Granny is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan

Kilcronaghan

Kilcronaghan is a civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Containing one major settlement, Tobermore, and lying on the descending slope of Slieve Gallion, Kilcronaghan is bordered by the civil parishes of Ballynascreen, Desertmartin, Maghera, and Termoneeny. It lies within the former...

, County Londonderry

County Londonderry

The place name Derry is an anglicisation of the old Irish Daire meaning oak-grove or oak-wood. As with the city, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form Derry preferred by nationalists and Londonderry preferred by unionists...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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. It lies in the west of the parish on the boundary of the civil parish of Ballynascreen, and is bounded by the townlands of; Calmore

Calmore

Calmore is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the north-west of the parish, and is bounded by the townlands of; Granny, Moneyshanere, Moyesset, and Tobermore...

, Duntribryan, Moneyshanere

Moneyshanere

Moneyshanere is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the north-west of the parish on the boundary with the civil parish of Ballynascreen, and it is bounded by the townlands of: Calmore, Drumcrow, Drumballyhagan Clark, Duntibryan,...

, Mormeal

Mormeal

Mormeal is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the west of the parish with the Altagoan river to its west forming the parish boundary with Ballynascreen. It is bounded by the townlands of: Brackaghlislea, Drumard, Duntibryan,...

, and Tamnaskey. It wasn't apportioned to any of the London livery companies

Livery Company

The Livery Companies are 108 trade associations in the City of London, almost all of which are known as the "Worshipful Company of" the relevant trade, craft or profession. The medieval Companies originally developed as guilds and were responsible for the regulation of their trades, controlling,...

, being kept as church lands.

The townland is currently part of Tobermore electoral ward of Magherafelt District Council

Magherafelt District Council

Magherafelt District Council is a district council in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. Council headquarters are in Magherafelt. The Council area stretches from Lough Neagh and the River Bann in the east and into the Sperrin Mountains in the west and is divided by the Moyola River. It covers...

, however in 1926 it was part of Tobermore district electoral division as part of the Maghera division of Magherafelt

Magherafelt

Magherafelt is a small town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 8,372 people recorded in the 2001 Census. It is the biggest town in the south of County Londonderry and is the social, economic and political hub of the area...

 Rural District. It was also part of the former barony of Loughinsholin.

The hamlet of Kilross Villas and Kilross Primary School both lie within this townland along the Duntibryan road.

History

Population

Year	Pop.
1841	100
1851	88
1861	78
1871	77
1881	57
1911	37
1926	36

Size (acres, roods, poles) Year a, r, p 1851 158, 0, 34 1881 158, 0, 34 1926 158, 3, 32

Earlier recorded forms

Year	Form
1609	Durngrunagh
1654	Cranne
1654	Granny
1657c	Cranny
1659c	Mirmihellgrany (joined with Mormeal)
1661c	Grenaghan
1663	Crinney
1672c	Ganny
1813	Granny (S.M.)
(S.M.) - Sampson's Map