Derrycrin (Conyngham) is a
townland
A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...
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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. It is 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
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 ...
and the
civil parish
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of
Ballinderry Ballinderry may refer to:
Northern Ireland
* Ballinderry, Mid Ulster, a parish on the border between Counties Londonderry and Tyrone
** Ballinderry Shamrocks, Gaelic Athletic Association club
* Ballinderry, Kilcronaghan civil parish, a townland in ...
and covers an area of 515 acres.
The name derives from the
Irish: ''Doire CrÃon'' (withered) or ''doire chaorthainn'' (Grove of the mountain ash).
The population of the townland declined during the 19th century:
See also
*
Derrycrin
*
Derrycrin (Eglish)
*
References
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Townlands of County Tyrone
Civil parish of Ballinderry