Armstrong/Booth

[anniehadden]

Pomeroy parish in County Tyrone was created from Donaghmore parish in 1775.

From Samuel Lewis's 1837 Topographical Dictionary of Ireland: "The parish was erected in 1775, by an order of council, at the application of Primate Robinson, by severing 41 townlands from that of Donaghmore."

Records on families living at Crosscavanagh -- Armstrongs as well as others -- are found in Donaghmore parish, and THEN (after 1775) in Pomeroy parish.

It's a beautiful part of County Tyrone, with huge ancient hedges, sheep-and-cattle grazed fields, derelict stone cottage remnants hidden in the grass here and there, and substantial farm homes of modern families. Our ancestors and family lived there from at least the 1700s until the 1920s (perhaps as early as the 1600s, arriving during the Plantation of Ulster). The original house still stands at Crosscavanagh, though very modernized and not recognizable as an historic dwelling.

Thanks for commenting,

Annie