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County Tyrone (
Irish:
Contae Thír Eoghain) is the second largest of the nine
counties of
Ulster and the largest of the six counties of
Northern Ireland. It has an area of 3,155
square kilometres (1,218
square miles).
The county borders the Northern Ireland counties of
Armagh, to the south-east,
Fermanagh, to the south-west and
County Londonderry to the north-east. The county also borders
Lough Neagh to the east. The borders with the
Republic of Ireland are
County Monaghan to the south and
County Donegal to the north-west.
Historically Tyrone stretched as far north as
Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern day
County Londonderry east of the
River Foyle. The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610-1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on natural resources located there. Tyrone was the traditional stronghold of the various O'Neill clans and families, the strongest of the Gaelic Irish families in Ulster, surviving into the seventeenth century. It is one of four counties in Northern Ireland which presently has a majority of the population from a
Catholic community background, according to the
2001 census.
District Councils
Tyrone is split into four districts:
Towns
The county town of Tyrone is
Omagh. the next largest towns are
Strabane,
Dungannon and
Cookstown respectively. Other towns include
Fivemiletown,
Castlederg,
Coalisland,
Donaghmore,
Ardboe,
Pomeroy, and
Carrickmore.
Sports
The major sports in Tyrone are
Gaelic games.
Gaelic football is more widely played than
hurling. The
Tyrone GAA football side has had considerable success since the turn of the century winning two
All Ireland titles (in 2003 and 2005), three
Ulster titles (2001, 2003 and 2007) and two
National League titles (in 2002 and 2003).
Underage Gaelic football teams have also had considerable successes on the field at both provincial and national level - winning the
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship six times and the
All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship four times.
Association football also has a following.
Omagh Town F.C. were members of the
Irish League until they folded in
2005.
Notable residents
Philomena Begley, Irish Country Music Singer - Ireland's Queen Of Country Music
John Dunlap (1747-1812), Publisher of the first American daily newspaper the Pennsylvania Packet in 1784, was also the printer of the American Declaration of Independence.
John Hughes, (1797-1864), born in Annaloghan, first Archbishop of Roman Catholic diocese of New York.
Peter Canavan, former All Ireland winning Tyrone captain and second top scorer in Senior Ulster Championship football.
Brian Dooher, current captain of the Tyrone senior football team.
Hugo Duncan, singer and broadcaster on BBC Radio.
Dennis Taylor, former World Snooker Champion.
Aaron Hughes, current captain of the Northern Ireland football team and also plays for Fulham.
Shane Kelly, Londsdale Model.
Benedict Kiely (1919-2007), writer and broadcaster
Thomas Mellon, Founder of Mellon Bank, Now Bank of New York Mellon
Flann O'Brien, 1911-1966, Writer
William Burke, 1792-1829, Grave robber and murderer
William Carleton, 1794-1869, WriterFurther Information
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