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Dungannon
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Dungannon (, ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the second-largest town in the historic county (after Omagh) and had a population of 16,282 at the 2021 Census. Since 2015, the town shares local government with Magherafelt and Cookstown in the Mid-Ulster District Council.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Dungannon
- UK place.irish_name
- Dún Geanainn
- UK place.static_image_name
- Church of St Patrick, Dungannon - geograph.org.uk - 112576.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Patrick's Roman Catholic church
- UK place.map_type
- Ireland
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Mid-Ulster
- UK place.static_image_2_name
- Dungannon Coat of Arms v2.png
- UK place.static_image_2_width
- 100px
- UK place.static_image_2_caption
- Dungannon Coat of Arms
- UK place.population
- 16,282
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.irish_grid_reference
- H7962
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- DUNGANNON
- UK place.postcode_area
- BT
- UK place.postcode_district
- BT70, BT71
- UK place.dial_code
- 028
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Fermanagh and South Tyrone
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Encyclopedic overview
39 sectionsContents
- History
- 17th Century
- The O'Neills
- Plantation town
- 18th Century
- Volunteer conventions
- Orangemen and United men
- 19th century
- Linen
- The Workhouse
- Tenant agitation
- Twentieth Century
- Unionist-Nationalist division
- Housing and civil rights protest
- The Troubles
- Survey of the town, 1971
- 21st century, new immigrant population
- Demography
- 2011 census
- 2021 census
- Places of interest
- Geography
- Townlands
- Economy
- Schools
- Transport
- Former railways
- Notable people
- Sport
- Cricket
- Football
- Gaelic games
- Greyhound racing
- Rugby
- Other sports
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Dungannon (, ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the second-largest town in the historic county (after Omagh) and had a population of 16,282 at the 2021 Census. Since 2015, the town shares local government with Magherafelt and Cookstown in the Mid-Ulster District Council.
For centuries, Dungannon was the 'capital' of the O'Neill dynasty of Tír Eoghain, who dominated most of Ulster and built a castle on the hill. After the O'Neills' defeat in the Nine Years' War, the English founded a plantation town on the site. A linen centre in the 19th century, it attracted an extensive food processing industry in the late 20th. Moy Park, a leading poultry producer, is today the town's largest employer. As a result of May Park and other processors sourcing immigrant labour, Dungannon currently has the highest percentage of residents born outside of the British Isles of any town in Northern Ireland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dungannon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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