mack family from down ireland

[scotmum]

Records at PRONI might yield some clues:

Correspondence of the Mack family of Ballykine, Co. Down, including letters from Glasgow and Pennsylvania, 1854-1896.

The reference for above is D2244.

PRONI also have the will of Andrew Mack, Ballykine, who died in 1894.

[BallyaltikilliganG]

Scotmum set me off
The Macks in Ballykine are traceable through Andrew Mack of Ballykine Lower Magheradrool Down in 1863, who has two separated areas of land that included House Offices and land , the first is map reference 10, with 11 acres 30 perches the second area at map reference 11, of 17 acres and 20 perches, The two areas are separated  other map areas Nos 12 and 13.

In Map reference 10 Andrew had a substantial house and buildings  which had a rateable annual valuation of £2 ten shillings. Others in the townland were as low as just 5 shillings.  The website www.askaboutireland.com in its Griffiths valuation section has the ,means to look up map references 10 and 11 in Ballykine Lower 

Topographically Ballykine Lower  is an interesting townland  its tenants are all divided by land divisions which are all set running roughly NE

The map ref 10 shows his property is divided by a road running NNE through it which ends up southwards at the junction of Tweedys lane ends and on the south west side another road with a bridge caseys bridge on it . One building is set in the west of the dividing Road, 3 buildings are set in east side in a cluster there appears to be tree planted in parrellel lines.  On a modern google map the place to look is at 3 Ballycreen Rd Ballynahinch, Down BT24 8TZ and above. The other road that includes Caseys bridge appears to be the `Lisburn Road

On map ref 11 he is the landlord and has 4 tenants, Andrew Ferguson has the biggest garden the others small, John Ferguson, William Douglas and Eliza Anne Massy , They share whats looks like a row of cottages and a seperate blg. The land runs SE from Tweedys lane ends and the top of Riverside road to the sw where its border is the Ballynahinch River.and looks on a modern map to be mostly redeveloped. So thats where he lived, how to link up his family history is the real  challenge
Good luck JImG

[scotmum]

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[enileuqcaj]

hi looking for info on david mack and margaret armstrong from co down their children were dorothea rosanna robert brown mary martin david priscilla my gg granpa john who was born in 1847 is not listed and i am trying to find out why ? a family bible said they may have stayed at slate quarry farm ballymacarin north ballynahinch . regards jac

[iluleah]

"Slate quarry now opened in the said John McKinney's land in Crossgar and all other slate ... Located in the Townland of North Ballymacarn, Barony of Kinleany, County Down" http://countydown.x10.mx/html/dromara.htm