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'''Tiranny''' ({{Irish derived place name|Tuath Threana|territory of Trena}})<ref name="PDI"/><ref name="Archive"/> is a [[Barony (country subdivision)|barony]] in [[County Armagh]], [[Northern Ireland]].<ref name="PRONI"/> It is bordered by three other baronies: [[Dungannon Lower]] and [[Dungannon Upper]] to the north-west; and [[Armagh (barony)|Armagh]] to the east.<ref name="PRONI"/>
'''Tiranny''' ({{Irish derived place name|Tuath Threana|territory of Trena}})<ref name="PDI"/><ref name="Archive"/> is a [[Barony (country subdivision)|barony]] in [[County Armagh]], [[Northern Ireland]].<ref name="PRONI"/> It lies on the western boundary of the county, bordering [[County Tyrone]] to its west and the [[Republic of Ireland]] to its south. It is bordered by three other baronies: [[Dungannon Lower]] and [[Dungannon Upper]] to the north-west; and [[Armagh (barony)|Armagh]] to the east.<ref name="PRONI"/>


==Eptymology==
==Eptymology==
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Older phonetic forms of ''Tuatha Threna'' included; Toaghrany, Toyghrayny, Toaghraine, Toaghranye, Towrany, Tuterany, Toghrany, Toorany, Turrany, and Torany, all of which are found in records from the early seventeenth-century.<ref name="Archive"/>
Older phonetic forms of ''Tuatha Threna'' included; Toaghrany, Toyghrayny, Toaghraine, Toaghranye, Towrany, Tuterany, Toghrany, Toorany, Turrany, and Torany, all of which are found in records from the early seventeenth-century.<ref name="Archive"/>


The second element ''Threna'' is derived from the ''Ui Threna'' ({{lang-en|descendants of Trena}}), the name of a tribe that settled on the western boundaries of modern County Armagh, where the barony of Tiranny is located. In various Elizabethan maps of Ulster, they are recorded in the anglicised forms of; O'Traney, O'Trany, Outraine, and Traney, before the term ''Tuath Threana'' was used.<ref name="Archive"/>
The second element ''Threna'' is derived from the '' Threna'' ({{lang-en|descendants of Trena}}), the name of a tribe that settled on the western boundaries of modern County Armagh, where the barony of Tiranny is located. In various Elizabethan maps of Ulster, they are recorded in the anglicised forms of; O'Traney, O'Trany, Outraine, and Traney, before the term ''Tuath Threana'' was used.<ref name="Archive"/>


==History==
==History==
The ''Ui Threna'' were descended from Trena, the great-grandson of Colla Fo Chrí, one of the [[Three Collas]].<ref name="Archive"/>
The '' Threna'' were descended from Trena, the great-grandson of Colla Fo Chrí, one of the [[Three Collas]].<ref name="Archive"/>


In the north-east of Tiranny, south of the [[River Blackwater, Northern Ireland|River Blackwater]] there was a sub-territory called Clanaul, the original name of the parish of Eglish. The name is preserved in the form Glenaul which was used as the name for the local [[District Electoral Division]] of the former Armagh [[Poor Law Union]].<ref name="Archive"/> The name derives from the Irish ''Cluain Dabhail'', which means "meadow of Dabhal", noted as the ancient name of the River Blackwater.<ref name="Archive"/> Clanaul is also recorded as Clandavle, and in the Tynan Charter of 1455 as Clondowyll.<ref name="JSTOR2"/><ref name="Archive"/>
In the north-east of Tiranny, south of the [[River Blackwater, Northern Ireland|River Blackwater]] there was a sub-territory called Clanaul, the original name of the parish of Eglish. The name is preserved in the form Glenaul which was used as the name for the local [[District Electoral Division]] of the former Armagh [[Poor Law Union]].<ref name="Archive"/> The name derives from the Irish ''Cluain Dabhail'', which means "meadow of Dabhal", noted as the ancient name of the River Blackwater.<ref name="Archive"/> Clanaul is also recorded as Clandavle, and in the Tynan Charter of 1455 as Clondowyll.<ref name="JSTOR2"/><ref name="Archive"/>


