Tamnyaskey

Townland (administrative area) in Northern Ireland

Townland in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

54°47′42″N 6°43′41″W / 54.795°N 6.728°W / 54.795; -6.728Sovereign stateUnited KingdomCountryNorthern IrelandCountyCounty LondonderryBaronyLoughinsholinCivil parishKilcronaghanPlantation grantChurch landsFirst recorded1654Government

• CouncilMid Ulster District • WardTobermoreArea

^[1]

• Total219.75 acres (88.93 ha)Irish grid refH8195

Tamnyaskey (locally [ˌtamniˈaːski], from Irish Tamhnaigh Oscair 'Oscar's field (?)'^[2]) is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the west of the parish, and is bounded by the townlands of Brackaghlislea, Calmore, Granny, Mormeal, and Tullyroan. It wasn't apportioned to any of the London livery companies, being kept as church lands.^[3]

The townland was part of the Tobermore electoral ward of the former Magherafelt District Council, however in 1926 it was part of Tobermore district electoral division as part of the Maghera division of Magherafelt Rural District.^[4] It was also part of the historic barony of Loughinsholin.^[3]

History

Along with the townlands of Granny, Mormeal, and Tullyroan, Tamneyaskey comprises the four townlands that make up the Bishop of Derrys lands in the parish. Prior to the Plantation of Ulster, these four townlands constituted the termon (or erenagh) land of the parish, and were known as "Ballintrolla, Derreskerdan, Dirrygrinagh et Kellynahawla". Despite these townlands being in the same location as the later townlands, it is now impossible to match their names accurately.^[5]

Statistics

Population
Year	Pop.
1841	98 ^[6]
1851	75 ^[6]
1861	97 ^[6]
1871	67 ^[6]
1881	83 ^[6]
1891	65 ^[7]
1901	43 ^[a]^[7]
1911	41 ^[4]
1926	45 ^[4]
^[a] - decrease is attributed to emigration and removals ^[7]

Size (acres, roods, poles)
Year	a, r, p
1851	239, 1, 14 ^[8]
1881	237, 2, 25 ^[6]
1901	237, 2, 25 ^[7]
1926	228, 0, 5 ^[4]

Earlier recorded forms^[9]
Year	Form
1654	Tamneosker
1657c	Tawneosker
1659c	Tauniagher
1661	Tawneosker
1661c	Tamlaghoskutt
1663	Tawnaosker
1672c	Tomnasker
1672c	Townasker
1680	Tateneosker
1767	Tammaskey
1813	Tamneyaskey (S.M.) ^[3]
_{(S.M.) - Sampson's Map}

References

^ Northern Ireland Environment Agency. "NIEA Map Viewer". Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^ Toner, Gregory: Place-Names of Northern Ireland, page 132-3. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, ISBN 0-85389-613-5
^ ^a ^b ^c Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry, 1925, Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the City and County of Londonderry
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d HistPop; County and County Borough of Londonderry, 1926, page 27
^ Toner, Gregory: Place-Names of Northern Ireland, page 112. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, ISBN 0-85389-613-5
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f HistPop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. III, Ireland, 1881, page 698
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d HistPop; Area, houses, and population, Vol. III [Part 2], Ireland, 1901 Page 35
^ HistPop; County of Londonderry, 1851, page 241
^ Place Names NI - Tamnyaskey