Cookstown is a town and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the fourth largest town in the county and had a population of nearly 11,000 people in the 2001 Census. It is one of the main towns in the area of Mid-Ulster. It was founded around 1620 when the townlands in the area were leased by an English ecclesiastical lawyer, Dr. Alan Cooke, from the Archbishop of Armagh, who had been granted the lands after the Flight of the Earls during the Plantation of Ulster. It was one of the main centres of the linen industry West of the River Bann, and until 1956, the processes of flax spinning, weaving, bleaching and beetling were carried out in the town.
Population: 11,081
Latitude: 54° 38' 34.98" N
Longitude: -6° 44' 45.42" W
Moortown is a rural area in the north east of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the western shores of Lough Neagh, beside Ballinderry and Ardboe. It is relatively close to the towns of Cookstown, Magherafelt and Dungannon. It is in Cooksto…
Moneyneany or Moneyneena (locally [ˌmʌniˈnini], [ˌmʌniˈniːnə], and [ˌmʌniˈiːnə]; from Irish: Móin na nIonadh, meaning "bog of wonders") is a small village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
O'Donovan Rossa GAC Magherafelt (Irish: CLG Ó Donnabháin Rosa Machaire Fíolta) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and currently caters for Gaelic footba…
Lissan (from Irish: Lios Áine, meaning "Aine's fort") is a civil and ecclesiastical parish that spans into County Londonderry and County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The local Roman Catholic church was built in 1908.
Knockloughrim or Knockcloghrim (from Irish: Cnoc Clochdroma, meaning "hill of the stony ridge") is a small village near Maghera in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 186 people.
Killyman St. Mary's is a Gaelic Athletic Club (GAC) based in the parish of Dungannon in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Killyman (from Irish: Cill na mBan, meaning "church of the women") is small village and a civil parish in Northern Ireland, situated on the eastern boundary of County Tyrone and extending into County Armagh. The majority of townlands are in the hist…
Killyclogher (from Irish Coillidh Chlochair, meaning "rocky forest") is a village on the outskirts of the town of Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is also a townland and an electoral ward of Omagh District Council.
Kildress (Irish: Cill Dreasa, meaning "church of the brambles") is a village and civil parish on the outskirts of Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is home to Cloughfin Pipe Band and the Kildress Wolfe Tones GAA club, and is close to …
Greencastle (from Irish An Caisleán Glas, meaning "the green house") is a hamlet in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Sheskinshule (from Irish Seisceann Siúil).
Watty Graham's GAC Glen (Irish: An Ghleann) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The team draws players from Maghera and some surrounding townlands.
Fermanagh and Tyrone was a Parliamentary Constituency in Northern Ireland which was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) using the bloc vote system.
Dundrod (from Irish: Dún dTrod) is a small village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 63 people.
Dukart's Canal was built to provide transport for coal from the Drumglass Colleries to the Coalisland Canal, in Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It opened in 1777, and used three inclined planes, rather than locks, to cope with changes in level.
Charlemont Fort was a garrison situated in Charlemont, County Armagh.
Bannfoot is a small village in the townland of Derryinver, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It sits where the Upper Bann flows into Lough Neagh.
Ballynagalliagh (Irish: Baile na gCailleach, meaning "townland of the nuns") is a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Antrim Grammar School is a grammar school in Northern Ireland. It is in County Antrim, in the North Eastern Education and Library Board (NEELB) area.