Urney () 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 ...

(of 188 acres) and

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 authorit ...

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, 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 ...

. Both townland and parish are situated in the historic barony of

Strabane Lower Strabane Lower (named after Strabane) is a barony in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is bordered by five other baronies in Northern Ireland: North West Liberties of Derry to the north; Tirkeeran to the north-east; Strabane Upper to the ea ...

. It lies within the

Derry City and Strabane Ulster Scots: ''Derrie an Stràbane'' , settlement_type = District , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_type1 = Constituent country , subdivision_type2 = , subdivision_type3 = , subdivision ...

area. Urney is notable as being the first manufacturing location of Urney Chocolates, established in 1919. It was also the birthplace of William Burke, notorious for the

Burke and Hare murders The Burke and Hare murders were a series of sixteen killings committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were undertaken by William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses to Robert Knox for dissection ...

Civil parish of Urney

Townlands

The civil parish of Urney contains the following townlands:

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Backtown, Ballycolman, Ballyfatten, Ballylennan Scott, Bellspark, Berrysfort,

Bridgetown Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael. Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as "The Ci ...

C

Carricklee, Carrickone, Castlegore,

Castlesessagh Castlesessagh is a townland of 165 acres (67.53 ha) in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Urney and the historic barony of Omagh West. Parts of the town of Castlederg are located in this townland. See ...

, Castletown, Cavan, Churchtown, Clady, Craigmonaghan (Nelson),

Creevy Lower Creevy (Ir. An Chraobhaigh 'the place of branches or trees') is a townland in the County Down parish of Aghaderg, in the barony of Iveagh, near Loughbrickland, Banbridge Banbridge ( , ) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies o ...

Creevy Upper Creevy (Ir. An Chraobhaigh 'the place of branches or trees') is a townland in the County Down parish of Aghaderg, in the barony of Iveagh, near Loughbrickland, Banbridge Banbridge ( , ) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies o ...

D

Dartans Dartans is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the barony of Omagh West and the civil parish of Urney and covers an area of 367 acres. The name derives from the Irish: ''dartan'' (A place where cows or herds graz ...

Donnygowen Donnygowen is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Strabane Lower and the civil parish of Urney and covers an area of 53 acres. The village of Clady is situated in the townlands of Clady and D ...

, Drumeagle

F

Flushtown Flushtown is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Strabane Lower and the civil parish of Urney and covers an area of 116 acres. The population of the townland declined during the 19th century: ...

Fort-town Fort-town is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Strabane Lower and the civil parish of Urney and covers an area of 57 acres. Census information from 1841 to 1891 inclusive records zero popu ...

, Freughlough

G

Gallany, Ganvaghan Kyle, Glebe, Glebe (Old), Glentimon, Glentown, Gortlogher

H

Hunterstown

I

Ichenay, Ichenny Upper, Inisclan

K

Kennystown, Kilclean, Kilcroagh, Kinkit

L

Learmore, Liggartown, Lisdoo

M

Magheragar, Magirr, Mount Bernard, Munie

P

Peacockbank, Prospect, Pullyernan

R

Rabstown

S

Scotstown Scotstown () is a village in the townland of Bough () in north County Monaghan, Ireland. Scotstown is located in the parish of Tydavnet, along the Monaghan Blackwater, Scotstown being the village closest to the river's source. Scotstown is ce ...

, Seein, Skerryglass, Somervillestown, Stephenstown

T

Tullydoortans, Tullymoan, Tullywhisker

U

Urney, Urney Glebe

Townland of Urney

The townland is situated in the Barony of Strabane Lower and the civil parish of Urney and covers an area of 188 acres. The population of the townland declined slightly during the 19th century:

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{{County Tyrone Townlands of County Tyrone

Civil parish of Urney

Townlands

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Townland of Urney

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