This fine engraving of the town of Boyle was published in D'Alton's History of Ireland in 1845. It depicts, from south of the river at Tangier House, a vista which today would include the Boyle Post Office and Carrick Road in its foreground. Interestingly it only illustrates chief buildings of interest
MOCMOYNE (left to centre)
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Boyle Mills (far left) "an extensive Flour and Corn Mills and close to it ... a brewery, now deserted."
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Boyle Bank (taller building at the intersection w/ Main Street)
KNOCKNASHEE (centre)
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Boyle Church of Ireland (left of centre on the hill "peering through trees")
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King House occupied by the Connaught Rangers as an Infantry Barracks
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King House Pleasure Grounds (centre foreground)
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Abbeyview House (on the RH summit of Cnoc na Si / Knocknashee Hill) "the nobly wooded villa of Morgan Crofton Esq." (Agent of Lord Lorton)
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a small tower "a small fragment of one of the five forts which formerly guarded this important pass into Moylurg"
KNOCKNASHEE (Military Road aka Sligo Road in 1840)
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? House [GV#2 Sligo Road] occupied by John Smallman Esq. of Boyle (Agent of Lord Lorton, Local Director of Boyle Savings Bank, and £50 freeholder) wife Mary (1779-1842)
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Boyle Glebe House [GV#3 Sligo Road] occupied by the Rev. Thomas Hackett (1764-1841) Vicar of Boyle & Prebendary of Elphin since 1796.
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Belmont House [GV#6 Sligo Road aka "Abbey"] "with a finely-situated and tastefully stored flower garden" occupied by James Reed Esq. RIC Inspector & Margaret Robertson
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Boyle Abbey Ruins [GV#7 Sligo Road]
WARREN or DRUM (far right)
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Boyle Academy for Boys no longer extant
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Mount Erris House occupied by Captain John Duckworth (1786-1868) Borough-Master of Boyle 1845 "a gentleman to whose intelligence and promptness of communication the author is indebted for much valuable information" [D'Alton].
Tangier House was the property of Captain Caleb Robertson, receiver and agent of Lord Lorton.
[Research by Rua Mac Diarmada]
References
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The Parish of Boyle - D'Alton 1845 | UK | VIEW SOURCE |
