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
St Josephs Grammar School (Irish: Scoil Ghramadaí Chlochair Naomh Seosamh), Donaghmore, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, is a Catholic voluntary school catering for 500 pupils aged between 11 and 18. It was founded by the Daughters of the Cross from…
St Olcan's High School (Irish: Ardscoil Naomh Olcán) was the name of a Roman Catholic secondary school in Randalstown, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
St Colm's High School is a secondary school located in Draperstown, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The school opened in September 1961. It is within the North Eastern Education and Library Board area.
St Benedict's College (Irish: Coláiste Naomh Beinidict) is a secondary school in Randalstown, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
South Londonderry was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons from 1885 until it was abolished in 1922.
The South Londonderry constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland was created in 1929 and continued until the abolition of the Parliament in 1973. All members for the constituency were from the Chichester-Clark family: the first was both the…
Saint Pius X College (Irish: Coláiste Naomh Pius X) is a secondary school in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is a Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school within the North Eastern Education and Library Board area. The sch…
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Pomeroy Plunketts is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the village of Pomeroy in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
The Patrician Hall is a cultural, arts and entertainment venue in the village of Carrickmore, County Tyrone. It was built by the Roman Catholic Parish of Termonmaguirk under the Diocese of Armagh as a means of using it to raise money to build Roman …
Omagh College of Further Education (often referred to as just Omagh College or "The Tech" by locals) is a college in Omagh, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. The college is based in one central campus in the Town Centre (however up until recently i…
Newtownstewart St. Eugene's (Irish: An Baile Nua Naoimh Eoghain) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club.
Moylagh (from Irish: Maolach) is a townland near Gortaclare in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 66 people (along with Gortaclare).
Moy Tír na nÓg is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Moy, a village in the south of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
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Henry Joy McCracken's GFC Moneymore (Irish: CLG Mhic Reachtáin, Muine Mór) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Moneymore, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and currently caters for Gaelic football.
Mill Meadow is a football stadium in Castledawson, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is the home stadium of local football team Moyola Park F.C.. It hosted its first competitive match on 16 January 2010, when Moyola Park hosted Lurgan Celtic …
Mid Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.