Armoy Civil Parish, County Antrim

Surnames/tags: ARMOY ANTRIM Ulster

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This information page for the Civil Parish contains a list of all the townlands in the parish and links to the category for the townland (if it has been created). There also may be notes about the individual townlands.

This page is maintained by the Ulster Province team

Contents 1 Armoy Civil Parish 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Population Centres of Armoy Civil Parish 1.3 Cemeteries in Armoy Civil Parish 1.3.1 Anglican 1.3.2 Roman Catholic 1.4 The Townlands of Armoy Civil Parish 2 Notes 2.1 Inconsistencies between sources 3 Resources 3.1 External Resources 3.2 Townland Category Information Boxes 4 Version Notes 5 Sources

Armoy Civil Parish

Irish or Alternate Name: Oirthear Maí.

Logainm Link: Armoy Parish on Logainm.ie

PlacenamesNI may have more information: Search here.

Barony: Cary

Province: Ulster

Introduction

Armoy Civil Parish covers an area on the Western side of the Glens of Antrim south of Ballycastle. Armoy parish has a total area of 34.5 km² or 13.3 square miles. The eastern half of the parish falls within the Antrim Coast & Glens AONB.^[1]

Armoy parish is bounded by the Glassaforna Burn and Clinery Burn in the south. Knocklayd mountain, the highest point in County Antrim, is in the north east of the parish. The main A44 road runs through the parish north to Ballycastle as does the B15 which heads from West to East.

Armoy civil parish is in the historic barony of Cary with a small part in the Barony of Dunluce Upper. The Irish name is Oirthear Maí which means 'the east of the plain'.^[2]

Population Centres of Armoy Civil Parish

Note: Population centres for this Parish, where known, are shown here. For a full list see Towns of County Antrim

Population Centres (Cities, Towns, Village etc)
Armoy Village Irish or Alternate Name: Oirthear Maí. Web page for Armoy Village WikiTree Category: Category for Armoy Village Map: Google Maps  OpenStreetMap Places Nearby: Click for list Grifiths Valuation.	Tureagh Irish or Alternate Name: An Torr Riabhach. Map: Google Maps  OpenStreetMap Places Nearby: Click for list Grifiths Valuation. 3.5km E of Armoy

Cemeteries in Armoy Civil Parish

Anglican

St Patrick, Armoy, Church of Ireland

Roman Catholic

St Olcan, Armoy,

The Townlands of Armoy Civil Parish

The townlands in Armoy Parish (Oirthear Maí) are those taken from Armoy Parish on Logainm.ie and validated against townlands on the 1851, 1871 and 1901 Lists of Towns and Townlands and Griffiths valuations data. A link is provided in the notes for the 1901 and 1911 census. Please note that these may not always work if the townland was not available on the census in question. The census site may also substitute a similar name so be prepared for unexpected results! Similar for Griffith's valuation links which may show multiple names.

If the townland has a category it will be linked in the table below. If there is no link and you need the category please contact David to get the category created or put in a request for the category to be created. Alternatively, if you feel condifent to do so, see Townland Category Information Boxes below for how to create them yourself.

