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Dungannon Market
This is a weekly market and It is held every Thursday.
The Market commences at 10 o’clock from the 25th of March to the
25th of September and from the 25th of September to the 25th of
March at 11 o’clock.
The Market is held in the open street in the centre of the town.
All
Linens that come to this Market are 7 - 8 wide, from 48 to 52 yards
long, of the sets of 600 - 1,100.
The
prices of the Linens brought to this Market are as follow
* Those made of Tow Yarn average about 5 and 1/3 d. per yard
* Those made of Flax Yarn average from 9d. to 13 and 1/2d. per yard
The Yarn of the Linens brought here goes through a process of one
operation of bleaching before it is made into Cloth. The half
-bleached Linen has the Seal of a Registered Bleacher affixed on it
before it is exposed to sale.
The coarse Linen is for the most part exported to England.
The fine Linen is bleached in this Country and for the most part
exported to England.
All
Linens which come to this Market are exposed to sale at the same
hour.
The
average numbers of the webs sold in this market may be said to be
thus- about 700 course webs manufactured from Tow Yarn and about
1,100 webs from flax yarn. The weekly value of the whole about
4,000l.
The
principal number of Weavers who attend this Market reside in this
County.
About
1,200 Weavers on an average attend this Market weekly.
From 100 to 120 Buyers upon an average attend each weekly Market
Of the Buyers who attend this Market about 40 are Principals the
remainder are Commissioners
The following are the names and residences of the principal Buyers
of this County who attend this Market themselves or send their
Commissioners to purchase for them
JACKSON, EYRE and Co.
Tulladoe Moy
Thomas GREER
Rhone Hill Dungannon
Thomas R GERAGHTY
Dungannon
Alexander STEWART
Drumreagh Dungannon
Jonathan HOGG
Redford Dungannon
Jonathan PIKE
Derryvale Dungannon
William GREER
Milltown Dungannon
Edward SHAW Castlecaulfield
Dungannon
Patrick FERGUSON
Springfield Dungannon
William BOARDMAN
Dungannon
Samuel McDONNELL Derry Hill Dungannon
James IRWIN
Willbrook Cookstown
William MAGILL
Cookstown
William MORGAN
Cookstown
William BYERS
Moy
James DELWORTH
Dungannon
Joseph WILSON
Dungannon
William GARRETT
Dungannon
Jonathan TURNER
Dungannon
Joseph ORR
Dungannon
James MULLUN
Dungannon
James FALLON
Dungannon
John HIDES
Stewartstown
John WEIR
Stewartstown
James HUNTER
Stewartstown
Patrick McCONNELL
Stewartstown
Samuel MORROW
Dungannon
George WiILCOCKS
Dungannon
John MURRAY
Dungannon
Robert McKNIGHT
Augher
Hugh OWENS
Strabane
The following are the names and residences of the principal Buyers
from other Counties who attend this Market themselves or lend their
Commissioners to purchase for them
Francis BENNETT and Son
Coleraine Londonderry
John WILSON and Son Coleraine Londonderry
John KNOX Coleraine Londonderry
Thomas RICE Coleraine Londonderry
Samuel WILSON Coleraine Londonderry
Monk EAGLESON Coleraine Londonderry
Charles BERNIE Coleraine Londonderry
Charles HEMPHILL, HUNTER and Co. Coleraine
Robert CONN Coleraine Londonderry
Thomas BENNETT Coleraine Londonderry
James McFARLAND Coleraine
Londonderry
James McAFEE Coleraine Londonderry
Leslie ALEXANDER Newtown Limavady
James ALEXANDER Newtown Limavady
Alexander ALEXANDER
Newtown Limavady
ACHESON, SMYTH, and Co.
Londonderry
Carey McCLELLAND and Co.
Londonderry
Mark ROGERS
Dungiven Londonderry
John BOYLE
Dungiven Londonderry
John CHAMBERS
Mulaghmore Co Tyrone
Archihald and John BARKLEY
Larne
William MILLER Ballymena
John CURIE
Ballymena
William RANKIN
Coleraine
Alexander CLARK
Maghera
Jonathan RICHARDSON Lisburn
Robert McBRIDE Armagh
Adam McBRIDE
Armagh
John WYNNE Keady
Hugh KIDD Keady
James GERON Keady
Joseph JOHNSON Stranorlar
John and James QUIN
Newtown Stewart
Owen DONNELLY
Omagh
Edward SPROULE
Newton Stewart
James GREER
Omagh
John CHARLY
Belfast
William MACKY Coleraine
Hugh HART Coleraine
Henry ORR Coleraine
Strabane Market
This is a Weekly market. It is held every Tuesday.
