Ballymoyer
Ballymoyer
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 St Luke's Church, Church of Ireland, in Ballymoyer | |
  Ballymoyer Location within Northern Ireland | |
| County | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ARMAGH |
| Postcode district | BT60 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
Ballymoyer or Ballymyre (from Irish Baile an Mhaoir, meaning 'settlement of the steward')[1][2] is a civil parish in the historic barony of Fews Upper, County Armagh, Northern Ireland,[3] 3 miles north-east of Newtownhamilton.
History
[edit]Ballymoyer House was the seat of Sir Walter Synnot (1742-1821). While the house was demolished in the 1930s, some of the remaining estate lands were donated to the National Trust.[4][5] This includes Ballymoyer Woodland, an area of mixed woodland which is open to the public.[6]
The parish of Ballymoyer contains two churches dedicated to St Luke. Construction on the first church commenced in the early 17th century when the walls of St Luke's church were erected in the reign of Charles I. This structure, however, remained unroofed due to the murder of the appointed clergyman, until 1775, when Archbishop Richard Robinson commissioned it to be finished.[7] The present Church of Ireland church of St Luke was built by the Synnot family in the 1820s.[8] It was constructed with the help of a donation of £900 from the Board of First Fruits.[7]
The local Catholic church, the Church of St Malachy, is within the parish of Loughgilly in the Archdiocese of Armagh.[9]
Civil parish of Ballymyre
[edit]The civil parish contains the village of Whitecross.[3] It also contains the following eight townlands:[3][10]
- Aghincurk
- Ballinatate
- Ballintemple
- Cavanakill
- Corlat
- Knockavannon
- Lurgana
- Outleckan
Notable people
[edit]- Florence MacMoyer (d.1713), school master, reputed perjurer and last hereditary keeper of the Book of Armagh[11]
- Walter Synnot (1742–1821), High Sheriff of Armagh who built Ballymoyer House.[12]
- Arthur Henry Seton Hart-Synnot (1870–1942), British Army general born at Ballymoyer.[13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Ballymoyer". Place Names NI. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ↑ "Baile an Mhaoir / Ballymyre". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Ballymyre". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ↑ "Register of Parks, Gardens and Demesnes of Special Historic Interest - Northern Ireland" (PDF), nihgt.org, Northern Ireland Heritage Gardens Trust, retrieved 29 July 2026,
Ballymoyer [..] The demesne an 18th century house, now demolished, was given to the National Trust by the owner in 1938
- ↑ The properties of the National Trust for places of historic interest or natural beauty in Northern Ireland (PDF). National Trust Committee for Northern Ireland. 1964. p. 30 – via archive.org.
Ballymoyer House itself was demolished in 1938
- ↑ "Ballymoyer Woodland". Walk NI. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- 1 2 Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1837), "Ballymoyer, a parish", A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, retrieved 5 January 2013 – via libraryireland.com
- ↑ "Ballymoyer, St Luke". gloine.ie. Church of Ireland. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
- ↑ "Church of St Malachy, Ballymoyer". christianity.ie. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
- ↑ "Civil Parish of Ballymyre, Co. Armagh". townlands.ie. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
- ↑ Ó Ciardha, Éamonn (October 2009), "MacMoyer (Moyer, Weyer), John", Dictionary of Irish Biography, Royal Irish Academy, doi:10.3318/dib.005268.v1, retrieved 29 July 2026,
MacMoyer's cousin Florence MacMoyer [..] another perjured witness against Archbishop Plunkett and the last hereditary keeper of the Book of Armagh, was born in Ballymoyer, Co. Armagh [..] it is likely that he was educated locally and became a schoolmaster
- ↑ "Ballymoyer House: National Trust". newryjournal.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
- ↑ . . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource.
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