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With a population of 188,383 as of the 2021 census, Tyrone is the 5th most populous county in both Northern Ireland and Ulster, and the 11th most populous county on the island of Ireland. The county derives its name and general geographic location from Tír Eoghain, a Gaelic kingdom under the O'Neill dynasty which existed until the 17th century.
Omagh (/ ˈoʊmə, ˈoʊmɑː /; [3] from Irish: An Ómaigh [ənˠ ˈoːmˠiː], meaning 'the virgin plain') [4] is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. Northern Ireland's capital city, Belfast, is 68 miles (109.5 km) to the east of Omagh, and Derry is ...
List of townlands of County Tyrone. This is a sortable table of the approximately 2,162 townlands in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the county. Names marked in bold typeface are towns and villages, and the word Town appears for those entries in the ...
Tyrone. 54°30′N 6°46′W / 54.50°N 6.77°W / 54.50; -6.77. Dungannon (from Irish Dún Geanainn, meaning 'Geanann's fort', pronounced [d̪ˠuːn̪ˠ ˈɟan̪ˠən̪ˠ]) [1] is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the second-largest town in the county (after Omagh) and had a population of 16,282 at the 2021 Census. [2]
This is a list of cities, towns, villages and hamlets in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. See the list of places in Northern Ireland for places in other counties.
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone [c] (Irish: Aodh Mór Ó Néill; [9] c. 1550 [b] – 20 July 1616) was an Irish Gaelic lord and key figure of the Nine Years' War.Known as the "Great Earl", [6] [5] he led the confederacy of Irish clans against the English Crown in resistance to the Tudor conquest of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth I.
Cookstown (Irish: An Chorr Chríochach, [ 3 ] [ənˠ ˌxoːɾˠ ˈçɾʲiːxəx]) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the fourth-largest town in the county and had a population of 12,546 in the 2021 census. [ 4 ] It, along with Magherafelt and Dungannon, is one of the main towns in the Mid-Ulster council area.
Son of Conn Mór mac Éinri O'Neill and Eleanor FitzGerald. Alice FitzGerald. Sorcha O'Neill. 16 July 1559. Shane O'Neill. 1559–1567. 1530. Son of Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone and Alice FitzGerald. Catherine McDonnell.