The Market commences at the hour of 10 o’clock from the 25th Mar. to
the 25th of Sept., and from 25th Sept. to the 25th of Mar. at 11
o’clock, for seven-eighth wide Webs.
The
3/4 wide Webs are permitted to be sold, summer and winter, 1 hour
earlier than the 7/8 wide Webs. The Market is over in less than an
hour.
The Market is held in the open street in the centre of the town.
The Fabrics sold here are as follow:
* 3/4 wide Webs measuring from 52 yards to 100 yards, 28 inches
in breadth, manufactured from Tow-yarn; quality - middling.
* 7/8 wide Webs, 52 yards in length, and 32 inches in breadth;
quality- pretty good.
The
average prices of Linen sold in this Market are as follow:
* 3/4 wide Webs sell from 6d. to 8d. per yard, average 7d.
* 7/8 wide Webs sell from 14d, to 20d. per yard, average,
17d.
All
Linen comes to this Market in a brown state. The Yarn they are made
of is tolerably well bleached.
The
3/4 wide Webs are mostly exported to Manchester, and other parts of
England.
The
7/8 wide Webs are sent to the different Bleach-yards, and from
thence to the Dublin or London Markets. A small portion exported to
London in a brown state.
From
25th Mar. - 25th Sept., the 3/4 wide Linens are exposed to sale at 9
o’clock in the forenoon, and from the 25th Sept. - 25th Mar. at 10
o'clock.
7/8
wides are exposed to sale at 10 o’clock in the forenoon the summer
half-year, and at 11 o’clock in the winter season.
The
average number of Webs sold in this Market may be said to be thus:
120 3/4 wide, and 600 , 7/8 wide; the average value of both amounts
to £2,380 weekly.
About
three-fourths of the Weavers who attend this Market reside in this
County, the other fourth lives in the County of Donegal.
Upon
an average, 660 Weavers attend this Market weekly.
Upon
an average, 55 Buyers attend each weekly Market.
Of
the 55 Buyers who attend this Market, 27 are principals and 28
commissioners.
The
following are the names and residences of the principal Buyers of
this County, who attend this Market themselves, or send their
Commissioners to purchase for them:
Owen DONNELLY
Omagh.
Thomas COOK
Lisdivin
James GREER
Omagh
Edward MOSS
Omagh
John MATHEWSON
Gortin
John M‘CREA
Mulllagheragh
Robert M‘CREA
Glenrush
Robert M‘CREA
Leckpatrick
Hugh OWENS
Mallison
bridge
James M‘DOUGAL
Mallison
Bridge
Thomas BROWN
Strabane
Edward SPROUL
Spa
Mount
James SPROUL
Spa
Mount
Robert COCHRAN Jr.
Strabane
John and James QUIN
Douglas
Frederick M‘CORMICK
Burndennet
The following are the names and residences of the principal Buyers
from other Counties, who attend this Market themselves, or send
their Commissioners to purchase for them:
John and William DYSART
Derry Co.
LondonDerry
John and William CAMPBELL
Derry
“
Adam SCHOALS, Wm. M‘CLINTOCK and Co. Derry
“
William MACKY
Derry
“
John Acheson SMITH
Derry
“
Carey M'CLELLAND and Co.
Derry
“
William RAMSAY
Derry
“
John M‘CLEERY
Coleraine
“
Mark EAGLESON
Coleraine
“
Hugh and Thomas HANDCOCK
Comber Claudy “
John ALEXANDER
Newtown
Limavady
James ALEXANDER
Newtown
Limavady
Alexander ALEXANDER
Newtown
Limavady
Henry ORR
Coleraine
John HART
Coleraine
John WILSON
Coleraine
James GILMORE
Coleraine
Francis BENNET
Coleraine
Robert CONN
Newtown
Limavady
John KNOX
Coleraine
William MOODY Jr.
Newtown
Limavady
Wm. MOODY Sr.
Newtown
Limavady
Michael KING
Dungiven
Samuel WILSON
Coleraine
Robert STEVENSON
Co.
Derry
Joseph JOHNSTON
Co.
Donegal
William CHAMBERS
Co.
Donegal
Thomas WILSON
Co.
Donegal
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