Trough (barony)
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| name = Truagh
| native_name = An Triúcha (Irish)
| settlement_type = Barony
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| subdivision_type = Sovereign state
| subdivision_name = Ireland
| subdivision_type1 = County
| subdivision_name1 = Monaghan
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| area_total_sq_mi = 58.4
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Truagh ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|r|uː}}; {{Langx|ga|An Triúcha}}) is a barony in County Monaghan, Ireland.
Etymology
Trough is known in Irish as An Triúcha (Old Irish trícha cét, "cantred").{{cite web|url=http://www.logainm.ie/en/202 |title=An Triúcha/Trough |publisher=logainm.ie |date=2014-05-15 |accessdate=2015-02-06}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie3.htm |title=The Baronies of Ireland - Family History |publisher=Rootsweb.ancestry.com |date=1998-09-06 |accessdate=2015-02-06}}