TERMONMAGUIRK

In 1868, the parish of Termonmaguirk contained the following places:

"TERMONMAGUIRK, (or Tarmon M'quirk), a parish in the baronies of Strabane and Omagh, county Tyrone, province of Ulster, Ireland. Carrickmore is its post town. The surface is mountainous and boggy, but the soil is productive. The parish is crossed by the road from Omagh to Dungannon, and includes the village of Termonrock. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Armagh, value £1,181. The church was erected in 1786, partly by means of a gift from the late Board of First Fruits. There are three Roman Catholic chapels, two public and four private schools. There are quarries of freestone, and small quantities of coal are found. The ruins of the old church, with an old bell tower called the Clogh of Fermon, and a cromlech, are visible. Fairs are held on the last Friday of every month.

"SIX-MILE-CROSS, a post-office village in the parish of Termonmaguirk, barony of Omagh, county Tyrone, province of Ulster, Ireland, 8 miles W.S.W. of Pomeroy. It is a station on the Belfast and Clones railway. Here are a district church, Presbyterian meeting-house, and a school. The village and surrounding country are the property of Earl Belmore."

"TERMON ROCK, a village in the parish of Termonmaguirk, in the baronies of Strabane and Omagh, county Tyrone, province of Ulster, Ireland. Fairs are held on the last Friday in each month."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018