TOWNLANDS OF NEWTOWNHAMILTON

Town Streets

Armagh Street

Castleblaney Street

Dundalk Street

Market Place

Newry Street

Shamble Lane

The Common

Location

The town of Newtownhamilton stands on the townland of Tullyvallen. It lies about 9 miles south-east of Armagh and 14 west of Newry.

This page provides information about the origin of the town and, through the locations listed on the left, the names of its householders in the different locations at specific years between 1825 the third quarter of the twentieth century.

Rateable Valuation

With the exception of a brief period in the early 19th century the town has always been valued with Tullyvallen, so the rateable valuation includes the value of property in both the town and townland. The town is not valued separately.

Townland Valuation 1837

The 1837 Townland Valuation recorded only houses worth £5 or more a year. There is a substantial list of property owners recorded in respect of Tullyvallen (including Newtownhamilton). Because of the way the books are written it is possible to distinguish between those properties appropriate to the town and those in the townland. In addition to the identified property, 185 houses were recorded as exempt. The list for the town is reproduced below as it cannot be distributed to the different streets.

Griffiths Valuation records the owner of most of the town as Thomas P. Ball.

Census of Ireland 1901

The Census enumerated 685 persons in 188 households; a ratio of 3.6 people per household. Census details of the streets etc are available on their respective pages.

Problems with 1901 Census

The street names in the 1901 Census do not in all cases correspond with those used in earlier and all subsequent valuations as the following table shows.

Newtownhamilton Street Names 1864 to 1957

1864	1901	1935
Market Place		Market Place
Commons Lane	The Commons	The Common
Newry Street	Newry Street	Newry Street
Armagh Street	Armagh Street	Armagh Street
Castleblaney St	Castleblaney St	Castleblaney St
Dundalk Street	Dundalk Street	Dundalk Street
	Shamble Lane	Shamble Lane

Market Place is not included in the Census. The number of houses and inhabitants listed in the town corresponds with the Census Reports so it is not a case that the Census Returns were not microfilmed. It is therefore assumed that it is included in another street.

Native Irish Speakers

There was but one native Irish speaker in the town -

• Felix McParland, Newry Street, 50, publican, farmer, J.P., born in Co. Armagh

Population Growth

The following table sets out the number of houses and population enumerated in the townland in each of the 11 Censuses held between 1841 and 1951.

	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901	1911	1926	1937	1951
Houses	137	144	152	150	189	174	188	178	250	328	315
People	679	640	722	708	924	807	685	875	1186	1186	1318
People per house	5.0	4.4	4.8	4.7	4.9	4.6	4.8	4.9	4.7	3.6	4.2