County Tyrone
County Tyrone
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Ulster Scots spellings (the latter used only by Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council). |
County Tyrone (/tɪˈroʊn/;[6] from Irish Tír Eoghain, meaning "land of Eoghan") is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. Its county town is Omagh.
Adjoined to the south-west shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 3,266 km2 (1,261 sq mi),[1] making it the largest of Northern Ireland's six counties by size, and the second largest county in Ulster after Donegal. 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.
Name
The name Tyrone is derived from
Historically, it was anglicised as Tirowen or Tyrowen, which are closer to the Irish pronunciation.History
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1653 | 3,988 | — |
1659 | 4,088 | +2.5% |
1821 | 261,865 | +6305.7% |
1831 | 304,468 | +16.3% |
1841 | 312,956 | +2.8% |
1851 | 255,661 | −18.3% |
1861 | 238,500 | −6.7% |
1871 | 215,766 | −9.5% |
1881 | 197,719 | −8.4% |
1891 | 171,401 | −13.3% |
1901 | 150,567 | −12.2% |
1911 | 142,665 | −5.2% |
1926 | 132,792 | −6.9% |
1937 | 127,586 | −3.9% |
1951 | 132,082 | +3.5% |
1961 | 133,919 | +1.4% |
1966 | 136,040 | +1.6% |
1971 | 139,073 | +2.2% |
1981 | 150,729 | +8.4% |
1991 | 156,284 | +3.7% |
2001 | 164,235 | +5.1% |
2011 | 177,986 | +8.4% |
2021 | 188,383 | +5.8% |
[8][9][10][11][12][13] |
Historically Tyrone (then Tír Eoghain or Tirowen) was much larger in size, stretching as far north as
In 1608 during
Geography
With an area of 3,266 square kilometres (1,261 sq mi), Tyrone is the largest county in Northern Ireland. The flat peatlands of East Tyrone border the shoreline of the largest lake in the British Isles,
Tyrone is connected by land to the counties of Fermanagh to the southwest; Monaghan to the south; Armagh to the southeast; Londonderry to the north; and Donegal to the west. Across Lough Neagh to the east, it borders County Antrim. It is the eighth largest of Ireland's thirty-two counties by area and tenth largest by population.[16] It is the second largest of Ulster's nine traditional counties by area and fourth largest by population.[17]
Administration
The county was administered by Tyrone County Council from 1899 until the abolition of county councils in Northern Ireland in 1973.[18]
Demography
It is one of four
Religion or religion brought up in | Number | % |
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Catholic | 125,251 | 66.49% |
Protestant and Other Christian | 54,407 | 28.88% |
Other religions | 1,251 | 0.66% |
None (no religion) | 7,474 | 3.97% |
Total | 188,383 | 100.00% |
National identity | Number | (%) |
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Irish only | 78,291 | 41.6% |
British only | 39,551 | 21.0% |
Northern Irish only | 38,698 | 20.5% |
British and Northern Irish only | 8,197 | 4.4% |
Irish and Northern Irish only | 3,853 | 2.1% |
British, Irish and Northern Irish only | 1,175 | 0.6% |
British and Irish only | 737 | 0.4% |
Other identity | 17,881 | 9.5% |
Total | 188,383 | 100.0% |
All Irish identities | 84,562 | 44.9% |
All British identities | 50,768 | 27.0% |
All Northern Irish identities | 52,667 | 28.0% |
Settlements
Large towns
(population of 18,000 or more and under 75,000 at 2021 Census)[24]
Medium towns
(population of 10,000 or more and under 18,000 at 2021 Census)[24]
Small towns
(population of 4,500 or more and under 10,000 at 2021 Census)[25]
Intermediate settlements
(population of 2,250 or more and under 4,500 at 2021 Census)[24]
Villages
(population of 1,000 or more and under 2,250 at 2001 Census)[25]
Small villages
(population of less than 1,000 at 2001 Census)[25]
- Altamuskin
- Altmore
- Ardstraw
- Artigarvan
- Augher
- Aughnacloy
- Ballygawley
- Ballymagorry
- Benburb
- Beragh
- Bready
- Brockagh
- Caledon
- Clady
- Clogher
- Clonoe
- Coagh
- Derryloughan
- Derrytresk
- Donaghmore
- Donemana
- Drumquin
- Edenderry
- Eglish
- Erganagh
- Eskra
- Evish
- Glenmornan
- Gortin
- Greencastle
- Killyclogher
- Loughmacrory
- Kildress
- Plumbridge
- Pomeroy
- Rock
- Stewartstown
- Tamnamore
- Trillick
- Tullyhogue
- Victoria Bridge
Subdivisions
Baronies
- Clogher
- Dungannon Lower
- Dungannon Middle
- Dungannon Upper
- Omagh East
- Omagh West
- Strabane Lower
- Strabane Upper
Parishes
Townlands
Future railway revival
There is the possibility of the line being reopened to Dungannon railway station from Portadown.[26]
Sport
Major sports in Tyrone include Gaelic games, association football, rugby union and cricket:
- Gaelic football is more widely played than hurling in Tyrone. The Tyrone GAA football side has had considerable success since 2000, winning four All Ireland titles (in 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2021). They have also won sixteen Ulster titles (1956, 1957, 1973, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017 and 2021)[27] and two National League titles (in 2002[28] and 2003[29]).
