Tonnagh More 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 orig ...

County Tyrone County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retai ...

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

. It is situated in the

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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 ...

and the

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Donacavey Donacavey (), sometimes spelt Donaghcavey, is a townland, civil parish and ecclesiastical parish in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The civil parish is split between the historic baronies of Clogher and Omagh East, with the townland in the C ...

and covers an area of 317 acres. The name derives from the

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: ''Tamhnach mor'' (Large green field or great field). In 1841 the population of the townland was 116 people (20 houses) and in 1851 it was 115 people (21 houses). The townland contains one Scheduled Historic Monument: a Rath (grid ref: H4020 5967).

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{{coord missing, County Tyrone Civil parish of Donacavey Townlands of County Tyrone Archaeological sites in County Tyrone

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