词条 | Tyrone |
释义 | Tyrone former county, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom ![]() The former county derived its name from Tir Eoghain (land of Eoghan, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages). From the 5th to the 16th century AD, the O'Nialls (or O'Neills) were rulers of this territory, and successive chiefs were installed at Tullaghoge near Dungannon. After the flight (1607) of Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, from the English, ownership of his vast estates lapsed and passed to the crown; the lands were subsequently divided and granted by the king under the scheme for the Plantation of Ulster. Royalist forces under Lord Mountjoy established fortifications at strategic points; and Tyrone became colonized. In 1688–89 troops of James II occupied part of Tyrone, and Omagh was severely damaged. In the 1973 administrative reorganization of Northern Ireland, the county was divided into the districts of Strabane, Omagh, and Dungannon and a portion of Cookstown district. |
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