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Magheralin (civil Parish)
Magheralin is a civil parish largely in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic baronies of Iveagh Lower, Upper Half in County Down and Oneilland East (three townlands) in County Armagh. Settlements The civil parish contains the following settlements: *Dollingstown *Magheralin Townlands Magheralin civil parish contains the following townlands: *Ballykeel * Ballyleny * Ballymacanally * Ballymacateer * Ballymacbredan * Ballymacbrennan *Ballymacmaine * Ballymagin * Ballymakeonan * Ballynadrone * Clankilvoragh *Clogher Clogher () is a village and civil parish in the border area of south County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Blackwater, 5.8 miles from the border crossing to County Monaghan. It stands on the townlands of Clogher Demesne and C ... *Derrylisnahavil *Donagreagh *Drumcro and Drumo *Drumlin, County Down, Drumlin *Drumnabreeze *Drumnaferry *Drumo and Drumcro *Edenballycoggill *Edenmore, County Down, Edenmore *Feney *Gartross *Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Parishes In Ireland
Civil parishes () are units of territory in the island of Ireland that have their origins in old Gaelic territorial divisions. They were adopted by the Anglo-Norman Lordship of Ireland and then by the Elizabethan Kingdom of Ireland, and were formalised as land divisions at the time of the Plantations of Ireland. They no longer correspond to the boundaries of Roman Catholic or Church of Ireland parishes, which are generally larger. Their use as administrative units was gradually replaced by Poor_law_union#Ireland, Poor Law Divisions in the 19th century, although they were not formally abolished. Today they are still sometimes used for legal purposes, such as to locate property in deeds of property registered between 1833 and 1946. Origins The Irish parish was based on the Gaelic territorial unit called a ''túath'' or ''Trícha cét''. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman barons retained the ''tuath'', later renamed a parish or manor, as a un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clogher (Magheralin)
Clogher () is a village and civil parish in the border area of south County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Blackwater, 5.8 miles from the border crossing to County Monaghan. It stands on the townlands of Clogher Demesne and Clogher Tenements. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 717. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under th Open Government Licence v3.0 © Crown copyright. The civil parish of Clogher covers areas of County Fermanagh as well as County Tyrone. History Clogher is home to the provincial office in Northern Ireland for the congregation of the Sisters of Mercy (Roman Catholic order of nuns). From 1971-1991 The Mercy Order employed some of their nuns at St Macartan's Primary School following the leave of the order of saint louis as the school was actually founded by the Sisters of St Louis in the 1930s due to the high demand for primary Catholic education in the Clogher area. The Sisters of Mercy also had ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
