It seems there were lots of sales on in Lurgan in May 1849. From turnip seeds to leather goods, it's all here! Our thanks to Lurgan Ancestry for providing this issue. Click here to read the Lurgan Gaz

The medical report to the Board of Guardians for the Lurgan Union Workhouse year ending 29 September 1849. This gives a fascinating incite into the conditions and diseases prevalent at the time. Click

This covers all that is available from the Lurgan, Portadown and Banbridge Advertiser and Agricultural Gazette for December 1849. The recent death of Lord Lurgan has brought many parcels of land for s

On the last day of 1844, the Armagh Guardian reports amongst other things on the brave action of a soldier in his attempt to save a drowning lady. Births, Marriages and Deaths in the city for the mont

In this issue we have the end of year school exam results, which is packed with names that would be of interest to genealogists studying this period. Also a special meeting of the Armagh Board of Guar

In this issue we hear of claim and counter claim that whiskey was allowed into the Jury room at an important trial and that most of the jurors were drunk! A daring plot by two ruffians to steal a roll

To make it easier (mainly for me) to lay the articles out in a readable fashion, I have made them into HTML pages. The link below will take you to the 10 December 1844 issue. Subsequent issue will be

The pasturage is abundant and nutritious; and though there are no extensive dairies, cows are kept by all the small farmers of the rich northern districts, whence much butter is sent to the Belfast ma

ARMAGH (County of) , an inland county, in the province of ULSTER, bounded on the north by Lough Neagh, on the east by the county of Down, on the south-east by that of Louth, on the south-west by Monag

FRESH ARRIVALSOF IRONMONGERY GOODS.--------------JAMES RIDDALLBEGS to announce to his Customers and the public generally,that he has within these last few days received a considerable addition to