Dungannon in the Plantation-era

[crb83]

I recently found ancestors in the Hearth money rolls in the Barony of Dungannon (They were McLains).  I had previously thought my ancestors were Scottish planters since they were Protestant but all the names in these parishes seem to be native Irish like O'Dougherty, Gallagher, O'Donnell, Byrne.  Would I be correct in assuming that my McLains were possibly in Ireland earlier than the plantation and has assimilated with the people around "Tir Eoghain"?  Maybe gallowglass?  In 1560, Maclean of Duart sent highlanders to fight under Shane O'Neill and the chieftain's daughter Catherine Maclean married Shane.  The Maclean gallowglass were kinsmen to Shane's sons.

I was wondering if anyone knowledgeable about Tyrone in this time frame could tell me if the land in Southeastern Tyrone was parcelled to Scottish undertakers or maybe it was a reserved for native tenants?

Thank you!  Very interested to find out.

[amac1210]

I don't know what sources we can find, and I've hit a brick wall in my research. My ancestors include Gallaghers from Moneygar, Co. Tyrone. Inscriptions of an ancient graveyard in Trillick made in the 1940s, show some of those ancestors buried together as far back as 1707. However, it isn't clear how they all relate. Records simply don't seem to exist. Interestingly, nearby their plot is the grave of one of the great-great grandsons to King Shayn the Proud (Shane O'Neill). I read somewhere that the Gallaghers or, O'Gallaghers as they once were, supported Shayn and fought for him. It might indicate a past migration from Ulster to Tyrone. All very complicated when the records simply aren't there. However, it gives a vague sense of where we're from.

[aghadowey]

... It might indicate a past migration from Ulster to Tyrone. ...

Tyrone is part of Ulster 

[amac1210]

Yes, but from a different area, mixed up my nomenclature there! There are certainly connections.