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Armagh Guardian

6 May 1845

Armagh Guardian: News - SURNAMES indexed - Railway meeting

ALGEO, BARRY, CHARLEMONT, COYNE, CRAWFORD, CUBBITT, DAVIDSON, GOODLATTE,
GREER, HANNA, HAWKINS, HAZLETON, HOBSON, JOHNSTON, KENNEDY, LENNON, LODGE,
MARTIN, MOLESWORTH, SHAW, SLOAN, WILFORD

Transcribed by Alison Causton

The following article was transcribed from The Armagh Guardian, by permission of The British Library.

IMPORTANT RAILWAY MEETING AT MOY
[Co Tyrone].
(Reported for the Armagh Guardian.)
On Thursday, the 1st instant, a meeting of the gentry, clergy, merchants, and traders of the town of Moy and its vicinity, was held in the Court-house for the purpose of considering the merits of the companies formed to open a railway communication between Armagh and Coleraine, and obtaining the opinion of the inhabitants as to the best line passing by Moy. The meeting was numerously and respectably attended. We observed present Armagh ; Joseph Greer, Esq., Desertereight House ; the Rev. Samuel Shaw, Moy ; Galbraith Johnston, Esq., Moy ; the Rev. Michael Coyne, P.P. of Clonfecle; David R. Goodlatte, Esq., Salem Lodge; Thomas Martin, Esq., M.D., Moy ; C. C. Davidson, Esq., Moy ; Thomas Nepean Molesworth, Esq., Moy ; Rev. Edward Hazleton, Moy; James Sloan, Esq., Moy; Thomas Francis Hawkins, Esq., Moy ; John Cubbitt, Esq., brother of the eminent Engineer; John Leslie Crawford, Esq., Grange; Captain Kennedy, R.A. ; Messrs. D. Barry, Thomas T. Wilford, H. Lennon, J. Hobson, J. Wilford, &c , &c., &c. The Earl of CHARLEMONT was called to the chair on the motion of JOSEPH GREER, Esq. ; and Mr. JOHN W. HANNA, on the motion of the Rev. Mr. SHAW, seconded by Mr. SLOAN, was requested to act as Secretary.

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