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Tír Eoghain (meaning Land of Eoghan), also known as Tyrone, was a kingdom and later earldom of Gaelic Ireland, comprising parts of present-day County Tyrone, County Armagh, County Londonderry and County Donegal (Raphoe). The kingdom represented the core homeland of the Cenél nEógain people of the Northern Uí Néill and although they ruled ...
Hugh O'Neill was born c. 1550 [b] in the barony of Oneilland, Tír Eoghain (present-day northern County Armagh)—possibly in a crannog such as Marlacoo. [20] The O'Neill dynasty were Tír Eoghain's ruling Gaelic Irish noble family, [21] [22] and claimed descent from Niall Ruadh of the Cenél nEógain, who was a descendant of legendary high king Niall of the Nine Hostages.
This is an incomplete index of the current and historical principal family seats of clans, peers and landed gentry families in Ireland. Most of the houses belonged to the Old English and Anglo-Irish aristocracy, and many of those located in the present Republic of Ireland were abandoned, sold or destroyed following the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War of the early 1920s.
With a population of 188,383 as of the 2021 census, Tyrone is the 5th most populous county in both Northern Ireland and Ulster, and the 11th most populous county on the island of Ireland. The county derives its name and general geographic location from Tír Eoghain, a Gaelic kingdom under the O'Neill dynasty which existed until the 17th century.
The Ulster American Folk Park is an open-air museum just outside Omagh, in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. With more than 30 exhibit buildings to explore, the museum tells the story of three centuries of Irish emigration. Using costumed guides and displays of traditional crafts, the museum focuses on those who left Ulster for America in the ...
UK. Northern Ireland. Tyrone. 54°30′48″N 7°27′32″W / 54.513309°N 7.458858°W / 54.513309; -7.458858. Dromore (from Irish An Droim Mór, meaning 'the large ridge') [1] is a town, townland and civil parish in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is nine miles (14 km) south west of Omagh on the A32 and sixteen miles (26 km ...
Baronscourt in 1840, from The County Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, by Francis Orpen Morris. [1]Baronscourt, Barons-Court or Baronscourt Castle is a Georgian country house and estate 4.5 km southwest of Newtownstewart in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and is the seat of the Duke of Abercorn.
Favour Royal (previously known as Portclare) is a manor and estate in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is located in the townland of Favor Royal Demesne, around 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Augher, close to the Irish border. It is within the parish of Errigal-Trough which is part of the historic barony of Clogher. [1][2]