Tullymuck

Tullymuck townland in 2006

Tullymuck is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the barony of Strabane Lower and the civil parish of Ardstraw and covers an area of 804 acres.[1]

The name derives from the Irish: Tulaigh muc or tullach muc (hill of the pigs).[2] In 1841 the population of the townland was 377 people (70 houses) and in 1851 it was 319 people (61 houses).[3]

In the 17th century, Tullymuck, and the nearby townlands of Lislap and Legland, and neighbouring Newtownstewart, were owned by Sir William Stewart of Aghentain, who had inherited them from his father-in-law, Sir Robert Newcomen. Stewart was a settler in Ireland, from a Wigtownshire family, owning Aghentain Castle, which he built, and Kilmacrenan Castle. He was involved in the suppression of the Irish Rebellion of 1641.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Townlands of County Tyrone". IreAtlas Townland Database. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Tullymuck". Place Names NI. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Census of Ireland 1851". Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Irish Rebellion of 1641 - Operations in Tyrone". Cristo Raul. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
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