Townland	Irish and/or Alternate name(s)	WikiTree Category Link	Census links, Griffiths link & Notes
Aghrunniaght	Achadh Cruinneachta		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Alcrossagh	Ail Chrosach		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Balleny	Baile Uí Éinigh		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Ballykenver			1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Breen	Bruíon ’’(Fairy dwelling)’’		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Bunshanacloney	Bun Seanchluana		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Carrowlaverty	Ceathrú Uí Laifeartaigh		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Cleggan	An Cloigeann		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Cromaghs	Cromóg		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Doonans	Dúnáin		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Essan	An tEasán		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Glebe			1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Gortmillish	An Gort Milis		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Kilcroagh	Cill Chruaiche		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Knockans	Na Cnocáin		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Knocknahinch	Cnoc na hInse		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation. This townland should be placed in Armoy civil parish according to PlacenamesNI which we are treating as the 'official' source for Northern Ireland counties. The surveys of the mid-1600s considered this townland as part of Ballybregagh, a townland in the neighbouring parish of Loughguile in the barony of Dunluce Upper (Carleton 1991, 57-8), which accounts in part for its late appearance in the sources.
Mill Five Acres			1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation. Mill Five Acres Townland is part of Armoy village.
Monanclogh	Móin na Cloiche		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Moyaver Lower			1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation. Moyaver Lower Townland includes part of Armoy village.
Moyaver Upper		Category:Moyaver Upper Townland, Armoy Parish, County Antrim	1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation. Moyaver Upper Townland includes part of Armoy village.
Mullaghduff Big	An Mullach Dubh + E. ’big’		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Mullaghduff Little	An Mullach Dubh + E. little		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Park			1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Stroan	An Sruthán		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Tullaghore	Tulaigh Chorra		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Tureagh	An Torr Riabhach		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation.
Turnarobert	Tuar na Roibeard		1901 Census, 1911 Census Griffiths Valuation. Turnarobert Townland includes part of Armoy village.

Notes

Inconsistencies between sources

• The PlacenamesNI.org web site lists all of the above townlands under Armoy parish. All are listed in the historic barony of Cary apart from Knocknahinch which it lists in the Barony of Dunluce Upper. PlacenamesNI.org has been used as the official source for the above list of townlands.
• The Logainm.ie web site lists all of the above townlands under Armoy parish apart from Knocknahinch which it lists under Loughguile Civil Parish. All are listed in the historic barony of Cary apart from Knocknahinch, Moyaver Lower and Moyaver Upper which it lists in the Barony of Dunluce Upper.
• The townlands.ie web site lists all of the above townlands under Armoy parish apart from Knocknahinch, Moyaver Lower and Moyaver Upper which it lists under Loughguile Civil Parish. All are listed in the historic barony of Cary apart from Knocknahinch which it lists in the Barony of Dunluce Upper.

Resources

External Resources

• A list of external resources for this parish may be placed here. More general sources for Antrim should be added to the main Antrim page. If you are adding a source here it would be helpful if you could let me (David) know so I don't accidentally overwrite your input with an automatic update. Thanks.

Whilst care is taken to ensure links are not made to disreputable, phishing or other sites of doubtful integrity it is your responsibility to ensure that you are not going to such a site by clicking on one of the links which may have been added after this page was created.

Townland Category Information Boxes

For the full 'How to' on creating Irish location categories please read 'Creating Location Categories for Ireland'

The pre-formatted line for each townland and the fully formatted CIB header can be seen below this page when in edit mode. Please ensure you have read the 'How to' before doing anything. Briefly, the pre-formatted line in the hidden text is used to replace the line above. The CIB text is pasted into the category which is created by clicking on the red category link.

Version Notes

Current parish format version 4.0. Addition of Griffiths valuation on parish pages.

Previous version 3.5. Addition of 'Places Nearby' link where coordinates are known. Upgrading Logainm links to match new Logainm web site; 3.6 Change to teams structure implementation.

Sources

Information shown on this page may have been sourced from one or more of the following sources.

• Logainm.ie The Placenames Database of Ireland created by Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge in collaboration with The Placenames Branch (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht).
• Griffiths Valuation AskAboutIreland.ie and the Cultural Heritage Project is an initiative of public libraries together with local museums and archives.
• Townlands.ie Irish Townlands derived from OpenStreetMap data under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL).
• Census of Ireland 1901/1911 and Census fragments and substitutes, 1821-51
• List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland and List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland
• General alphabetical index to townlands and towns, parishes and baronies of Ireland Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Antrim Coast and Glens," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antrim_Coast_and_Glens
2. ↑ Northern Ireland Place-name Project. Armoy Parish, County Antrim. http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=18983

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