1824 April 6 DEED: 790-345-534280 OLIVER-McDONNELL
James OLIVER[1] of City of Armagh Merchant for 5s set over Alexander McDONNELL[2] of Belfast Merchant tenement on the east side of English St formerly in possession of Messrs Hugh & Thomas QUINN[3]. “with the office houses store houses lofts and yard containing in front 22 feet and from front to rear 152 feet with the passage of 9 feet wide in the lane leading from College St to the rear of the premeses [Description follows} .. also mention of an annuity out of townland of Lislooney then in possession of Benjamin OLIVER[4] father of the said James OLIVER containing by estimation 46 acres & ? roods meared and bounded on the North by the great road leading from Tynan to Keady on the east by the townland of Delea[5] & Lisheagh[6] on the south by the townland of Beaghy[7] and on the west by Tynan river.... Witness John WALLACE[8] attourney; Matthew BARNETT [9]Gent both of Belfast. James OLIVER [SEAL} 3rd April 1824
[1] James
OLIVER, a son of Benjamin OLIVER of Lislooney married Letitia SIMPSON on June
17 1830. SOURCE:
[2] Alexander McDONNELL of Belfast.
NOTE: There are other McDONNELLs including an Alexander McDONNELL described as
a drover on English Street in the 1819 Armagh Directory.
[3] Hugh & Thomas QUINN are listed
as “Grocers and spirit dealers” on English Street in the 1819 Armagh Directory.
[4] Benjamin OLIVER of Lislooney, father
of James OLIVER. NOTE: This description of the land accords with the
description in DEED 38-403-24787
dated 1718.
[5] AKA Dillay, Parish of Tynan, Co.
Armagh.
[6] Lissheagh or Mount Irwin, Parish of
Tyanan, Co. Armagh.
[7] AKA Breaghey, Parish of Tyanan, Co.
Armagh.
[8] John WALLACE, attorney of Belfast
[9] Matthew BARNETT of Belfast