Rock, County Tyrone
54°35′31″N 6°50′06″W / 54.592°N 6.835°W
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Rock (from Irish Carraig)[1] is a small village in east County Tyrone, Northern Ireland located approximately 5 miles south-west of Cookstown. The village and surrounding area is located mainly within the parish of Desertcreat.
Sport
Rock St. Patrick's GAC is the local Gaelic Athletic Association
club.
The club has won the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship on three occasions (2007, 2014 and 2016).
Education
- Sacred Heart Primary School
History
The village name was recorded originally as Baile na Carraige.[2] A stone quarry later operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A Mass rock exists in Tullyodonnell, half a mile from the village.
Notable people
- Ellen Beck (1858–1924), Irish poet and writer
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rock, County Tyrone.
- List of villages in Northern Ireland
- List of towns in Northern Ireland
- The Troubles in Rock, County Tyrone
References
- ^ "An Charraig/Rock". Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ "The Plantation Era, Donaghmore Parish". 20 December 2013.