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Moylagh

A transcribed title abstract records a land transfer and a later local-authority acquisition.

Watercolour and fine ink of green rolling pasture with hedges, shrubs and scattered trees in Moylagh.
Summer pasture in Moylagh townland, seen from Meenmore Road in June 2023.
Recorded locationMoylagh54.53063° N · 7.19924° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

  • Moylagh · English · main form

Place & story

Land changing hands

Alex Watson’s transcription of the Seskinore estate title abstract records Moylagh passing to George Perry under an indenture dated 23 December 1813. It retained a yearly head rent of £8. The abstract also notes that Omagh Rural District Council had taken one and a half acres for labourers’ cottages, although the vendor had not yet signed the statutory receipts. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Tyrone
Civil parish
Clogherny
Coordinates
54.53063, -7.19924 (approximate)
Mapped area
2.16 km²
Logainm ID
64425 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1911 census

78People recorded
21Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Armstrong 9
  • Simpson 6
  • McBride 5
  • McDonell 5
  • Patterson 5
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1926 census

This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Moylagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Seskinore estate title abstract, PRONILR1/409/1: Moylagh section · Alex Watson, transcription of Seskinore estate title abstract
  3. Summer pasture in Moylagh townland near Seskinore, County Tyrone illustration: based on a Moylagh Townland by Kenneth Allen. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2007-12-18. How this page was prepared.