| Keenaght | |
| Type: | townland |
| Translit Lang1: | Irish |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Derivation: |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | Irish: Caonach |
| Translit Lang1 Type1: | Meaning: |
| Translit Lang1 Info1: | "Mossy place" |
| Translit Lang2 Type: | Derivation: |
| Translit Lang2 Type1: | Meaning: |
| Pushpin Map: | Northern Ireland#United Kingdom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Keenaght shown within Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates: | 54.765°N -6.735°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
| Subdivision Name: | United Kingdom |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern Ireland |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | County Londonderry |
| Subdivision Type3: | Barony |
| Subdivision Name3: | Loughinsholin |
| Subdivision Type4: | Civil parish |
| Subdivision Name4: | Kilcronaghan |
| Leader Title: | Council |
| Leader Name: | Mid Ulster District |
| Leader Title1: | Ward |
| Leader Name1: | Tobermore |
| Established Title: | Plantation grant |
| Established Date: | Drapers Company |
| Established Title1: | First recorded |
| Established Date1: | 1609 |
| Parts Type: | Settlements |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Area Total Ha: | 124.87 |
| Area Total Acre: | 308.56 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Irish grid ref |
| Blank Info Sec1: | H8191 |
Keenaght (pronounced as /ˌkʲiːnəx/,) is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the south of the parish on the boundary with the civil parish of Desertmartin, and it is bounded by the townlands of: Coolsaragh, Cullion, Gortahurk, Longfield, and Tintagh. It was apportioned to the Drapers company.
The townland was part of Tobermore electoral ward of the former Magherafelt District Council, however in 1901 and 1926 it was part of Iniscarn district electoral division as part of the Draperstown dispensary (registrar's) district of Magherafelt Rural District. As part of Kilcronaghan civil parish, Keenaght also lies in the historic barony of Loughinsholin.
The present name of this townland, Keenaght, is very likely a reformed analogy of the neighbouring barony of Keenaght, with scribal errors adding a t to the end of anglicisations of its name such as with Tonaght in the neighbouring parish of Ballynascreen, which actually derives from Tonach. It is more reasonably suggested that Keenaght derives from the synonym Coanna with the adjectival suffix -ach added to it. This derivation is supported by the majority of earlier recorded forms.
| Year | Pop. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1841 | 122 | |
| 1851 | 77 | |
| 1861 | 82 | |
| 1871 | 83 | |
| 1881 | 79 | |
| 1891 | 73 | |
| 1901 | 65 | |
| 1911 | 61 | |
| 1926 | 45 |
| Year | a, r, p | |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 311, 0, 10 | |
| 1881 | 310, 2, 18 | |
| 1901 | 310, 2, 18 | |
| 1926 | 310, 3, 2 |
| Year | Form | |
|---|---|---|
| 1609 + 1613 | Cynagh (E.C.) (Charter) | |
| 1613 | Keenah | |
| 1622 | Keenat | |
| 1654 | Keanaught foord | |
| 1654 | Keanaugh | |
| 1657 | Cyneigh, the small proportion of | |
| 1661 | Keanagh | |
| 1767 | Keenaght | |
| 1813 | Keenagh (S.M.) | |
| (E.C.) - Escheated Counties Map 1609 (Charter) - Charter of Londonderry 1613 (S.M.) - Sampson's Map | ||