Favor Royal Demesne

Rath (ringfort) in Favor Royal Demesne

Favor Royal Demesne, also spelled Favour Royal, is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the barony of Clogher and the civil parish of Errigal-Trough, adjacent to the Irish border. The townland covers an area of 670 acres (270 ha).[1]

In 1841 the population of the townland was 105 people (21 houses) and in 1851 it was 95 people (20 houses).[2]

The townland is named after the demesne of Favour Royal, a manor granted to Sir Thomas Ridgeway in 1613. The demesne is listed on the Register of Parks, Gardens and Demesnes of Special Historic Interest,[3] and the house, built in 1823 and currently derelict, is listed at grade B+.[4] The townland also contains two scheduled historic monuments: both bivallate raths (grid refs: H6060 5290 and H6128 5215).[5]

  1. ^ "Townlands of County Tyrone". IreAtlas Townland Database. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Census of Ireland 1851". Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Register of Parks, Gardens and Demesnes of Special Historic Interest" (PDF). Northern Ireland Environment Agency. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Favor Royal, Favour Royal Road, Augher, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, BT77 OEW". Northern Ireland Environment Agency. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Scheduled Historic Monuments (to 15 October 2012)" (PDF). Northern Ireland Environment Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2012.