ERRIGAL CIVIL PARISH
| County: | Londonderry |
| Barony: | Coleraine |
| Diocese: | Derry |
| Poor Law Union: | Coleraine |
| Probate District: | Londonderry |
| Area: | 19,625 acres |
| Population in 1831: | 5,401 |
| Topography: | Bounded by the Agivey River in the south and by the mountains of north Derry, including Donalds Hill (1,318 feet), on its western flank. |
| Towns: | Garvagh |
| Landowners in 1837: | The Merchant Taylors’ Company in the northern portion and the Ironmongers’ Company in the southern part. |
| RECORD SOURCES | |
|---|---|
| Tithe: | 1825 |
| Griffith’s Valuation: | 1859 |
| Census: | 1663 (Hearth Rolls), 1740 (Protestant Householders), 1796 (Flax Lists), 1831 and 1901. |
| CHURCH REGISTERS | |
| Church of Ireland: | Pre-1870 none. Now joined with Desertoghill |
| Presbyterian: | 1st Garvagh – Baptisms 1795-1816, 1822-1849 and from 1859 and marriages 1795-1802, 1807-1814 and from 1822. Census of congregation 1796 and 1840. 2nd Garvagh (Main Street) – Baptisms and marriages from 1830 and burials from 1853. United with Killaig in 1977. 3rd Garvagh – Dissolved in 1908. |
| Roman Catholic: | Garvagh – Baptisms from 1846. |
| GRAVEYARDS AND TOWNLANDS WHERE FOUND IN 1859: | |
| Ballintemple | |
| Church of Ireland: | Garvagh |
| Presbyterian: | Main Street (2nd), Garvagh and Meeting House Lane (1st), Garvagh |
| TOP TEN SURNAMES IN 1859 (in descending order): | |
| 1 Mullen; 2 O’Kane; 3 McNicholl; 4 McAlister; 5= Kelly, Moore and Young; 8 Stewart, 9= Doherty and McCluskey | |