title: Trough (barony)
text: # Trough (barony)
  
  Truagh (/ˈtruː/; Irish: An Triúcha) is a barony in County Monaghan, Ireland.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  Trough is known in Irish as An Triúcha (Old Irish trícha cét, "cantred").
  
  ## 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.
  
  ## List of settlements
  
  Below is a list of settlements in Trough barony:
  
  * Emyvale
  * Glaslough
  