Glenmacoffer Explained

Glenmacoffer is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the barony of Strabane Upper and the civil parish of Bodoney Lower and covers an area of 2703 acres.[1]

The name derives from the Irish: Gleann Mhic Cathbhairr (M'Caffer's glen, after a man found dead there).[2]

In 1841 the population of the townland was 533 people (104 houses) and in 1851 it was 453 people (92 houses).[3]

The townland contains one Scheduled Historic Monument: two Standing stones (grid ref: H5299 8629)[4] leaning in different directions,[5] each some 1.8m high and 1.5m wide.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Townlands of County Tyrone. IreAtlas Townland Database. 19 December 2012.
  2. Web site: Glenmacoffer. Place Names NI. 19 December 2012.
  3. Web site: Census of Ireland 1851. Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. 19 December 2012.
  4. Web site: Scheduled Historic Monuments (to 15 October 2012) . NI Environment Agency . 19 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 .
  5. Web site: Glenmacoffer Stone Row/Alignment. The Megalithic Portal. 19 December 2012.
  6. Web site: Glenmacoffer. Irish Megaliths. 19 December 2012.

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