Keenaght (townland)

This article is about the townland of Keenaght. For the barony, see Keenaght (barony).

Keenaght
townland
Irish transcription(s)
 • Derivation:Caonach
 • Meaning:"Mossy place"
Keenaght is located in Northern Ireland
Keenaght
Keenaght
Keenaght shown within Northern Ireland
Keenaght is located in the United Kingdom
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Keenaght (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates: 54°45′54″N 6°44′06″W / 54.765°N 6.735°W / 54.765; -6.735
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryNorthern Ireland
CountyCounty Londonderry
BaronyLoughinsholin
Civil parishKilcronaghan
Plantation grantDrapers Company
First recorded1609
Government
 • CouncilMid Ulster District
 • WardTobermore
Area
[1]
 • Total
308.56 acres (124.87 ha)
Irish grid refH8191

Keenaght (locally [ˌkʲiːnəx], from Irish Caonach 'mossy place'[2]) is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the south of the parish on the boundary with the civil parish of Desertmartin, and it is bounded by the townlands of: Coolsaragh, Cullion, Gortahurk, Longfield, and Tintagh. It was apportioned to the Drapers company.[3]

The townland was part of Tobermore electoral ward of the former Magherafelt District Council, however in 1901 and 1926 it was part of Iniscarn district electoral division as part of the Draperstown dispensary (registrar's) district of Magherafelt Rural District.[4][5] As part of Kilcronaghan civil parish, Keenaght also lies in the historic barony of Loughinsholin.

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