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Glebe

The Tyrone townland has a separate census return from neighbouring Magharenny and Drumbarley.

Recorded locationGlebe54.60461° N · 7.45049° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place 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

  • Glebe · English · main form

Place & story

Twelve inhabitants in 1911

Glebe had twelve inhabitants in 1911, five male and seven female, in three occupied houses. The earlier returns give six inhabitants in 1891 and three in 1901, with two houses at each census. Its area was forty-two acres, one rood and five perches. The table lists it in Longfield East parish, Omagh West barony and Drumquin electoral division and dispensary district, within Omagh Poor Law Union. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Tyrone
Civil parish
Longfield East
Coordinates
54.60461, -7.45049
Mapped area
0.16 km²
Logainm ID
64768 ↗

People & family history

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

1911 census

12People recorded
3Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Thomson 4
  • Mc Gonigle 2
  • McCutcheon 2
  • Moffett 2
  • Barton 1
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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 — Glebe. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Tyrone, Table VII, printed page 38 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by A. Thom & Company, Dublin, 1912
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.