To the east of Tiranny lay the territory of ''Tuath Eochaidh'' ({{lang-en|territory of Aughy}}), anglicised as Tooaghy. It takes its name from the ''Ui Eochaidh'' ({{lang-en|tribe of Aughy}}), whose ancestor Eochaidh was the brother of Trena the ancestor of the ''Ui Threna''.<ref name="Archive"/>
To the east of Tiranny lay the territory of ''Tuath Echach'' ({{lang-en|territory of Aughy}}), anglicised as Tooaghy, now the barony of Armagh.<ref name="IHIM"/> It takes its name from the '' Echach'' ({{lang-en|tribe of Aughy}}), whose ancestor Echach was the brother of Trena the ancestor of the '' Threna''. They are also recorded as the ''Uí Eochaidh''.<ref name="Archive"/>

==List of main settlements==
==List of main settlements==
*[[Middletown, County Armagh|Middletown]]
*[[Middletown, County Armagh|Middletown]]
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<ref name="JSTOR">[http://www.jstor.org/pss/20609099 Ulster Journal of Archeaology, Second Series, Vol, 6.]</ref>
<ref name="JSTOR">[http://www.jstor.org/pss/20609099 Ulster Journal of Archeaology, Second Series, Vol, 6.]</ref>
<ref name="JSTOR2">[http://www.jstor.org/pss/25510763 A Preliminary Note on Some of the Nomenclature on the Map of S.E. Ulster Bound up with the Maps of the Escheated Counties, 1610. (Stationery Office, Southampton, 1860)]</ref>
<ref name="JSTOR2">[http://www.jstor.org/pss/25510763 A Preliminary Note on Some of the Nomenclature on the Map of S.E. Ulster Bound up with the Maps of the Escheated Counties, 1610. (Stationery Office, Southampton, 1860)]</ref>
<ref name="IHIM">[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/colla.htm Ireland's History in Maps - The Three Collas and the Kingdom of Airghialla (Oriel)]</ref>
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Revision as of 12:53, 29 September 2010

Tiranny (from Irish Tuath Threana, meaning 'territory of Trena')[1][2] is a barony in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.[3] It lies on the western boundary of the county, bordering County Tyrone to its west and the Republic of Ireland to its south. It is bordered by three other baronies: Dungannon Lower and Dungannon Upper to the north-west; and Armagh to the east.[3]

Eptymology

The name Tiranny is a softened form of Toughranie,[4] an anglicisation of Tuath Threana. The form Tiranny was created by the Ordnace Survey and led to the incorrect conjecture by some such as John O'Donovan that the first element of the name derived from the Irish word Tir meaning "country".[2]

Older phonetic forms of Tuatha Threna included; Toaghrany, Toyghrayny, Toaghraine, Toaghranye, Towrany, Tuterany, Toghrany, Toorany, Turrany, and Torany, all of which are found in records from the early seventeenth-century.[2]

The second element Threna is derived from the Uí Threna (Template:Lang-en), the name of a tribe that settled on the western boundaries of modern County Armagh, where the barony of Tiranny is located. In various Elizabethan maps of Ulster, they are recorded in the anglicised forms of; O'Traney, O'Trany, Outraine, and Traney, before the term Tuath Threana was used.[2]

History

The Uí Threna were descended from Trena, the great-grandson of Colla Fo Chrí, one of the Three Collas.[2]

In the north-east of Tiranny, south of the River Blackwater there was a sub-territory called Clanaul, the original name of the parish of Eglish. The name is preserved in the form Glenaul which was used as the name for the local District Electoral Division of the former Armagh Poor Law Union.[2] The name derives from the Irish Cluain Dabhail, which means "meadow of Dabhal", noted as the ancient name of the River Blackwater.[2] Clanaul is also recorded as Clandavle, and in the Tynan Charter of 1455 as Clondowyll.[5][2]

To the east of Tiranny lay the territory of Tuath Echach (Template:Lang-en), anglicised as Tooaghy, now the barony of Armagh.[6] It takes its name from the Uí Echach (Template:Lang-en), whose ancestor Echach was the brother of Trena the ancestor of the Uí Threna. They are also recorded as the Uí Eochaidh.[2]

List of main settlements

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of all the civil parishes within Tiranny:[7]

  • Eglish (split with barony of Armagh)
  • Derrynoose (split with barony of Armagh)
  • Keady (split with barony of Armagh)
  • Tynan (split with barony of Armagh)

References