Tonnagh Beg 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 retain ...

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. North ...

. It is situated in the barony of

Clogher Clogher () is a village and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in the border area of south County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Blackwater, Northern Ireland, River Blackwater, 5.8 miles from the border crossing to County ...

and the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

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 Cloghe ...

and covers an area of 227 acres. The name derives from the Irish: ''Tamhnach beag'' (Little green field or little field). In 1841 the population of the townland was 101 people (21 houses) and in 1851 it was 76 people (12 houses). The townland contains Tonnagh Beg

bog A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and muskeg; a ...

, a designated Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI). It is a large lowland raised bog, among the best examples in the west of Northern Ireland.

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{{coord missing, County Tyrone Civil parish of Donacavey Townlands of County Tyrone

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