- Association football also has a large following in Tyrone. Omagh Town F.C. were members of the Irish Football League until they folded in 2005 due to financial problems. Dungannon Swifts F.C. compete in the NIFL Premiership – the top division. Other teams include NIFL Championship side Dergview F.C.
- Rugby union is very popular in the county. Dungannon RFC, Omagh Academicals RFC and Clogher Valley RFC play in the All-Ireland League. Other teams include Cookstown RFC and Strabane RFC.
- International Scotland in a series of T20I matches in June 2015.[30][31] It was selected as a venue to host matches in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[32]
Notable people
- Philomena Begley, Irish country music singer
- seventh Governor of Nebraska[33]
- Paul Brady, musician
- Conor Bradley, footballer
- Colin Broderick, Author and Filmographer.
- William Burke (1792–1829), grave robber and murderer
- All IrelandTyrone captain
- William Carleton (1794–1869), writer
- Chipzel, musician
- Darren Clarke, professional golfer
- Tom Clarke, Irish Republican and leader of the 1916 Easter Rising
- Jimmy Cricket, comedian
- Sidney Elisabeth Croskery, doctor[34]
- SDLP; Member of Parliament (MP) and later Teachta Dála(TD)
- The X Factor(UK)
- Ryan Dolan, Ireland representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
- Brian Dooher, former captain of the Tyrone senior football team
- Hugo Duncan, singer and broadcaster on BBC Radio Ulster
- John Dunlap (1747–1812), publisher of the first American daily newspaper the Pennsylvania Packet in 1784, also the printer of the American Declaration of Independence
- Brian Friel, dramatist and theatre director
- Sylvia Hermon, Member of Parliament for North Down, born in Galbally, County Tyrone
- Aaron Hughes, captain of the Northern Ireland football team
- Roman Catholic Diocese of New York[35]
- Martin Hurson, Irish Republican
- Ryan Kelly, singer with Celtic Thunder[36]
- Benedict Kiely (1919–2007), writer and broadcaster
- Conor McKenna, AFL Player for the Brisbane Lions
- University of Ulster; Senior Vice President, Royal Irish Academy[37]
- William McMaster (1811–1887), founder of Canadian Bank of Commerce and namesake of McMaster University
- Typhoid Mary
- W. F. Marshall(1888–1954), the 'Bard of Tyrone', Presbyterian minister, author and poet
- Bank of New York Mellon
- Sister Nivedita (1867–1911), Irish social activist
- Flann O'Brien (1911–1966), writer
- Dominic Ó Mongain (c.1715–1770s), poet and harpist
- harpist
- Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone (Aodh Mór Ó Néill) (c.1550–1616), Irish leader during the Nine Years' War
- Thomas Porter, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Martha M. Simpson (1864–1948), educationalist
- Victor Sloan, visual artist
- Ivan Sproule, football player for Bristol City F.C.
- world snooker champion
- John K. Tener, former baseball player and Governor of Pennsylvania. Creator of Congressional Baseball Game.
See also
- Abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland (County Tyrone)
- High Sheriff of Tyrone
- List of civil parishes of County Tyrone
- List of places in County Tyrone
- List of townlands in County Tyrone
- Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone
- Ulster American Folk Park
- The Moorlough Shore
References
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Further reading
- Joost, Augusteijn (ed.) (1920s). The Memoirs of John M. Regan, a Catholic Officer in the RIC and RUC, 1909–48. Co. Tyrone. ISBN 978-1-84682-069-4.
- McNeill, I. (2010). The Flora of County Tyrone. National Museums of Northern Ireland. ISBN 978-1-905989-17-1