Cabhán an Chaorthainn

Pomeroy, known in Irish as Cabhán an Chaorthainn ('hollow of the rowan tree'), occupies a prominent hill in the eastern reaches of County Tyrone, at the geographical centre of Ulster. At the close of the 17th century, this landscape consisted of dense forest with no established settlement. Following the Plantation of Ulster, King James I granted eight townlands to Sir William Parsons, the Surve...