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Strabane Lower

Strabane Lower is a barony in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is bordered by five other baronies in Northern Ireland: North West Liberties of Londonderry to the north; Tirkeeran to the north-east; Strabane Upper to the east; Omagh East to the south; and Omagh West to the south-west. It also borders two baronies in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland: Raphoe North and Raphoe South to the west.

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Strabane Lower
An Srath Bán Íochtarach1 (Irish)
Location of Strabane Lower, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Location of Strabane Lower, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryNorthern Ireland
CountyTyrone

Strabane Lower (named after Strabane) is a barony in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.2 It is bordered by five other baronies in Northern Ireland: North West Liberties of Londonderry to the north; Tirkeeran to the north-east; Strabane Upper to the east; Omagh East to the south; and Omagh West to the south-west.2 It also borders two baronies in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland: Raphoe North and Raphoe South to the west.

It was subdivided by 1851 from the earlier Strabane barony.3

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Strabane Lower:1

Towns

Villages

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Strabane Lower:4

  • Ardstraw (split with barony of Omagh West)
  • Camus
  • Cumber Upper (mainly in barony of Tirkeeran, one townland in Strabane Lower)
  • Donaghedy
  • Learmount
  • Leckpatrick
  • Urney (split with barony of Omagh West)
References

References

  1. "Strabane Lower". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  2. PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
  3. Database of Irish Historical Statistics - Notes on Baronies of Ireland 1821-1891 (PDF), p. 14, archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2016, retrieved 16 January 2026, Strabane UC09B04 [..] Barony split by 1851; See UC09B04A [Strabane Lower] & UC09B04B [Strabane Upper]
  4. PRONI Parishes of County Tyrone