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
Drumnakilly (Irish: Droim na Coille (Ridge of the wood).) is a small village and townland between Carrickmore and Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 114 people. The townland is situated in the histori…
Derrywarragh Island is a boulder clay island on Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland. It is linked by a bridge to Maghery, County Armagh. The island is approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) northwest of Portadown. Most of the island is wet grassland. There ar…
Derrytrasna (from Irish: Doire Trasna) is a small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The village is on a plateau surrounded mainly by bogland in the north of the county. It lies between Lough Neagh, Lough Gullion and the River …
Creggan (Irish: creagan (A rocky place). is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Omagh East and the civil parish of Termonmaguirk and covers an area of 4022 acres.
Cranagh (pronounced /ˈkrænɑː/ KRAN-ah, from Irish: an Chrannóg, meaning "the crannóg") is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is in the Glenelly Valley, about seven miles from Plumbridge. In the 2001 Census it has a population of …
Cookstown High School is a combined High School and Grammar School in Northern Ireland. It is one of the largest in the area, falling within the Southern Education and Library Board area.
Clonoe (from Irish: Cluain Eo) is a small village and a civil parish in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Clonmore (from Irish Cluain Mór, meaning "large meadow") is a hamlet and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
The Christian Brothers Grammar School, Omagh (Irish: Scoil Ghramadaí na mBráithre Críostaí, An Ómaigh, known locally as CBS Omagh, Omagh CBS, the Brothers and, to a lesser extent, CBGS Omagh) is a single sex (boys) grammar school in Omagh, County Ty…
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Saint Trea's Ballymaguigan GFC (Irish: Naomh Trea Baile Mhic Uiginn CLG) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ballymaguigan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It plays in Derry league and championships.
Ballycraigy is a loyalist housing estate in Antrim, about 10 miles north of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Ardress (formerly Ardreske, from Irish: Ardriasc, meaning "height of the marsh") is a hamlet and townland between Loughgall and Annaghmore in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is made up of Ardress East and Ardress West. It is within the civil par…
CLG Naomh Pádraig An Lúb is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in The Loup. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and currently cater for Gaelic football. The club was originally called St Patrick's Loup, but the name has since been renamed to…
Altamuskin or Altamooskan (Irish: Allt a' Mhúscáin, meaning "Glen of the spongy ground") is a small village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Clogher and the civil parish of Errigal Keerogue an…
Derryloughan is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the southwest corner of Lough Neagh, 4 miles from Coalisland.
Tamnamore (from Irish: An Tamhnach Mhór, meaning "the large field") is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, beside the M1 motorway, 7km east of Dungannon. It lies within the townland of Tamlaghtmore in the civil parish of Killyman, th…
Straw (from Irish Srath, meaning "wide valley") is a small village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.