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Termonamongan Parish Church, Killeter, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, Historical Notes

Extracted from Derry Clergy and Parishes – Rev. James B. Leslie (1937)
Transcribed, Compiled and Submitted by
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia
len_swindley[at]hotmail.com

 

This file of HISTORICAL NOTES FOR TERMONAMONGAN PARISH CHURCH (ST. BESTIUS’ CHURCH OF IRELAND), KILLETER, COUNTY TYRONE forms part of the vast archive of 4,000+ pages of genealogical records relating to COUNTIES TYRONE, DONEGAL, LONDONDERRY & FERMANAGH provided without charge or subscription by CoTyroneIreland Welcome to the Premier Website & Research Tool for Cos. Tyrone, Donegal, Londonderry & Fermanagh Genealogy (cotyroneireland.com) A complete list of records pertaining to ST. BESTIUS PARISH CHURCH, KILLETER, TERMONAMONGAN PARISH, COUNTY TYRONE on this website can be found at the foot of this file.


St. Bestius’ Parish Church, Killeter, Co. Tyrone. Photo: Kenneth Allen

Termonamongan = O’Mongan’s termon or Church land; anciently known as Kylchyril. (Patrick O’Mongan was herenach of Kylchyril in 1481)

Date Historical Note
1622 Church described as in a ruinous state
1661 Arthur Newbary and Hugh Walker, Churchwardens
1686 Thomas Way was Parish Clerk; William Prophet of Killeter and Neale McCaffrey of Aghavaran, Churchwardens
1693 John Tilladams was Parish Clerk, George Ryly and Archibald Rolston, Churchwardens
1718 Hugh Kilpatrick was Parish Clerk and schoolmaster, Stephen Heard and Nathaniel Clark, Churchwardens
1719 William Fitzpatrick and Hugh Fitzpatrick were Churchwardens
1768 Church in good repair, the Rector, Adam Harvey, is generally resident
1822 New Church erected and dedicated to St. Bestius
1861 1,108 Church people and 936 Protestant Dissenters (Presbyterians). Magherakeel old churchyard vested in Local Burial Board
1937 Church population 430

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