Coonty Tyrone
| Coonty Tyrone Contae Thír Eoghain
Coontie Tyrone |
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| Motto: Consilio et Prudentia (Laitin) "Bi Wisdom an Prudence" |
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| Kintra | Unitit Kinrick | ||
| Region | Northren Ireland | ||
| Province | Ulster | ||
| Coonty seat | Omey | ||
| Aurie | |||
| - Tot | 1,259.9 sq mi (3,263 km2) | ||
| Aurie rank | 8t | ||
| Indwallers(2001) | 166,516 | ||
| - Rank | 10t [1] | ||
| Contae Thír Eoghain is the Erse name; Countie Tyrone,[2] Coontie Tyrone[3] an Coontie Owenslann[4] are Ulster Scots spellins (the latter uised anerlie bi Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council). | |||
County Tyrone (frae Erse Tír Eoghain meanin "land o Eoghan") is ane o the sax coonties o Northren Ireland an ane o the 32 coonties o Ireland. It is in the stewartry o Ulster in the north o the iland. Tae the north is Coonty Lunnonderry, tae the aest is Loch Neagh an Coonty Armagh, tae the sooth is coonties Monaghan an Fermanagh an tae the wast is Coonty Dunnygal. It kivers an aurie o 3,155 km² an haes aboot 166,516 indwallers. This maks it the seivent mucklest o Ireland's coonties by aurie an aicht mucklest by population.
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Name[edit]
The name Tyrone cums frae Erse Tír Eoghain meanin "land o Eoghan". This Eoghan wis son o keeng Niall o the Nine Hostages, an brither o Conall Gulban, wha gae his name tae the kinrick o Tír Chonaill.[5] Historically, it wis anglicised as Tirowen or Tyrowen, whilk are nearer tae the Erse pronunciation.
Settlements[edit]
Muckle touns[edit]
(population o 18,000 or mair an unner 75,000 at 2001 Census)[6]
Middlin touns[edit]
(population o 10,000 or mair an unner 18,000 at 2001 Census)[6]
Sma touns[edit]
(population o 4,500 or mair an unner 10,000 at 2001 Census)[6]
Hauflin settlements[edit]
(population o 2,250 or mair an unner 4,500 at 2001 Census)[6]
Veelages[edit]
(population o 1,000 or mair an unner 2,250 at 2001 Census)[6]
Sma veelages or hamlets[edit]
(population o less than 1,000 at 2001 Census)[6]
- Altamuskin
- Altmore
- Ardstraw
- Artigarvan
- Augher
- Auchnacloy
- Ballygawly
- Ballymagorry
- Beragh
- Caledon
- Clogher
- Clonoe
- Derrylaughan
- Derrytresk
- Donaghmore
- Dunnamanagh
- Drumquin
- Edenderry
- Eglish
- Erganagh
- Eskra
- Evish
- Glenmornan
- Gortin
- Greencastle
- Killyclogher
- Lochmacrory
- Kildress
- Pomeroy
- Rock
- Stewartstoun
- Tullyhogue
- Victoria Brig
Baronies[edit]
- Main airticle: Baronies o Ireland
- Clogher
- Dungannon Lawer
- Dungannon Middle
- Dungannon Upper
- Omey Aest
- Omey Wast
- Strabane Lawer
- Strabane Upper
References[edit]
- ↑ Cookstown.gov.uk
- ↑ North-South Ministerial Council: 2010 Annual Report in Ulster Scots
- ↑ North-South Ministerial Council: 2006 Annual Report in Ulster Scots
- ↑ Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council
- ↑ Description of County Tyrone from Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900). Library Ireland. Retrieved on 24 Februar 2009. .
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Statistical classification of settlements. NI Neighbourhood Information Service. Retrieved on 23 Februar 2009. .
- The Memoirs of John M. Regan, a Catholic Officer in the RIC and RUC, 1909–48, Joost Augusteijn, editor, District Inspector, Co. Tyrone, 1920s, ISBN 978-1-84682-069-4.
Further readin[edit]
- McNeill, I. 2010. The Flora of County Tyrone. National Museums of Northern Ireland. ISBN 978-905989-17-1
Freemit airtins[edit]
- Coonty Tyrone at the Open Directory Project
- A Flavour o Tyrone
- County Tyrone.com
- Ulster-American Fowk Pairk
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