Tynan
Coordinates: 54°19′48″N 6°49′22″W / 54.33007°N 6.822644°W
| Tynan | |
| Irish: Tuíneán | |
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 Tynan
Tynan shown within Northern Ireland |
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| Population | (UK 2001 Census) |
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| District | Armagh |
| County | County Armagh |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | BT |
| Dialling code | 028 |
| EU Parliament | Northern Ireland |
| UK Parliament | Newry & Armagh |
| NI Assembly | Newry & Armagh |
| List of places: UK • Northern Ireland • Armagh | |
Tynan (from Irish: Tuíneán, meaning "watercourse"[1]) is a village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies within the civil parish of Tynan and barony of Tiranny.
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[edit] History
Tynan won the status as the most well preserved rural Irish village in 1993.[citation needed]
[edit] The Troubles
[edit] Places of interest
Tynan Abbey has an extensive demesne, a country house belonging to the Stronge family was situated here until it was destroyed by the Provisional IRA in 1981. The ruins have since been demolished. The grounds hold an extensive cemetery with grave stones going back centuries and others worn beyond recognition.
Tynan has a High Cross in the village's church yard, dating from 700–900. It shows a carving of Adam and Eve under an apple tree.
[edit] Transport
Tynan was formerly served by mainline trains of the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and was also the eastern terminus of the narrow gage Clogher Valley Railway (which opened in 1887 and closed in 1941). Tynan railway station (on the Clogher Valley railway opened on 2 May 1887 and shut 1 January 1942. Tynan and Caledon railway station on the mainline opened on 25 May 1858 and shut on 1 October 1957.[2]
[edit] People
The antiquarian William Reeves was the Church of Ireland Rector of Tynan in the 1860s.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ PlaceNamesNI - Tynan
- ^ "Tynan and Tynan and Caledon stations". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory (Church of England Church Commissioners, 1868), p. 771
