Ballykeel Artifinny / Gilligan / wills

[Hunter1]

Hi

Does anyone know any details of what Ballykeel Artifinny is or was like in the mid - late 1880s?

My great grandmother Emma b circa 1843 was from there and I believe these are her male relations

Surname     Forename     Townland     Parish     County
Gilligan    Isaac    Ballykeel Artifinny    Hillsborough    Down (farmer)
Gilligan    Thomas    Ballykeel Artifinny    Hillsborough    Down

They are mentioned above in Griffiths valuation - would any records still exist and if so where?

I'm related to and in touch with Moominmama by the way!

Thanks

Hunter

[OTTO]

Ros Davies site ( http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/index.html ) has some info and a map of Hillsborough townlands
(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/MAPS/HillsboroughTownlands.htm), which shows Ballykeel Artifinny and its location. Rolling farmland, probably owned by the Marquis of Downshire.

quote : a townland of 640 acres; west of Hillsborough town; click here to see its location on a townland map; proprietor Lord Downshire; agent Mr Reilly in 1836; farms from 6-11 acres; rents on old leases 16 shillings, new leases 30 shillings an acre;good land; school built 1825; low ground on river Lagan; charity subscribers listed for 1836; St James Church of Ireland Kilwarlin here

OTTO

[Hunter1]

Thanks Otto - very evocative description! I'll do some more research.

Hunter