Baile Úr

The Irish name Baile Úr translates as "the new town," reflecting its origins as a deliberately planned settlement. Before the Plantation of Ulster, the territory was known as Tullyvallan, derived from Irish meaning "Ó Mealláin's hillock." Newtownhamilton was founded by Alexander Hamilton around 1770, a descendant of John Hamilton, the Scottish planter who had established Hamiltonsbawn in 1619 a...