Donacavey (), sometimes spelt Donaghcavey, is a

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

and

ecclesiastical parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish priest ...

County Tyrone County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six Counties of Northern Ireland, counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional Counties of Ireland, counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an admini ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

. The civil parish is split between the historic baronies of

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 ...

and

Omagh East Omagh East (named after Omagh town) is a barony in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is bordered by nine other baronies: Omagh West and Lurg to the west; Strabane Lower and Strabane Upper to the north; Dungannon Middle and Dungannon Upper to ...

, with the townland in the Clogher barony. The civil parish contains the village of

Fintona Fintona (; ), is a village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Its population at the 2011 Census was 1,164. Name and etymology Fintona is derived phonetically from the Irish name of the area, ''Fionntamhnach''; this is often trans ...

Townlands

There are 89 townlands in the civil parish of Donacavey.

A

Aghadreenan, Aghafad, Agharonan, Annaghbo, Annaghmurnin, Ardatinny & Attaghmore

B

Baronagh, Belnagarnan, Blackfort

C

Carnalea, Carnarousk, Carryglass, Castletown, Cattor, Cavan, Corbally, Corrashesk, Cranny, Crocknafarbrague & Cumber

D

Derrybard, Donacavey, Draughton, Drumlagher, Drummond, Drumwhisker, Dundivin Glebe, Dungoran, Dunnamona & Dunnamona Glebe

E

Ecclesville Demesne, Edenafogry, Edenasop East, Edenasop West & Edenatoodry

F

Fallaghearn, Feenan,

& Freughmore

G

Gargrim, Garvallagh, Glennan & Gulladoo

K

Kilcootry, Kilgort, Killyberry, Killyliss & Killymoonan

L

Lackagh, Legamaghery, Legatiggle, Lisavaddy, Lisconrea, Lisdergan, Lisky, Lisnabulrevey, Lisnacreeve, Lisnagardy & Lurganboy

M

Mullanboy, Mullans, Mullasiloga & Mullawinny

R

Racrane, Raneese, Rathfraggan, Rathwarren, Raveagh & Roughan

S

Screggagh, Sessiagh, Skelgagh, Skreen, Strabane, Stranisk, Stratigore, Syonee & Syonfin

T

Tattymoyle Lower, Tattymoyle Middle, Tattymoyle Upper, Tattymulmona, Tireenan,

Tonnagh Beg Tonnagh Beg is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the barony of Clogher and the civil parish of Donacavey and covers an area of 227 acres. The name derives from the Irish: ''Tamhnach beag'' (Little green field or li ...

Tonnagh More Tonnagh More is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the barony of Omagh East and the civil parish of Donacavey and covers an area of 317 acres. The name derives from the Irish: ''Tamhnach mor'' (Large green field or ...

, Tonnaghbane, Tullyrush & Tullyvally

Ecclesiastical

Donacavey is also an ecclesiastical parish in the

Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second ...

and

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

churches.

Catholic

The parish of Donacavey is part of the Clogher Diocese in the

Catholic Church in Ireland , native_name_lang = ga , image = Armagh, St Patricks RC cathedral.jpg , imagewidth = 200px , alt = , caption = St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh. , abbreviation = , type ...

. The Catholic parish boundaries are the same as that of the civil parish. The parish church is called St. Lawrence's which is located off the Lisdergan Road in the Ecclesville Demense townland.

Church of Ireland

The parish of Donacavey is part of the Clogher Diocese in the Church of Ireland. Unlike its Catholic counterpart, the Church of Ireland parish of Donacavey only covers a part of the civil parish of Donacavey; the south western portion of the civil parish is a separate Church of Ireland parish called Barr. However both Church of Ireland parishes together make up the same boundaries as the civil parish of Donacavey and today are administrated by one

rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

as the parish of "Donacavey and Barr" whilst retaining separate (parish) churches.

References

{{coord missing, County Tyrone Civil parish of Donacavey Civil parishes of County Tyrone Townlands of County Tyrone Barony of Clogher Barony of Omagh East

Townlands

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B

C

D

E

F

G

K

L

M

R

S

T

Ecclesiastical

Catholic

Church of Ireland

See also

References