CARGINS, or CARRAGANS, a district (extra-parochial),
in the barony of UPPER-ORIOR, county of ARMAGH,
and province of ULSTER, 6 miles (N. W.) from
Dundalk; containing 355 inhabitants. This place is
situated on the road from Newtown-Hamilton to Dundalk,
and in the midst of a mountainous district: it
comprises 503 acres, of which more than 100 are moun-
tain, half of which is barren rock;, the land in cultivation
is of a light friable nature, producing good crops. The
Irish language only is spoken. There is a pay schoo1,
in which are about 35 children.