Duneane
Duneane is a civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Toome Upper and contains the town of Toome.[1]
The name derives from the Irish: Dun Ean (fort of the birds).[2]
The parish is bounded by County Londonderry, the civil parishes of Portglenone and Drummaul, and to the south by Lough Neagh.[1] It contains 48 townlands.[3][4]
Townlands[]
A[]
Aghacarnaghan, Alder Rock, Annaghmore, Artlone
B[]
Ballycloghan, Ballydonnelly, Ballydugennan, , , , , , ,
C[]
, , , , , Creeve,
D[]
, , , , , ,
G[]
, , , ,
H[]
K[]
L[]
M[]
Moneyglass, , , ,
R[]
S[]
T[]
, , Toome,
People[]
- Henry Cooke (1788–1868) was an Irish presbyterian leader of the early and mid-nineteenth century. His first settlement was at Duneane, where he was ordained on 10 November 1808, though only 20 years old, as assistant to Robert Scott, with a pittance of £25 Irish. Here his evangelical fervour met with no sympathy. and on 13 November 1810 he resigned the post.
- Roddy McCorley (died 1800) fought as part of United Irishmen in the Rebellion of 1798 and was hanged by the British at Toome Bridge. A century later, he became the subject of a popular nationalist song by Ethna Carbery. McCorley was born in Duneane and a nephew arranged his reburial in its parish graveyard in 1852.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Duneane". KiwiCelts. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Duneane". Place Names NI. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Parish of Duneane". Public Record Office NI. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Parish of Duneane". Ulster Ancestors. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
Categories:
- Civil Parish of Duneane