Tirkeeran is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9384°, -7.1872°.

Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland

Tirkeeran

Tirkeeran in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Tirkeeran is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

From the Wikipedia article

Tirkeeran (from Irish Tír Mhic Caoirthinn 'Land of the Sons of Cartin') is a barony in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It connects to the north-Londonderry coastline, and is bordered by four other baronies: Keenaght to the east; Strabane Lower to the south-east; North West Liberties of Londonderry to the west; and Strabane Upper to the south.

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Background

History

Tirkeeran derives its name from the territory of the Airgiallan clan (MacCarthain), one of the earliest tribes in the area based to the south-east of (Lough Foyle). The name Anagh was after the O'Cahans' castle, which stood on an island in Enagh Lough. Anagh was one of three baronies transferred from Tyrone to the new County Coleraine, which in turn was enlarged and renamed County Londonderry in 1613. The name of the barony was changed from Anagh to Tirkeeran some time between 1615 and 1639.

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