Clonaneese
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Clonaneese (also spelled Clonenis, Clenaneese or Clananeese) means in Irish "Angus' meadow".
Before 1600, it was the home of the McDonald's, a Scottish galloglass family who helped defend The O'Neill in Dungannon.
Overview
The area known as Clonaneese is situated midway between Dungannon and Ballygawley in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
The 1609 Bodley map shows 27 townlands there. One of these townlands, Killeeshil, gave its name to the parish which covers the most of Clonaneese. The Clonaneese name was used for the Poor Law Union and the electoral district, but is mainly associated with the two Presbyterian congregations, Lower and Upper Clonaneese.
The first Presbyterians in the Clonaneese area worshipped in the Parish Church in Killeeshil. In 1617, the Rev Robert Hamilton, a Scottish Presbyterian, was installed as rector. He did not conduct the services according to the rituals of the Anglican Church and was ejected for this non-conformity in 1622.
The Presbyterians built a small mud house in the townland of Innish, commonly called the "Clabber House", to meet for worship.
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