Irvinestown was originally known as Lowtherstown
IRVINESTOWN is a neat and small town in the county of Fermanagh, 86 miles north-west of Dublin, 7 and three-quarters from Enniskillen, 4 and a half from Kish [Kesh], 4 from Ederny-Bridge, and 5 from Trillick. It is a place of no trade or manufacture, but has several good shops. It consists of a short street, at one end is the church with a square steeple, an old stone edifice built in the Gothic style: at the other end are two Methodist preaching house. Here is a small school on the establishment of Erasmus Smith, for 30 small children, with a salary of 30 pounds per annum and two acres of land for the school master. The market-day is Wednesday, and fairs are held on the 8th of every month. The population is about 1100.
POST OFFICE – Post Master MR. OSWALD STURDY - The Dublin mail is despatched at five minutes past nine in the morning, on Sunday, Tuesdays and Thursdays, and arrives at a quarter past two in the afternoon on the same days. A mail to Kish [Kesh] at 20 minutes past two on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, arrives at ten minutes past nine on the same mornings. Letters for England and Scotland go by the Dublin mail.
GENTRY AND CLERGY
AIKEN, Thos., Esq.
ARCHDALL, Chas., Esq., Riverstown
CONNOLLY, Rev. Joseph
DARCY, Wm. J., Cassidy-lodge
HUMPHREYS, Christr. , esq., Drummade
IRVINE, George, M., esq., Irvine Castle
IRVINE, Henry, esq., Doraville
KENNEDY, Patrick, esq., Brockagh
LENDRUM, Geo., esq., Jamestown
MILLER, Rev. Geo., rector of the parish
MONTGOMERY, Anthony, esq.
PORTER, Rev. Gray, rector of Kilskerry (Co. Tyrone)
ROGERS, Rev. Geo., Tullyclay
PROFESSIONAL GENTLEMEN
DUNCAN, James, surgeon
NEVILL, John, surgeon
WOODS, Charles, surgeon
MERCHANTS
JOHNSTON, Gerrard
JOHNSTON, Wm.
SHOPKEEPERS, TRADESMEN
AIKEN, John, woollen draper
ALLEN, John, grocer
BLACK, Wm. & Jas., grocers
BLAKENEY, Blaney, parish clerk
GINN, Robert, land agent
JOHNSTON, Archibald, woollen draper
JOHNSTON, James, grocer & leather seller
MCGOULRICK, Jas. grocer
MAGRATH, Jas., woollen draper
MONTGOMERY, Douglas, grocer
SCOTT, James, grocer
INNKEEPERS AND PUBLICANS
AIKEN, Alexander
GALLAGHER, Felix
GRAHAM, Wm.
MORRIS, Cornelius
ROGERS, Edward
ROGERS, Patrick
SHARP, John, innkeeper
STURDY, Oswald, innkeeper
TROTTER, Wm.