barony Barony may refer to:
* Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron
* Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron
* Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...
in
County Armagh
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,
Northern Ireland
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. It lies on the western boundary of the county, bordering
County Tyrone
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to its west and
County Monaghan
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in the
Republic of Ireland
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to its south. It is bordered by three other baronies in Northern Ireland: Dungannon Lower and
Dungannon Upper
Dungannon Upper is a barony in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It was created in 1851 with the splitting of the barony of Dungannon. Lough Neagh runs along its eastern boundary, and it is bordered by four other baronies: Dungannon Middle to ...
to the north-west; and
Armagh
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to the east. It also borders two baronies in the Republic of Ireland; Cremorne to the south and
Trough
Trough may refer to:
In science
* Trough (geology), a long depression less steep than a trench
* Trough (meteorology), an elongated region of low atmospheric pressure
* Trough (physics), the lowest point on a wave
* Trough level (medicine), the l ...
to the west.
Etymology
The name Tiranny is a softened form of Toughranie, an anglicisation of ''Tuath Threana''. The form Tiranny was created by the Ordnance Survey and led to the incorrect conjecture by some such as John O'Donovan that the first element of the name derived from the Irish word ''tír'', meaning "country".
Older phonetic forms of ''Tuatha Threna'' included Toaghrany, Toyghrayny, Toaghraine, Toaghranye, Towrany, Tuterany, Toghrany, Toorany, Turrany, and Torany, all of which are found in records from the early seventeenth century.
The second element ''Threna'' is derived from the ''Uí Threna'' ( en, descendants of Trena), the name of a tribe that settled on the western boundaries of modern County Armagh, where the barony of Tiranny is located. In various Elizabethan maps of Ulster, they are recorded in the anglicised forms of O'Traney, O'Trany, Outraine, and Traney, before the term ''Tuath Threana'' was used.
History
The ''Uí Threna'' were descended from Trena, the great-grandson of Colla Fo Chrí, one of the
Three Collas
The Three Collas ( Modern Irish: Trí Cholla) were, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, the fourth-century sons of Eochaid Doimlén, son of Cairbre Lifechair. Their names were: Cairell Colla Uais; Muiredach Colla Fo Chrí ( ...
, and where part of the over-kingdom of
Airgíalla
Airgíalla (Modern Irish: Oirialla, English: Oriel, Latin: ''Ergallia'') was a medieval Irish over-kingdom and the collective name for the confederation of tribes that formed it. The confederation consisted of nine minor kingdoms, all independe ...
.
In the north-east of Tiranny, south of the River Blackwater there was a sub-territory called Clanaul, the original name of the parish of Eglish. The name is preserved in the form Glenaul which was used as the name for the local
district electoral division
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of the former Armagh Poor Law Union. The name derives from the Irish ''Cluain Dabhail'', which means "meadow of Dabhal", noted as the ancient name of the River Blackwater. Clanaul is also recorded as Clandavle, and in the Tynan Charter of 1455 as Clondowyll.
To the east of Tiranny lay the territory of ''Tuath Echach'' ( en, territory of Aughy), anglicised as Tooaghy, now the barony of Armagh. It takes its name from the ''Uí Echach'' ( en, tribe of Aughy), whose ancestor Echach was the brother of Trena the ancestor of the ''Uí Threna''. They are also recorded as the ''Uí Eochaidh''.
List of settlements
Below is a list of settlements in Tiranny:
* Middletown
*
Below is a list of civil parishes in Tiranny:
*Eglish (split with barony of Armagh)
* Derrynoose (also partly in barony of Armagh)
*
Keady
Keady () is a village and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is south of Armagh and near the border with the Republic of Ireland. It is situated mainly in the historic barony of Armagh with six townlands in the barony of Tirann ...