While researching my family history at PRONI in 1985 I observed a man working at a large table that held a large map and several documents. He told me that he was recording the mills of Ulster. I did not record his name but have often wondered since if that material survives.
My ancestors (Hasletts and McCreas) were involved in mills at Sandville and Drumgauty. I never knew much about the Sandville Mill but Robert Cowan, the current owner of Sandville, took me to see the location. I have four pages of information on the Drumgauty Mill which was built in the 1777-1778 period. The data may be found on pages 29-33 of my 1997 book, *Along the River Foyle: A Haslett (Hazlett) Family of Ulster.* The book is available on the Mormon website. Anyone wishing to access it can proceed as follows: Google https//familysearch.org Go to Family Search Catalogue Click on Books Type Haslett *Along the River Foyle: A Haslett (Hazlett) Family of Ulster *will appear. You then can choose to read, download or print the book. The four pages include a reference to a Burndenit Mill. Earl Haslett On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 9:24 PM, Teena <[email protected]> wrote: > While searchiing out burial location I came across this artilce > > Extracted & transcribed from > > 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 > [email protected] > http://lists.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist >
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