BANAGHER CIVIL PARISH
| County: | Londonderry |
| Barony: | Tirkeeran and Keenaght |
| Diocese: | Derry |
| Poor Law Union: | Londonderry and NewtownLimavady |
| Probate District: | Londonderry |
| Area: | 23,905 acres |
| Population in 1831: | 4,086 |
| Topography: | This mountainous parish in the heart of the Sperrin Mountains lies two miles southwest of the town of Dungiven. |
| Villages: | Feeny |
| Landowners in 1837: | Fishmongers’ Company, Skinners’ Company and the See of Derry. |
| RECORD SOURCES | |
|---|---|
| Tithe: | 1826 |
| Griffith’s Valuation: | 1858 |
| Census: | 1663 (Hearth Rolls), 1740 (Protestant Householders), 1766 (Religious Census), 1796 (Flax Lists), 1831 and 1901. |
| CHURCH REGISTERS | |
| Church of Ireland: | Baptisms from 1821; marriages from 1827 and burials from 1837. Now joined with Cumber Lower and Upper. |
| Presbyterian: | Banagher – Baptisms from 1834 |
| Roman Catholic: | Feeny – Baptisms from 1848 and marriages from 1850. |
| GRAVEYARDS AND TOWNLANDS WHERE FOUND IN 1858: | |
| Magheramore | |
| Church of Ireland: | Rallagh |
| Roman Catholic: | Fincarn |
| TOP TEN SURNAMES IN 1858 (in descending order): | |
| 1 McCluskey; 2 Hassan; 3 Kane; 4= Heaney and Mullen; 6 McFarlane; 7 Miller; 8= Craig and Thompson; 10= Murphy, O’Neill and Witherow | |