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| Tyrone Contae Thír Eoghain | ||
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| Province: | Ulster | |
| County seat: | Omagh | |
| Area: | 3,155 km² (1,218 sq mi) | |
| Population (est.) | 166,516 (2001 census)http://www.cookstown.gov.uk/Development/InformationSheetsEtc/EcDevLiterature/Socio-EconomicProfile/Population.pdf | |
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 historic counties of Northern Ireland to presently have a majority of the population from a Catholic community background, according to the 2001 census.
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Tyrone is split into four districts:
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.
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)The Tyrone GAA team have won the Ulster Senior Championship on eight occassions before the turn of the century 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.
| Counties and cities of Northern Ireland | |
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| Counties |
Antrim · Armagh · Down · Fermanagh · Londonderry · Tyrone |
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| Counties of Ireland | |
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| Connacht |
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| Munster |
Clare · Cork (Cork City) · Kerry · Limerick (Limerick City) · Tipperary (North Tipperary • South Tipperary) · Waterford (Waterford City) |
| Leinster |
Carlow · Dublin (Dublin City • Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown • Fingal • South Dublin) · Kildare · Kilkenny · Laois · Longford · Louth · Meath · Offaly · Westmeath · Wexford · Wicklow |
| Ulster |
Cavan · Donegal · Monaghan · Antrim · Armagh · Down · Fermanagh · Londonderry · Tyrone |
| Italics denote non-administrative counties · (Parentheses) denote eponymous cities or non-traditional counties | |
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