Surnames/tags: ARBOE_OR_ARDBOE Tyrone Ulster
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Arboe Civil Parish
- Irish or Alternate Names: Ard Bó, Ardboe
- Logainm Link: Arboe Parish on Logainm.ie
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- County: County Tyrone
- Barony: Dungannon Upper
- Province: Ulster
Introduction
- Also Known as Ardboe see Topographical Dictionary of Ireland
A History of Ardboe Parish, County Tyrone
- The old monastic church at Ardboe was founded by St Colman in the year 590. On the maps that were drawn up for the purposes of the plantation of Ulster in 1609, Ardboe appears as Munterevlin iochtar and Munterevlin vachtar, meaning the upper and lower O'Devlin territory. The lands belonging to the church at the time of the plantation were passed to the Protestant Archbishop of Armagh, and the secular lands came into possession of one of the stewards, Lord Octiltree.
Legends of the Parish
- What the parish lacks in local custom it makes up for in legend. Accordingly, the parish received its name from a magic cow, which appeared out of Lough Neagh and gave so much milk that its surplus was used in the mortar to build the old church.
- At the old church, tradition has it that anyone who sticks a pin in the famous wishing tree transfers any sickness in his home to the tree. To make a ‘left handed wish' or curse, the pin is then removed and the person walks around the tree from left to right. While it is a credit to the people of the parish that so many pins still remain in the tree, it is now slowly being poisoned by the various copper and tin objects inserted into the bark! The Pintree in Ardboe
- There is hardly a townland in Ireland where you will not find someone who believes in fairies and Ardboe is certainly no exception. The souterran or cove at Mullinahoe is generally thought to have been a refuge, but tradition maintains it was also a fairy dwelling. A farmer from a nearby farmstead is said to have borrowed money from the fairy, and as it was duly repaid, the farmer's meal bin was never empty.
Ardboe Today
- The parish received a heavy blow in 1940 when 35 families were asked to vacate their homes to make way for an airfield now known as Cluntoe. From 1942 to 1944, 2294 American soldiers occupied the base. It was closed at the end of the second world war, and re-opened in 1952 as a training base for Royal Air Force recruits. In 1955 the airbase was closed for good and the land sold back to the original owners.
- Some blame the formation of the airfield for the division of the parish into the upper and lower districts. Others think it is not solely a territorial division and that the people from each end of the parish are of a different type. In 1937, JG Devlin stated:
- ‘The people who dwell by and near the Lough shore are essentially fishers. I think the fisher type is more cunning, more appreciative of nature and more intellectual than the people of upper Ardboe who are given to farming. The latter are more industrious, on the whole they possess more of this world's goods and are more orthodox in dress and custom than the fisher type'.
- He continued, ‘There is a curious parochial snobbery in Ardboe parish probably only recognised by people born there or who have lived there'.
Ardboe Townland Names
- The names of the townlands within Ardboe are invaluable in providing a picture of the parish as it was. They are all—with the exception of Brookend—Anglican forms of the original place names, and most of them have a geographical or historical significance.
- The parish was once densely wooded and the prefix ‘Kil' or ‘Killy' denotes a previously wooded area. There are six townlands beginning with these prefixes, including Killygonland meaning ‘O'Gonnalan's wood'; Kilmenagh meaning ‘the middle wood'; Killwoologhan, ‘the weeping or wailing wood'; Killycanavan, ‘the wood of the wild', and Kilmascally meaning ‘wood of the shadows' because of the shadows it through on the lough. Lurgyroe means ‘townland of the red skinned people', supporting the theory that there were two distinct races of people in the parish, nam
Population Centres of Arboe Civil Parish
- Note: Population centres for this Parish, where known, are shown here. For a full list see Towns of County Tyrone
Population Centres (Cities, Towns, Village etc) Arboe Village
Irish or Alternate Names: Ard Bó. Ardbo.
WikiTree Category: Category for Arboe Village
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Griffiths Valuation.
Village is on W shore of Lough Neagh, 15km E of CookstownClontoe-Richardson
Irish or Alternate Name: Cluain Tó.
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Griffiths Valuation.Killycolpy
Irish or Alternate Name: Coill an Cholpa.
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Griffiths Valuation.The Diamond
Irish or Alternate Name: An Diamant.
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Griffiths Valuation.
Cemeteries in Arboe Civil Parish
- St Colman, Aghacolumb, Church of Ireland
- St Colman, Ardboe, Church of Ireland
- Roman Catholic Blessed Sacrament, Mullanahoe, Roman Catholic
- St Patrick, Mullanahoe aka Mullanahoe cemetery, Roman Catholic
- St Peter, Moortown, Arboe Parish, Roman Catholic
The Townlands of Arboe Civil Parish
- The townlands in Arboe Parish (Ard Bó, Ardboe) are those taken from Arboe Parish on Logainm.ie and validated against townlands on the 1851, 1871 and 1901 Lists of Towns and Townlands and Griffiths valuations data. A link is provided in the notes for the 1901 and 1911 census. Please note that these may not always work if the townland was not available on the census in question. The census site may also substitute a similar name so be prepared for unexpected results! Similar for Griffith's valuation links which may show multiple names. Where a townland has been transferred to a new parish the census links are on the new parish page.
- If the townland has a category it will be linked in the table below. If there is no link and you need the category please contact David to get the category created or put in a request for the category to be created. Alternatively, if you feel confident to do so, see Townland Category Information Boxes below for how to create them yourself.
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Townland Category Information Boxes
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- The pre-formatted line for each townland and the fully formatted CIB header can be seen below this page when in edit mode. Please ensure you have read the 'How to' before doing anything. Briefly, the pre-formatted line in the hidden text is used to replace the line above. The CIB text is pasted into the category which is created by clicking on the red category link.
Version Notes
- Current parish format version 4.3. Linking of townlands to parishes, parishes to baronies etc.
- 4.2 Addition of proper Placenames Northern Ireland links on categories implemented.; 4.1 Changed Electoral Divisions to show 1901 and 1911 names. 4.0 Addition of Griffiths valuation on parish pages.; 3.6 Change to teams structure implementation.; 3.5. Addition of 'Places Nearby' link where coordinates are known. Upgrading Logainm links to match new Logainm web site
Sources
- Information shown on this page may have been sourced from one or more of the following sources.
- Logainm.ie The Placenames Database of Ireland created by Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge in collaboration with The Placenames Branch (Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht).
- Griffiths Valuation AskAboutIreland.ie and the Cultural Heritage Project is an initiative of public libraries together with local museums and archives.
- Townlands.ie Irish Townlands derived from OpenStreetMap data under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL).
- Census of Ireland 1901/1911 and Census fragments and substitutes, 1821-51
- List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland and List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland
- General alphabetical index to townlands and towns, parishes and baronies of Ireland Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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I am descended from Patrick J. Devlin who was born (b.1849) in Clonmany, Donegal. Does anyone in this group know what generation the Donegal Devlins and the Tyrone Devlins were split? Thanks, Bill Gessner
edited by Bill Gessner Jr.
The first major movement was about 1605 when the Devlins lost their land in Muintirevlin. Before this time there were only a few outside their home land in Tyrone.
edited by Richard Devlin