Killytoney (, ) is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the center of the parish, and is bounded by the townlands of Calmore, Cloughfin, Coolsaragh, Gortamney, Killynumber, and Moyesset. It was apportioned to the Drapers company.
The townland was part of Tobermore electoral ward of the former Magherafelt District Council, however in 1901 and 1926 it was part of Iniscarn district electoral division as part of the Draperstown dispensary (registrar's) district of Magherafelt Rural District. It was also part of the historic barony of Loughinsholin.
Etymology The first element of the name Killytoney can be either from the Irish words coill (wood) or cill (church), which are indistinguishable in anglicistions due to their pronunciation. Despite this all previous authorities including Irish language scholar John O'Donovan support the derivation from coill. O'Donovan also postulated that the second element is derived from "Tonnaig" (sic), meaning "mound" or "rampart". The Place-Names of Northern Ireland project agrees with this derivation citing that a rath formerly lay within this townland, and that a stockade may have been part of this structure or near it.
History
+ PopulationYearPop. 1841 61 1851 67 1861 75 1871 68 1881 56 1891 47 1901 38 1911 40 1926 28
+ Size (acres, roods, poles) Year a, r, p 1851 207, 2, 29 1881 206, 1, 31 1901 206, 1, 31 1926 207, 2, 15
+ Earlier recorded forms Year Form 1609 Kilitvnny (E.C.) 1613 Killitomny (Charter) 1613 Kilteny 1654 Killtony 1657 Killytony 1661 Killtonney 1663 Kilty-Sonthe, Quarter of 1767 Killytoney 1813 Killtinny (S.M.) (E.C.) - Escheated Counties Map 1609(Charter) - Charter of Londonderry 1613(S.M.) - Sampson's Map
See also Kilcronaghan List of townlands in Tobermore Tobermore
References HistPop; County and County Borough of Londonderry, 1926, page 24 HistPop; County of Londonderry, 1851, page 241 HistPop; Area, houses, and population, Vol. III [Part 2], Ireland, 1901 Page 34 HistPop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. III, Ireland, 1881, page 698
Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry, 1925, Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the City and County of Londonderry
Toner, Gregory: Place-Names of Northern Ireland, page 128-9. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996,