Tullyroan

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{EngvarB|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Tullyroan | type = townland | native_name = | translit_lang1 = Irish | translit_lang1_type = Derivation: | translit_lang1_info = {{lang|ga|Tulaigh Uí Ruáin}} | translit_lang1_type1 = Meaning: | translit_lang1_info1 = "O'Rowan's hill" | translit_lang2 = | translit_lang2_type = Derivation: | translit_lang2_info = | translit_lang2_type1 = Meaning: | translit_lang2_info1 = | image_skyline = Tullyroan Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 562933.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Tullyroan Methodist Church | image_map = Tullyroan.png | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Northern Ireland#United Kingdom | pushpin_label_position =  | pushpin_label =  | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = Tullyroan shown within Northern Ireland | coordinates = {{coord|54.793|-6.718|region:GB_scale:20000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint =  | coordinates_footnotes =   | subdivision_type = Sovereign state | subdivision_name = United Kingdom | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Northern Ireland | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = County Londonderry | subdivision_type3 = Barony | subdivision_name3 = Loughinsholin | subdivision_type4 = Civil parish | subdivision_name4 = Kilcronaghan

| leader_title = Council | leader_name = Mid Ulster District | leader_title1 = Ward | leader_name1 = Tobermore

| population_footnotes =  | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 =  | population_density_sq_mi= | population_note =  | blank_name_sec1 = Irish grid ref | blank_info_sec1 = [http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=H8294 H8294]  | website =  | footnotes = }} '''Tullyroan''' ({{IPA|en|ˌtӧliˈrɔːən, -ˈrɔːnən|label=locally|generic=yes}}{{sic}};<ref name="IPA"/> {{Irish place name|Tulaigh Uí Ruáin|O'Rowan's hill}}) is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the centre of the parish and is bounded by the townlands of: Brackaghlislea, Calmore, Cloughfin, Coolsaragh, Gortahurk, Tamnyaskey. It wasn't apportioned to any of the London livery companies, being kept as church lands.<ref name="Munn"/>

The townland was part of the Tobermore electoral ward of the former Magherafelt District Council, however in 1926 it was part of Tobermore district electoral division as part of the Maghera division of Magherafelt Rural District.<ref name="HistPop1926"/> It was also part of the former barony of Loughinsholin.<ref name="Munn"/>

==Etymology== The townland of Tullyroan is derived from the Irish ''Tulaigh Uí Ruáin'' meaning "O'Rowan's hill".<ref name="IPA"/> ''Tulaigh'' (or ''Tulach''), which means "hillock/hill" likely refers to Belmount Hill which is in this townland. The second element could be of several different origins such as ''ruán'' in the sense of buckwheat, which grew well on small hills, or in the sense of red land or soil, of which Tullyroan contains a considerable amount of heath especially around Belmount Hill. Despite this it is postulated that it in fact derives from the name O'Rowan, a name found in western Ireland, however in the 1663 Hearth Money Rolls, a "Knogher O'Rome" (read as O'Roine) is recorded within this parish.<ref name="IPA"/>

Belmount Hill in this townland is derived from the French ''Bel Mont'', meaning "beautiful mountain".<ref name="IPA"/>

==History== Along with the townlands of Granny, Mormeal, and Tamnyaskey, Tullyroan comprises the four townlands that make up the Bishop of Derrys lands in the parish. Prior to the Plantation of Ulster, these four townlands constituted the termon (or erenagh) land of the parish, and were known as "''Ballintrolla, Derreskerdan, Dirrygrinagh et Kellynahawla''". Despite these townlands being in the same location as the later townlands, it is now impossible to match their names accurately.<ref name="IPA2"/>

===Statistics=== {{col-begin|width=auto}} {{col-break}} {|class="wikitable" style="margin:0; border:1px solid darkgrey;" |+ Population |- ! style="width:75px;"|Year ! style="width:75px;"|Pop. |- ! 1841 | 198 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1851 | 125 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1861 | 144 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1871 | 150 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1881 | 113 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1891 | 84 <ref name="HistPop1901"/> |- ! 1901 | 58 <ref name="HistPop1901"/> |- ! 1911 | 57 <ref name="HistPop1926"/> |- ! 1926 | 63 <ref name="HistPop1926"/> |} {{col-break}} {|class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0 3em; border:1px solid darkgrey;" |+ Size (acres, roods, poles) |- ! style="width:75px;" | Year ! style="width:100px;" | a, r, p |- ! 1851 | 322, 2, 15 <ref name="HistPop1851"/> |- ! 1881 | 324, 1, 4 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1901 | 324, 1, 4 <ref name="HistPop1901"/> |- ! 1926 | 324, 1, 15 <ref name="HistPop1926"/> |} {{col-break}} {|class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0 3em; border:1px solid darkgrey;" |+ Earlier recorded forms |- ! style="width:75px;" | Year ! style="width:200px;" | Form |- ! 1655-6 | Tilleran 32 (D.S.) <ref name="Munn"/> |- ! 1813 | Tullyrone (S.M.) <ref name="Munn"/> |- | colspan="2" align="center" | <sub>(D.S.) Down Survey Map<br/>(S.M.) - Sampson's Map</sub> |} {{col-end}}

==See also== thumb|Tullyroan Primary School *Kilcronaghan *List of townlands in Tobermore *Tobermore

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="HistPop1926">[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=tobermore&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=20&mno=239&pageseq=53 HistPop; County and County Borough of Londonderry, 1926, page 27]</ref> <ref name="HistPop1851">[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=tobermore&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=1&mno=396&pageseq=15 HistPop; County of Londonderry, 1851, page 241]</ref> <ref name="HistPop1881">[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=brackaghlislea&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=1&mno=434&pageseq=696 HistPop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. III, Ireland, 1881, page 698]</ref> <ref name="Munn">''Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry'', 1925, Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the City and County of Londonderry</ref> <ref name="OSNI">{{Cite web |url=http://maps.ehsni.gov.uk/SixInchSeries/Default.aspx |access-date=27 January 2012 |author=Northern Ireland Environment Agency |title=NIEA Map Viewer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124125249/http://maps.ehsni.gov.uk/SixInchSeries/Default.aspx |archive-date=24 November 2011 |df= }}</ref> <ref name="IPA">Toner, Gregory: ''Place-Names of Northern Ireland'', page 134-5. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, {{ISBN|0-85389-613-5}}</ref> <ref name="IPA2">Toner, Gregory: ''Place-Names of Northern Ireland'', page 112. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, {{ISBN|0-85389-613-5}}</ref> <ref name="HistPop1901">[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=ballymacilcurr&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&treestate=expandnew&titlepos=0&mno=450&tocstate=expandnew&display=sections&display=tables&display=pagetitles&pageseq=367 HistPop; Area, houses, and population, Vol. III [Part 2], Ireland, 1901 Page 35]</ref> }}

Category:Townlands of County Londonderry Category:Civil parish of Kilcronaghan