Urney () is a
townland
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(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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in
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. Its county town is Omagh.
Adjoined to the south-west shore of Lough Neagh, the cou ...
,
Northern Ireland
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. Both townland and parish are situated in the historic
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 ...
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 Londonderry to the north; Tirkeeran to the north-east; Strabane Upper to t ...
. It lies within the
Derry City and Strabane 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 murders 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:
B
Backtown,
Ballycolman,
Ballyfatten,
Ballylennan Scott,
Bellspark,
Berrysfort,
Bridgetown
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C
Carricklee,
Carrickone,
Castlegore,
Castlesessagh, Castletown, Cavan,
Churchtown,
Clady,
Craigmonaghan (Nelson),
Creevy Lower,
Creevy Upper
D
Dartans,
Donnygowen,
Drumeagle
F
Flushtown,
Fort-town,
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
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General
* Prospect (marketing), a marketing term describing a potential customer
* Prospect (sports), any player whose rights are owned by a professional team, but who has yet to play a game for the team
* Prospect (minin ...
,
Pullyernan
R
Rabstown
S
Scotstown
Scotstown () is a village in the townland of Bough () in north County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Scotstown is located in the parish of Tydavnet, along the Monaghan section of the River Blackwater (Northern Ireland), River Blackwat ...
,
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:
See also
*
List of civil parishes of County Tyrone
In Ireland Counties are divided into civil parishes and parishes are further divided into townlands. The following is a list of parishes in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland:
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A
Aghaloo, Aghalurcher, Ardboe, Ardstraw, Artrea
B
Bal ...
*
References
{{County Tyrone
Townlands of County Tyrone