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The Journal of the Royal Historical & Archaeological etc Volume 19 By the Royal Historical & Archaeological Association of Ireland 1890 Notes on Loughry Co Tyrone The following notes on Loughry are taken from 'The Antiquary', for August last, to which serial they were contributed by Mr J. BROWNE M.R.I.A. " It might be interesting to know that ' The Tale of a Tub' was written by Dean SWIFT, at Loughry, which demesne is a short distance from Cookstown Co Tyrone and quite close to Tullyhogue Fort. i.e. 'Tulagh - og.', "the Hill of the Youths" This fort was the place where the kings of Ulster, from the most remote, period were inaugurated with the royal title and authority of the O NIAL There is a summer house still preserved in Loughry i.e. 'rushes', or 'rushy spot', by the proprietor Colonel LINDESAY, which is known as 'Swift's Arbour'. Loughry, according to the late Major LINDESAY, is a corruption of words that mean 'the King's gift '. These LINDESAYs have an 'e' in their name, like the LINDESAYS, premier earls of Scotland. SWIFT wrote some of his books in the summer house at Loughry. He covered the walls with scraps of his writing, but on the second marriage, of the father of Colonel LINDESAY, orders were sent to clean up the place, and the steward, to get rid of the nasty scribblings on the walls of the summer house, whitewashed it. The late Major LINDESAY intended to try and get it picked off, whether he succeeded or not, I cannot tell. The holly hedge that was about the summer house in SWIFT's time has now grown into forest trees. I have not seen anywhere such large hollies. Not far from Tullyhogue, but on the opposite side of the fort from Loughry, is the church and parish of Bally Clog, where at one time Charles WOLF, the author of 'The Burial of Sir John Moore', was placed as curate. At Donerisk, in the parish of Desertereight, stood the priory of that name, founded in 1294, by one of the O'HAGAN family. Of this priory nothing remains, but the cemetery, remarkable as the burial place of the sept of O'HAGAN, and more recently, as that of the ancient family of LINDESAY, and CRAWFORD, of whom there are several tombs, the most remarkable being that of Robert LINDESAY, Chief Harbinger of King James. This Robert, obtained from James I in 1604, the grant of Tullyhogue &c, where, and at Loughry, the family have ever since resided. Their house and documents were burned during the civil war of 1641, the tomb was also mutilated, and covered over, and in that condition it remained till 1819, when, in sinking a vault, it was discovered. J COLEMAN (author of article) Teena _______________________________________________ CoTyroneList mailing list CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com http://lists.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist
