Dunmore Townland, Lissan Parish, County Tyrone

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Dunmore, Lissan, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
Surname/tag: COUNTY_TYRONE

Contents 1 Dunmore Townland, Lissan Parish, County Tyrone 2 Older history 3 Tithe Applotment (1827) 4 Griffith's Valuation and Updates 5 Sources

Dunmore Townland, Lissan Parish, County Tyrone

A townland a few miles north and west of Cookstown, County Tyrone. It lies on the border of two counties.

The neighbouring townlands are: Ballynagilly (south), Slaghtfreeden (west) both in the county of Tyrone; and to the north and east in the county of Londonderry: Ballybriest, Mobuy, Brackagh, and Clagan; all in the parish of Lissan.

As of Griffith's Valuation, the landlord of Dunmore and Slaghtfreeden was Mary Elizabeth Stuart Trench (sometimes recorded as "French"). According to a blog she was a member of the Poe family of aristocrats from Queen's County. Perhaps they owned Slaghtfreeden as a holiday house or something.

Older history

Dr. Allan Cook bought the lease for Dunmore, which lay about 4 miles from Cookstown at the foot of Slieve Gallion, in 1619-1620. His holdings also included Derryganard, Ballynagilly and Clagan. The townlands were part of the church lands of Mallanagh and were leased in lots of 4. ^{[1] [2]}

Tithe Applotment (1827)

Images of these books can be found on National Archives of Ireland website, which gives the land area and also the quality of farmland. Various sites transcribe the names and townlands.

From the 1827 book: ^[3]

Name	Possible profiles or notes
BLACK Robert	Andrew Black (abt.1803-1883) possible relative
BELL John, Robert(red), Robert(white), Thomas	Unknown Bell (bef.1780-) could be the Thomas John Bell (abt.1806-1868) (maybe too young) Robert Bell (abt.1797-abt.1888) Robert Bell (1795-abt.1873)
BRAFORD Andrew, Henry, Mary, T.	Henry Bradford (abt.1791-1886)
BURKE Hugh	.
CAMPBELL John	.
CLARK George	.
CORR Patrick sr, Patrick jr	.
CROOKS Samuel	.
FINLAY John	.
HARKLEY James	James Hartley (bef.1805-bef.1860)
HARTLEY William	Smyth Hartley (abt.1795-1885)
KEMPTON James, Robert, Thomas	James Campton (abt.1797-1873) Unknown Campton (bef.1776-)
MAGILL William	.
MALLON Bernard, Peter	.
MAXWELL Alexander sr, Alexander jr.	Alexander Maxwell sr (bef.1770-)
MCANULLA James	.
MCGEUGH Robert	.
MCKEOWN Patrick	Patrick McKeown (bef.1800-)
MCNAMARA Mary, Owen	.
MCSWIGGAN Michael	.
ROGERS George	.
STAPLES Thomas Esq.	May have been the landlord?
TONER John, Murtagh, Patrick	.
WRIGHT James, John	.

Griffith's Valuation and Updates

Lot	Desc	Lessor	Name (1860)	Updates
1	MT	In fee	Mary E.S. Trench
2	HOL	.	Andrew Black (abt.1803-1883)
3	HL	.	Edward Caulfield
4	HL	.	William Mallon
5	L	.	Edward Caulfield + William Mallon
6	HL	.	Patrick Toner
7 A+B+C, a+b; 15b	HOL	.	Thomas A. Bell	1865(B): to Thomas J. Bell. 1903(E): from James Crooks to James Bell. 15b is not actually marked on the map. 15a is adjacent to the homestead 7A. 1896-1903 is missing from the books; it must have gone to James Crooks after Thomas J. Bell's death in 1891 and then been re-acquired by his son.
8	HL	.	Michael McNamara
9	L	.	Edward McNamara
10	HOL	.	Smyth Hartley (abt.1795-1885)
11	HL	.	Sarah McKeon	Still held by Sarah as of 1896. Then by Anderson in 1905
12 A+B	HOL	.	George Bell (abt.1809-1867)
13	CL	.	George Bell (abt.1809-1867)
14	HL	.	Bernard Mallon
15 a	HL	.	John Toner
16	L	.	Archibald Brien
17 A+B	HL	.	Edward McNamara
18	HL	.	Mathew Hartley (abt.1833-1895)
19	HL	.	William Magill
19a + 20	HL	William Magill	Thomas Coy
21	HL	.	William Magill
22 A+B	HL	.	William Bell (abt.1814-1898)
23	HL	.	John Bell (abt.1806-1868)
24 A+B+C; a	HL	.	Robert Bell (1795-abt.1873) or Robert Bell (abt.1797-abt.1888)
25	HL	.	James Shirlow (1835-1918)
26	HOL	.	Hugh Maxwell (abt.1788-1873)
27	HOL	.	Hugh Maxwell (abt.1788-1873)	In 1908, sold from James Maxwell to Robert Bell.
28	HOL	.	William Wilkinson (abt.1836-1930)
29	HL	.	James Mallon
30	HL	.	Thomas Bell sen.
31	HL	.	Jane Rogers
32	HL	.	Samuel Wilkinson (abt.1780-1865)
33	CL	.	Robert Mason
34	HOL	.	Henry Bradford (abt.1791-1886)
35	HL	.	William Campton (1811-1880) (Kempton)
36	HL	.	John Mitchell (abt.1827-1909)
37 A+B	HL	Edward Hargan	Peter Donnelly
38 A+B a, Ab	HL	.	Robert Bell jun	1887? from Danl Bell (probably typo) to David Bell.
39	HOGL	.	Samuel Douglas (abt.1836-1907), or father of	1872 or 76, to David Bell
40 A+B+C a	HOL	.	John Corr
41 A+B+C+D a	HOL	.	Michael Corr
42	L	.	George Hagan
43	HL	.	Bernard Corr
44	HL	.	James Corr
45	HFOL	.	James Campton (abt.1797-1873) (Kempton)
46 a+b	HL	.	James Marshall + William Marshall
47	L	.	James Bradford (abt.1790-1862)
48	HOL	.	Robert Campton (abt.1828-1911) (Kempton)
49 A.B	W	.

C - Cottier's house; F - forge; G - garden; H - house; L - land; M - mountain & bog, O - office; T - turbary, W - water

Sources

1. ↑ "History of Cookstown", Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 07 October 1922, Page 6
2. ↑ "History of Cookstown", Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 14 October 1922, Page 6
3. ↑ Tithe Applotment Books: Lissan Parish, Irish Genealogy Hub transcription.