderson Richard, Market Street
McHenry Margaret, Market Street
McKelvy Mary, Market Street
McWhinney Dinah, Market Street
Qua Agnes, Market Street
Taylor James, Market Street
NAIL MAKERS.
McGinness Peter, Market Street
PAINTERS, PLUMBERS & GLAZIERS.
McCullough Joseph, Market Street
Matthews John, Market Street
Mayes John Johnston, Mill Street
SPIRIT & PORTER DEALERS.
Adamson Jane, Market st
Bowers William, Mill st
Burns James, Market st
Dimm John, Market st
Divine Richard, Market st
Ferris William, Market st
Francis William, Church st
Grant William, Mill st
Grogan John, Mill st
Hall Stewart, Market st
Holmes John, Market st
M'Allinden Hugn, Church st
M'Connell Edward, Market st
M'Keown Hugh, Market st
M'Laughlin Michael, Market st
Mather Thomas, Market st
Quin William, Market st
Rice Mary, Mill st
Sifton John, Market st
Stewart Robert, Church st
Whitten George, Market st
Wilson Margaret, Market st
STRAW BONNET MAKERS.
Grant Anne, Market st
Skiflington Theodosia, Market st
SURGEONS & APOTHECARIES.
Burn John, Market st
Gordon Hans, Market st
Patton Alexander, M.D. Market st
Saunderson William, Market st
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
Magill James, Market st
Trotter Robert, Market st
WOOLLEN DRAPERS.
See Linen and Woollen Drapers.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Allen William, iron founder, Mullintor
Aston Robert, saddler, Market st
Flanagan James, whitesmith, Mill st
Greenway William, buttermerchant etc, Matket st
Grocey George, watch and clock maker, Market st
Hardy Rose, tallow chandler, Market st
Minis James, weaving utensil maker, Market st
Overend James, builder, Montague st
Purdy Thomas, tailor, Market st
Reitly William, auctioneer, bookseller, printer and stationer, Market
st
Shields Mary Ann, milliner, Market st
Tinn John, blacksmith, Mill st
Trotter Robert, commissioner for taking affidavits, Market st
Walker Samuel, land surveyor, Montague street
Watt Joseph, provision merchant, Church street
White - , miller, Mill st
PLACES OF WORSHIP, And Their Ministers.
ESTABLISHED CHURCH, Church street - Rev. Thomas Carter, dean; Rev. Henry
Burdett and Rev. Henry Adair, curates.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL - Rev. Edward Campbell, parish priest; Rev. Peter
Daly, curate.
PRESBYTERIAN MEETING HOUSE, Market street - ministers various.
WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL, Market street - ministers various.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS &c.
DISPENSARY - Alexander Patton, resident physician, surgeon and apothecary.
LOAN FUND - Mr. Jas. Hamilton, manager
MONT DE PIETE LOAN FUND, Market st
POLICE STATION - Brudnell Plummer, sub-inspect r, Banbridge.
READING ROOM - Samuel M'Cane, librarian.
STAMP OFFICE, Market street - Robert Trotter, distribiter.
COACHES &c.
To NEWRY, the Fair Trader, every morning at half-past ten - an Omnibus,
from the Manchester Arms, every day at a quarter past twelve - and a Car
every evening at seven.
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