Tyrconnel is a rural

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

split between the

Maranoa Region Maranoa Region is a local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. The town of Roma is the administrative headquarters of the region. History The Gunggari language region of South West Queensland includes the landscape within the l ...

and the

Shire of Murweh The Shire of Murweh is a local government area in the Maranoa district, which is part of South West Queensland, Australia. The administrative centre and largest town in the shire is Charleville. In June 2018, the Shire of Murweh had a populatio ...

, both in

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. In the , Tyrconnel had a population of 30 people.

Geography

The majority of the locality is in the Maranoa Region with only some small areas on the western boundary of the locality being within Shire of Murweh. The northern part of the locality is within the Chesterton Range with numerous unnamed peaks rising to over while the southern part of the locality is undulating but at elevations of . The higher northern land is generally undeveloped with the north-western corner of the locality being within the protected are of

Chesterton Range National Park Chesterton Range is a national park in South West Queensland, Australia, 585 km west of Brisbane. It is located north east of Morven in both the locality of Redford in the Maranoa Region and in Tyrconnel in the Shire of Murweh. It lies in ...

which extends west into neighbouring Redford. The land in the southern part of the locality is predominantly used for

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ...

History

The locality takes its name from the pastoral station Tyrconnell Downs, which was named by John McManus after the

Earl of Tyrconnell Earl of Tyrconnell is a title that has been created four times in the Peerage of Ireland. It was first created in 1603, for Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, formerly king of Tyrconnell, along with the subsidiary title Baron Donegal. The 1s ...

in Ireland.

References

{{Shire of Murweh Maranoa Region Shire of Murweh Localities in Queensland