Dergenagh (from Irish Dearganach, meaning 'red marshy ground')[1] is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Dungannon Lower and the civil parish of Killeeshil and covers an area of 437 acres (177 ha).[2]
Dergenagh
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 Dergenagh townland in 2006 | |
| County | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | BT70 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
John Simpson, the maternal great-grandfather of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president of the United States, was born and lived in Dergenagh until emigrating to the United States in 1760. His home, now the US Grant Ancestral Homestead, still stands and is now operated by Mid-Ulster District Council as a tourist attraction.[3][4] Grant himself visited his ancestral home during his world tour in 1879, and shares a robust lineage of Ulster-Scots Presidents.[5]
See also
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edit- ↑ "Dergenagh". Place Names NI. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ↑ "Dergenagh". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ↑ "US Grant Ancestral Homestead". discovernorthernireland.com. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ Thompson, Joseph E., "American Policy and Northern Ireland: A Saga of Peacebuilding", Praeger (March 30, 2001), p. 2, and Howe, Stephen, "Ireland and Empire: Colonial Legacies in Irish History and Culture", Oxford University Press, USA (March 14, 2002), p. 273.
- ↑ Corscadden, Jane (8 July 2021). "Inside the newly refurbished US Grant Homestead in Clogher Valley". Belfast Live. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
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