Favor Royal Demesne Explained

Favor Royal Demesne, also spelled Favour Royal, is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the barony of Clogher and the civil parish of Errigal-Trough, adjacent to the Irish border. The townland covers an area of .^[1]

In 1841 the population of the townland was 105 people (21 houses) and in 1851 it was 95 people (20 houses).^[2]

The townland is named after the demesne of Favour Royal, a manor granted to Sir Thomas Ridgeway in 1613. The demesne is listed on the Register of Parks, Gardens and Demesnes of Special Historic Interest,^[3] and the house, built in 1823 and currently derelict, is listed at grade B+.^[4] The townland also contains two scheduled historic monuments: both bivallate raths (grid refs: H6060 5290 and H6128 5215).^[5]

Notes and References

Web site: Townlands of County Tyrone. IreAtlas Townland Database. 17 February 2014.
Web site: Census of Ireland 1851. Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. 15 December 2012. 29 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203958/http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/13130/eppi_pages/336875. dead.
Web site: Register of Parks, Gardens and Demesnes of Special Historic Interest . Northern Ireland Environment Agency . 17 February 2014 . 33 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111215051623/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/registerni-revision-2.pdf . 15 December 2011 . dead.
Web site: Favor Royal, Favour Royal Road, Augher, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, BT77 OEW . Northern Ireland Environment Agency . 17 February 2014 . 22 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222223417/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/content-databases-buildview?id=1658&js=true . dead .
Web site: Scheduled Historic Monuments (to 15 October 2012) . Northern Ireland Environment Agency . 15 December 2012 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131026155955/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/the_schedule_of_historic_monuments_-_october_2012-2.pdf . 26 October 2013 .