Tír Eoghain · Ulster
Tyrone is Tír Eoghain, the land of the O'Neills, the strongest Gaelic family in Ulster, who held on into the 17th century. Their old principality reached far beyond today's county — all of what is now Londonderry and four baronies of Donegal — and most of County Londonderry was carved out of it between 1610 and 1620 for the London companies. During O'Doherty's Rebellion in 1608 his men burned and plundered, but left alone the estates of the Earl of Tyrone around Dungannon, fearing his anger if he came back from exile.
| Province | Ulster |
|---|---|
| County town | Omagh |
| Population | 188,383 (2021) |
| Area (km²) | 3,266 |
| Population change in the Famine, 1841–51 | -18% |
| Daily Irish speakers | 6,822 (2021) |
| Highest point (m) | 678 — Sawel |
| All-Ireland football titles | 4 |
| Townlands | 2,152 |
| Baronies | 8 |
| Civil parishes | 43 |
| Recorded monuments | 2,257 |
| Ringforts | 480 |
| Holy wells | 25 |
| Castles on the site | 8 |
| Battles and sieges | 1 |
| Workhouses | 7 |
| Railway stations (with an article) | 32 |
| Towns on the site | 3 |
| Surnames on the site | 30 |
Every figure is from a page on myireland.ie that names its source — see https://myireland.ie/counties/tyrone/. Printed from myireland.ie, the atlas of Irish history.