/ Christian Heritage
Annaloiste Bell (Find Site)
1546. There was a church building here during the
Oxford Island Nature Reserve, Lurgan, Craigavon,
1641 rising but it fell into ruin by 1679, when, William
Co.Armagh
Waring who was in possession of the land at the time,
Found on the eastern shore of Oxford Island by a local
decided to build a new church at Waringstown, which
farmer when he was ploughing in the townland of
he completed by 1681.
Annaloiste in 1949. It may have been dropped by a
Franciscan priest travelling by boat to the Medieval
Lisnamintry Rath
Church on Oxford Island or possibly thrown into the
Ballygargan Road, Bluestone, Portadown,
water when the church was partly dismantled
Craigavon
Dating from 500-1000AD a Rath was a homestead,
Coney Island
surrounded by a ditch and a wooden fence which
Off shore at Maghery, Craigavon, Co Armagh
protected the inhabitants but also acted as an
Coney Island or Innis Clabhall (island of the
enclosure for the animals. At Lisnamintry the pattern
Blackwater) as it was originally known, is located in
of ridges, mounds and trenches along with the position
the southwest corner of Lough Neagh and lies between
and density of hedges suggest a second entrance
the estuaries of the Blackwater and Bann rivers,
proving that this was a site of major importance.
approximately 1km from Maghery and is currently
owned by the National Trust. As result of excavations
Lynastown Quaker Cemetery
carried out in the early 1960’s it was found that Coney
Bluestone Road, Moyraverty, Craigavon,
Island had been the scene of human activity from as
Co. Armagh
long ago as 5000B.C. It contains an Anglo-Norman
When William Lynas, one of the founding members
motte and sixteenth century defences including a
of the Religious Society of Friends in Lurgan died in
circular tower.
1658, Quaker principles did not allow members to
avail of the services of the local ‘priest’ in the local
Donaghcloney Graveyard
parish graveyard. As a result he was buried on his
Donaghcloney, Craigavon, Co. Armagh
own land in Moyraverty and this small plot of land
The old graveyard is on a mound above the River
developed into Lynastown Burial Ground, the oldest
Lagan. The once circular nature of the cemetery has
Quaker cemetery in Ireland. In 1673 the ground
been damaged to an extent by the realignment of the
was transferred to Francis Robson of Tamnificarbet
road. Its origin as a reasonably large ring fort, forming
and William Porter of Lurgan, both were prominent
a strong defensive position a little distance from the
Quakers involved in the Linen industry. This was the
River Bank, can still be clearly seen. The name and
first step in bringing the burial ground under more
local tradition suggests that the first church on the site
formal Quaker control. The 200th and final burial at
was founded by St. Patrick himself with the church
Lynastown was that of William John Williamson in
being mentioned in records dated 1306, 1422 and
1967.
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