placenames1901 census
299People recorded
71Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Fox 53
- McKernan 21
- Conway 19
- Haughy 18
- Haughey 17
Creggan
An Creagán
The census places Creggan in Termonmaguirk parish; the forest bearing its name extends across several blocks.
Recorded locationCreggan54.65390° N · 7.02487° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- An Creagán · Irish · main form
- Creggan · English · main form
Place & story
The townland in 1911
Creggan had 270 inhabitants in 1911, evenly divided between 135 males and 135 females. Seventy of its seventy-four houses were occupied and four were empty. Its population had been 333 in 1891 and 299 in 1901. The original table places it in Termonmaguirk parish, Omagh East barony and Creggan electoral division, within Omagh Union, and records an area of 4,016 acres and twenty-two perches. [2]
Forest blocks around Creggan
The Northern Ireland government describes Creggan Forest as 660 hectares spread among Creggan Wood, Killygillian North, Killygillian South and Formil. This is a wider forest grouping around Creggan, rather than the area of the townland alone. Its main block adjoins An Creagán Centre, the focal point of a circular marked walking route. The upland woods are managed mainly for timber production. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Tyrone
- Barony
- Omagh East
- Civil parish
- Termonmaguirk
- Coordinates
- 54.65390, -7.02487
- Mapped area
- 16.31 km²
- Logainm ID
- 64692 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
270People recorded
70Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Fox 53
- Mc Kernan 35
- Haughey 17
- Mc Guone 15
- McAleer 14
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Creggan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Tyrone, printed p 47 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by A. Thom & Company, Dublin, 1912
- Creggan Forest · nidirect, Northern Ireland government
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Creggan Wood seen from Leaghan Road, County Tyrone illustration: based on a Creggan Wood 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 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.