Townland of Tiryrone
Area: 964 acres
Irish Name: Tír Uí Ruadháin - O'Ruane's
Country or Tír Ui Rónáin - O'Ronan's Country
Spelling Variations:
Interpretation and translation of the name by Seoirse Ó Dochartaigh
COMMENT: TERRYRONE, a village, in the parish of UPPER MOVILLE,
barony of ENNISHOWEN, county of DONEGAL, and province of ULSTER
From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) by Samuel Lewis
TERRYRONE, a village, in the parish of UPPER MOVILLE, barony of
ENNISHOWEN, county of DONEGAL, and province of ULSTER, 8 miles (N.)
from Londonderry, on the road to Moville; the population is returned
with the parish. This village was formerly of some importance, having
been then inhabited by the farmers of the adjoining lands on the
system of "Rundale," but that system having been broken
up by the proprietor, the Earl of Caledon, the farmers now reside
on their respective lands, and the village has in consequence been
almost deserted. Though the land in the vicinity is in general poor,
the state of agriculture has been lately much improved under the
patronage of its noble proprietor. Here is a school established
by Lord Caledon, and now in connection with the National Board;
the school-house was built at his lordship's expense.
From Maria Doherty
Connoting 'county', land and the people' (of the land), tír
is a wonderfully flexible territorial designate. Tír stands
at once for territory and the sensing of it, which is territoriality
and the term may apply to any scale of land division from Tír
na hÉireann ('Land of Ireland') to the humble baile fearainn
('townland'). (Taken from Atlas of Irish Place-Names. By Patrick J.
O'Connor.)
Friar's Bridge (Early Christian)
At Bredagh Glen National School about 2.5 miles from Moville on
the Malin Road, slightly N.W. down fields to Bredagh River, bridge
leads across to Lisnahanna (houses; no sign of a lis or fort found
in the area. Cultivated valley. View up and down it. This primitive
bridge over the river - here only a stream - is reported to be older
than Gulladoo Bridge (said to be 6th century, more likely 12th according
to some authorities. The name of the river, etc is pronounced Bridga
after St. Brigid: Gulladoo is locally Gulladuff. It has been suggested
that the bridge had been used by the friars going from the Monastery
at Moville to a monastery further to the N. (Both Chonais). The
bridge has been modernised by having its top surface concreted over,
with iron handrails, one of which is now missing. The original construction
is clear , the supporting sides are built up with iron handrails,
one of which is now missing. The original construction is clear,
the supporting sides are built up with rough slabs of rock, corbel
fashion, on natural rock foundations. The 7ft. gap across at the
top is spanned by two long narrow slabs of stone, side by side (now
concreted over).
Measurements:
Length
Width
Height above water surface
Depth of water |
14 ft.
2 ft. 7 ins.
6 ft. 3 ins.
1 ft. |
Taken from The Heritage of Inishowen by Mabel R. Colhoun
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