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Tynron, par. and hamlet, Dumfriesshire, on Shinnel
Water—par., 15,683 ac., pop. 416; hamlet, 5 miles SW.
of Thornhill; P.O. ; Tynron Doom is 945 ft. high.

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Tynte Park, seat, 2 miles SE. of Dunlavin, W. co.
Wicklow.

Tynton, vil., Bangor par., Carnarvonshire, near
Bangor.

Tynwald Hill (Cronk-y-Keillown), near St John’s
Church, Isle of Man, 3 miles SE. of Peel; is an arti-
ficial circular mound, a few feet high, ascended by steps,
and from Tynwald Hill the laws passed by the estates
are made public every 5th July.

Tynycocd, farm with cromlech, Denbighshire, 3
miles SE. of Bettws-y-Coed.

Tynyffordd, vil., Llanybyther par., Carmarthen-
shire, 4 miles SW. of Lampeter.

Tynygongl, near Menai Strait, Anglesey; P.O.

Tynygroes, 4 m. S. of Conway, Carnarvonshire; P.O.

Tynygroes inn, 4 miles N. of Dolgelly, Merioneth.

Tynyinaes inn, 2 miles SE. of Bethesda, Carnarvon.

Tyr Abbot. See Llandulas in Tyr Abbot.

Tyrconnel, an ancient territory in NW. of Ireland,
now co. Donegal.

Tyree, island and par., Inner Hebrides, Argyllshire
—par. (comprising Tyree and Skerryvore), 18,942 ac.,
pop. 2733; island, 2 miles SW. of Coll and 28 miles
SW. of Tobermory, pop. 2730; P.O., called Tiree; is 14
miles long and from f mile to 6 miles broad, and
rises to a maximum alt. of 400 ft. The soil is generally
fertile, but the rearing of black cattle is the chief
employment. Cattle, poultry, and eggs are largely
exported.

Tyrescob, hamlet, Llandilofawr par., Carmarthen-
shire, near Llandilo.

Tyrella, par., S. co. Down, on Dundrum Bay, 6
miles SW. of Downpatrick, 1997 ac., pop. 485 ; P.O.

Tyrie, par., Aberdeenshire, 11,182 ac., pop. 3391;
P.O.; contains New Pitsligo; the church is 5 miles SW.
of Fraserburgh.

Tyringham with Filgrave, par., Bucks, on river
Ouse, 2 miles NW. of Newport Pagnell, 1792 ac., pop.
199; Tyringham House is the seat of a family of the
same name.

Tyrley, township, Drayton in Hales par., Stafford-
shire ; on left bank of river Tern, adjacent to Market
Drayton, 6589 ac., pop. 766.

Tyromoyle, school, Killinane par., co. Kerry.

Tyrone, an inland co. of Ulster province, Ireland;
is bounded NE. by co. Londonderry, E. by Lough
Neagh, SE. by co. Armagh, S. by co. Monaghan, SW.
by co. Fermanagh, and NW. by co. Donegal; greatest
length, NW. and SE., 48 miles; greatest breadth, NE.
and SW., 38 miles; average breadth, 28 miles; area,
806,658 ac. (31,403 water), or 3’9 per cent, of the total
area of Ireland ; pop. 197,719, of whom 55’5 per cent,
are Roman Catholics, 22'4 Episcopalians, 19‘5 Presby-
terians, and 1'8 Methodists. The surface in general is
hilly and irregular; it rises into mountains of about
2000 ft. on the NE. border, and becomes level towards
Lough Neagh on the E. The soil in the lower districts
is very fertile and highly cultivated. (For agricultural
statistics, see Appendix.) Coal is worked near Lough
Neagh and in the neighbourhood of Dungannon; marble
is quarried near the boundary with Monaghan ; old red
sandstone occurs in the district around Omagh; mica
slate and limestone prevail among the mountains.
The chief mfrs. are linens, woollens, and coarse earthen-
ware. The principal rivers are the Foyle, the Black-
water, the Mourne, and the Ballinderry. The co. com-
prises 8 bars.—Clogher, Dungannon (Lower, Middle,
and Upper), Omagh (East and West), Strabane (Lower
and Upper); 46 pars.; and the towns of Omagh (the
capital), Strabane, Dungannon, Cookstown, and Augh-
nacloy. For parl. purposes the co. is divided into 4
divisions — viz., North Tyrone, Mid. Tyrone, East
Tyrone, and South Tyrone, each returning 1 member.
The representation of Tyrone was increased from 2 to
4 members in 1885.

Tyrone House, seat, 4 miles S. of Oranmore, S. co.
Galway.

Tyrrells Hall, hamlet, Willingale Doe par,, Essex,
74 miles NW. of Chelmsford.

Tyrrellspass, vil., Newtown and Clonfad pars., S.



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