Dungannon Lower

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Dungannon Lower
Dún Geanainn Íochtarach[1] (Irish)
Location of Dungannon Lower, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Location of Dungannon Lower, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryNorthern Ireland
CountyTyrone

Dungannon Lower (named after Dungannon town) is a historic barony in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.[2] It was created in 1851 with the splitting of the barony of Dungannon.[3] It is bordered by four other baronies in Northern Ireland: Dungannon Middle to the north; Tiranny to the south-east; Clogher to the west; and Omagh East to the north-west.[2] It is also bordered in the south-west by the barony of Trough in the Republic of Ireland.

List of main settlements[edit]

List of civil parishes[edit]

Below is a list of civil parishes in Dungannon Lower:[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dungannon Lower". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
  3. ^ "Notes on Baronies of Ireland 1821-1891, page 14" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Civil Parishes of County Tyrone". FamilySearch. Retrieved 9 February 2013.