Moville.Records
- Muster Roll Enishone - 1630
- Poll Tax Ordinance - 1660-1
- Hearth Money Rolls -1665
- Flax Growers List - 1796
- Tithe Applotment - 1825
- Slater's Directory - 1846
- Griffith's Valuation - 1857
- Parish Records (Catholic)
- Census - 1901
- Census - 1911
- Maritime Memorial
- Other Records
Other.Information
Old photographs Old photos of Moville and the surrounding areas.
Maps Old maps of the two parishes in Moville.
Books Read a history of Moville, and see other references to the area.
Lewis' Topographical Dictionary Extracts from the Topographical Dictionary published in 1837
FHC Records Family History Centre (LDS) film references for Moville records
Moville.Records
Ulster.Covenant
The Ulster Covenant was a written declaration of loyalty to the British Crown, and an expression of a desire for Ireland to continue as an integral part of the United Kingdom. It was organised by Sir Edward Carson, a leading Loyalist politician, in response to widespread Unionist alarm at the introduction of the Third Home Rule Bill into the United Kingdom Parliament in September 1912. This Bill proposed the establishment of a 164-seat Irish Parliament and a 40-seat Senate in Dublin, both of which would deal with Irish affairs.
The Covenant (and the Declaration for women) was signed by over 470,000 people, mainly in the province of Ulster. The men pledged ...
"... ourselves in solemn Covenant throughout this our time of threatened calamity to stand by one another in defending for ourselves and our children our cherished position of equal citizenship in the United Kingdom and in using all means which may be found necessary to defeat the present conspiracy to set up a Home Rule Parliament in Ireland ... "
In the United Kingdom, the Bill was twice rejected by the House of Lords, before being passed by the House of Commons in 1914, with some important concessions to Unionist opinion. It was due to become law at the end of that year. However, the onset of World War One in the month of September meant that the implementation of the Bill was deferred until the War finished. By that time, events elsewhere in Ireland had conspired to make the Third Home Rule Bill unsuited to meeting the needs and aspirations of people across the country, whatever their politics.
In Moville and the surrounding areas nearly nine hundred people signed the Covenant. Their names and addresses are recorded, together with details of the place where they signed the document. The images have been digitized, and are available to view and to download from the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) web site - click here.
Click on the following links to view the names and addresses of the signatories.
| Acheson to Butler | Hamilton to Lyttle | Neele to Stewart |
| Caldwell to Gurney | MacCandless to Murphy | Tait to Witherow |
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