Glenmacoffer

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Glenmacoffer townland in 2006

Glenmacoffer is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the barony of Strabane Upper and the civil parish of Bodoney Lower and covers an area of 2703 acres. [1]

The name derives from the Irish: Gleann Mhic Cathbhairr (M'Caffer's glen, after a man found dead there). [2]

In 1841 the population of the townland was 533 people (104 houses) and in 1851 it was 453 people (92 houses). [3]

The townland contains one Scheduled Historic Monument: two Standing stones (grid ref: H5299 8629) [4] leaning in different directions, [5] each some 1.8m high and 1.5m wide. [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Townlands of County Tyrone". IreAtlas Townland Database. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Glenmacoffer". Place Names NI. Retrieved 19 December 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Census of Ireland 1851". Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Scheduled Historic Monuments (to 15 October 2012)" (PDF). NI Environment Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Glenmacoffer Stone Row/Alignment". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Glenmacoffer". Irish Megaliths. Retrieved 19 December 2012.

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