THE TOWNLAND OF MULLAGHGLASS

The townland of Mullaghglass is in the parish of Ballymore in Armagh County.
It is labelled number 38 on the map.

Paterson (Armachiana, Vol. 16, p.24) notes:

…Mullach signifies the top or summit, and as a root word it forms the beginning
of upwards of 400 names.

The Environment and Heritage Service Sites and Monuments Record (2002) notes the following in this townland:

Aerial photo site of uncertain period.
SMR NO: ARM 022: 013
Irish Grid Reference: J04843032
Townland: MULLAGHGLASS
CONDITION: traces only
This site was picked up on AP and is probably not an antiquity. The ‘bank’ consists of a hedge set on a slight rise which does not resemble an ancient bank. Outside this is a steep scarp & a deep ditch which certainly at present represents a drain. This may reflect an antiquity, but if so it has been almost totally removed above ground. It is more likely to reflect the topography of the site.

Rath of the Early Christian Period.
SMR NO: ARM 018:003
Irish Grid Reference: J04424280
Townland: MULLAGHGLASS
CONDITION: traces only
A large circular earthwork c.55m in diam. is shown on the OS 6″map of 1 863, but little survives. The N, E & SE sides have been levelled & the interior is occupied by a covered reservoir. Only the SW perimeter has been preserved, by incorporation into a field boundary. The low bank around this part of the monument seems essentially modern, but the external ditch 4m wide x 0.4m deep & c.1 m below the interior may reflect an original feature.

PRONI records: D.2090C 1892 (Rentals, title deeds, maps, etc., of Mullaghglassestate.C 1814); D.1540C 1890 (Title deeds re Mullaghglass estate.C 1730); T.2821/1A, T.2821/3 (Maps of Mullaghglass estate.); D.1540 (Title deeds, etc., re estates in area, Hall family.); D.1540 (Title deeds to estates in area.); D.953 (Correspondence of Wm Whigham re business activities in San Francisco and Tahiti.); D.1152 (Genealogical notes and rent receipts re Browne family.); D.1201/1 (Encumbered estates rental, etc.); D.2090 (Accounts and rentals re Hall estate.); T.2821 (Maps of Hall family property.); D.1670 (Lease of lands.); OS/6/2/22/1 (Surveyed 1835. Engraved 1835.); OS/6/2/22/2 (Surveyed 1835. Engraved 1835. Revised 1861. Engraved 1863.); OS/6/2/22/3 (Surveyed 1835. Revised 1906. Published 1908 (2 copies – 1 reprint 1930 and 1 reprint 1930-1955.).); OS/6/2/22/4 (Surveyed 1906. Revised 1955. Levelled 1889 and 1906. Published 1959 (2 copies).); OS/6/2/26/1 (Surveyed 1834-35. Engraved 1835.); OS/6/2/26/2 (Surveyed 1834-35. Engraved 1834. Revised 1861. Engraved 1863.); OS/6/2/26/3 (Surveyed 1834-35. Revised 1906. Published 1909. Reprinted 1930.); OS/6/2/26/4 (Surveyed 1834-35. Revised 1906. Published 1909. Reprints 1930-1949 with stamped ref 2774.); OS/6/2/14/1 (Surveyed 1834-35. Engraved 1835.); OS/6/2/14/2 (Surveyed 1834. Revised 1860. Engraved 1863 (Stat file copy).); OS/6/2/14/3 (Surveyed 1834-35. Revised 1906. Published 1908. Reprinted 1929. (2 copies).); OS/6/2/14/4 (Surveyed 1834-35. Revised 1906. Levelled 1905-06.Published 1908. Reprint 1951 and 1958.); OS/6/2/14/5 (Surveyed 1834. Revised 1860. Engraved 1863 (Stat file copy). Reprinted 1937 with mss markings in red and stamped ref 2569, 2570.); OS/6/2/14/6 (Surveyed 1906. Revised 1954. Levelled 1892, 1902 and 1904-06. Published 1958 (2 copies).); OS/6/2/18/1 (Surveyed 1835. Engraved 1835.); OS/6/2/18/2 (Surveyed 1835. Engraved 1835. Revised 1860. Engraved 1863.); OS/6/2/18/3 (Surveyed 1835. Revised 1906. Published 1908.); OS/6/2/18/4 (Surveyed 1835. Revised 1906. Published 1908. (2 copies – 1st a reprint 1930, 1933 and 2nd reprint 1933, 1939, 1942, 1946, 1955.); OS/6/2/18/5 (Surveyed 1906. Revised 1954-5. Levelled 1892, 1901-2, 1904 and 1906. Published 1958 (2 copies).); VAL/1B/214, VAL/1B/244A (1st valuation records.); VAL/12B/11/5B, VAL/12B/11/5C, VAL/12B/11/5D, VAL/12B/11/5E, VAL/12B/15/22A, VAL/12B/15/22B, VAL/12B/15/22C, VAL/12B/15/22E, VAL/12B/15/22F (Valuation annual revision list.); VAL/2B/2/32AC 1863 (Griffith valuation list.C 1863); VAL/2B/2/37D (Griffith valuation list.); D/2090 (Hall estate papers.); D.2223/32/27; D.1201/1/9 (Encumbered estates rental.24 Apr. 1856).

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