Donagheady Parish Church (St. James' Church of Ireland), Earlsgift, Donemana, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland: Confirmations 1880
Extracts from the Vestry Minutes
Thanks to Faye Logue, Townsville, North Queensland, Australia for access to her personal records
Transcribed, Compiled and Submitted by
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia
len_swindley[at]hotmail.com
Vestry minutes, 1697-1723 and 1754 - 1919; Confirmation lists, 1872,1875, 1877, 1880, 1883 and 1886 have been filmed by the staff of PRONI, Belfast where they may be consulted. Ref: MIC1/35; CR1/26
LIST OF CONFIRMATIONS JULY1, 1880
The Right Reverend William Alexander, D.D., Lord Bishop of Derry and Raphoe held a Confirmation in St. James’ Church, Donagheady on Thursday 1st July1880 when 62 young persons were presented to the Bishop by Rev. Frederick J. Clark, A.M., Rector of Donagheady and received that Holy Apostolic rite at his Lordship’s hands.
***ORIGINAL SPELLING HAS BEEN RETAINED***
| NAMES OF CANDIDATES | AGE | TOWNLAND ADDRESS |
| John DUNN | 13 | Glennagourland |
| Isabella BUCHANNAN | 13 | Glennagourland |
| Anne BUCHANNAN | 13 | Lackagh, Lwr. Cumber [Co. Londonderry] |
| William FORBES | 13 | Drean |
| Annie DUNN | 13 | Aughtermoy |
| William James LOWERY | 13 | Creghan |
| Matilda CRAIG | 14 | Dunamanagh |
| Jane WIRLING | 14 | Dunamanagh |
| Jane KEYS | 14 | Liscleen |
| Mary DEERY | 14 | Liscleen |
| Lizzie CRAIG | 14 | Lisnarra |
| Thomas BLACK | 14 | Lisnarra |
| Rachael Hyndman DUNN | 14 | Glennagourland |
| Samuel William DUNN | 14 | Glennagourland |
| Elizabeth JAMIESON | 14 | Glennagourland |
| Catherine DUNN | 14 | Tyboe |
| Lizzie GORDON | 14 | Benowen |
| Cassie DAVIS | 14 | Tirconnelly |
| Isabella MONTEITH | 14 | Tullyard |
| Eliza CUNNINGHAM | 15 | Tullyard |
| Lizzie MARTIN | 15 | Dunnamanagh |
| Samuel MCGONNIGLE | 15 | Dunnamanagh |
| James Lowther MCNAMEE | 15 | Creghan |
| Alexander SCOTT | 15 | Barron |
| Thomas William BUCHANAN | 15 | Lackagh, Lwr. Cumber [Co. Londonderry] |
| John PICKETT | 15 | Moneycanon |
| James CALLAGHAN | 15 | Carnigribben |
| Fanny CRAIG | 15 | Lisnarra |
| Matilda JOHNSTONE | 15 | Lisnarra |
| Margaret CALDWELL | 15 | Carrickatain |
| Elizabeth SIMPSON | 15 | Benowen |
| Fanny KERR | 15 | Benowen |
| Isabella CLARKE | 15 | Fawney |
| Sarah Jane WALKER | 15 | Lisclean |
| Isabella Hamilton CUNNINGHAM | 16 | Glennagourland |
| John JAMIESON | 16 | Glennagourland |
| Matilda Mary DUNN | 16 | Glennagourland |
| Cassie OLPHERT | 16 | Glennagourland |
| Mary Anne PATTERSON | 16 | Church Hill |
| Mary Jane MCLAUGHLIN | 16 | Belix |
| John Robert BUCHANAN | 16 | Sheriff’s Mountain [Co. Londonderry] |
| Andrew Thomas DUNN | 16 | Aughtermoy |
| Mary MCGOWAN | 16 | Castlewarren |
| Thomas MCMICHAEL | 16 | Gortileck |
| John Robert DUNN | 16 | Tirconelly |
| Sarah Jane GOURLEY | 16 | Tyboe |
| Margaret Jane WILSON | 16 | Stoneyfalls |
| Robert FORBES | 16 | Drean |
| Rebecca MCGAVERN | 16 | Mount Castle |
| Robert Rentoul WALKER | 16 | Creghan |
| Thomas CALLAGHAN | 16 | Carnagribben |
| James MAHAFFY | 17 | Lisnarra |
| Kathleen HANNAY | 17 | Lisclean |
| Matilda BROWNE | 17 | Fawney |
| Maggie DUNN | 18 | Tirconelly |
| James MCMICHAEL | 18 | Gortileck |
| Bessie CUNNINGHAM | 17 | Glennagourland |
| Annie MCGOWAN | 19 | Castlewarren |
| Samuel MCLAUGHLIN | 20 | Belix |
| Samuel CUNNINGHAM | 22 | Tullyard |
| William MCGOWAN | 23 | Castlewarren |
| Mary DUDDY | 60 | Castlewarren |