Trough (barony)
Barony in Monaghan, Ireland
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Truagh (/ˈtruː/; Irish: An Triúcha) is a barony in the north of County Monaghan in Ireland.
Etymology
Trough or Truagh is known in Irish as An Triúcha (Old Irish trícha cét, "cantred").[1]
Location
Trough is found in north County Monaghan, south of the Ulster Blackwater.
Trough barony is bordered to the south by Monaghan, County Monaghan; to the northwest by Clogher, County Tyrone; and to the northeast by Lower Dungannon, County Tyrone.
History
The Mac Kenna were chiefs of Trough. O'Clerkin is also noted here.[2]