Carnteel


Carnteel is a small village, townland and civil parish, about northeast of Aughnacloy in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is in the historic barony of Dungannon Lower.

Carnteel village

The village is southwest of Dungannon, close to the B35 Dungannon to Aughnacloy road, with a hilltop location, focused around a crossroads at its centre and with the ruins of an historic church. It is largely made up of housing, with a large agricultural machinery business to the north, and other facilities limited to a shop and post office.

Carnteel parish

In 1837 Carnteel parish, situated on the River Blackwater, had a population of 7,459 people and covered 13,432 acres. It was mountainous, with some bog, in the north of the parish and there was extensive quarrying. Most people were engaged in agriculture with some linen and cotton weaving.
The church at Carnteel was destroyed in the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and replaced with a church at Aghaloo, itself replaced after the building of a church in Aughnacloy in 1736.
The parish contains the townlands of:

Carnteel townland

The townland is situated in the historic barony of Dungannon Lower and the civil parish of Carnteel and covers an area of 235 acres.
The population of the townland declined during the 19th century:
Year184118511861187118811891
Population1109888857055
Houses211818161412

The townland contains one Scheduled Historic Monument: a church.