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Pomeroy is a small village and civil parish in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is in the townland of Cavanakeeran, [2] about 8.5 miles (14 km) from Cookstown, 9 miles (14 km) from Dungannon and 16 miles (26 km) from Omagh. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 788 people. [3] Pomeroy is atop a large hill that dominates the surrounding ...
Civil parishes in Ireland are based on the medieval Christian parishes, adapted by the English administration and by the Church of Ireland. [1] The parishes, their division into townlands and their grouping into baronies, were recorded in the Down Survey undertaken in 1656–58 by surveyors under William Petty.
Pomeroy Parker (1874–1946), private serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Spanish–American War who received the Medal of Honor for bravery Pomeroy Tucker (1802–1870), journalist and New York politician
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Cappagh [pronunciation?] (Irish: Ceapach (tilled or cultivated land) [1]) is a small village and townland in the parish of Pomeroy [2] in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.Around 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Dungannon, it is between Pomeroy, Ballygawley, Galbally and Carrickmore, with the hamlet of Galbally about one mile to the east.
It is five miles from Carrickmore and four miles from Pomeroy. The townland is actually called Altmore (alias Barracktown) and is situated in the historic barony of Dungannon Middle and the civil parish of Pomeroy and covers an area of 1117 acres (4.52 sq km).
The Irish parish was based on the Gaelic territorial unit called a túath or Trícha cét. [dubious – discuss] Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the Anglo-Norman barons retained the tuath, later renamed a parish or manor, as a unit of taxation. [2] The civil parish was formally created by Elizabethan legislation.
Top Chef Masters alum Naomi Pomeroy’s body has been recovered four days after her tragic inner tube accident. Pomeroy died on Saturday, July 13, after drowning in the Willamette River in Oregon.