County Tyrone

County Tyrone (Irish: Tír Eoghain) is a county in Northern Ireland.

Towns and villages

54°35′50″N 7°7′12″W

Map of County Tyrone

Towns

54.647-6.7451 Cookstown (An Chorr Chríochach) - Famous for its long and wide main street and the scenic Sperrin mountains
54.5-6.772 Dungannon (Dún Geanainn, "Geanann's stronghold") - and The Argory an atmospheric Irish gentry house
54.598-7.3093 Omagh (An Ómaigh, "the virgin plain") - nearby is the Ulster American Folk Park
54.83-7.474 Strabane (An Srath Bán, "the white strath") - where John Dunlap (printer of the United States Declaration of Independence) learnt the printing trade.
54.542-6.6945 Coalisland (Oileán an Ghuail)

Villages

54.433-7.156 Augher (Eochair, "edge/border")
54.7083-7.59347 Castlederg (Caisleán na Deirge, "castle on the Derg")
54.71-7.238 Gortin (an Goirtín, "the small enclosed field")
54.716667-7.49 Newtownstewart
54.59-6.9310 Pomeroy (Cabhán a' Chaorthainn)
54.78535-7.4742711 Sion Mills (Muileann an tSiáin)
54.623-6.51412 Ardboe (Ard Bó, "height of the cows")

Get in

There are regular buses from Belfast, Derry and Enniskillen but no train services into the area. The M1 from Belfast for the south of the county, the M2 from Belfast to the north of the county.

Get around

Car is the most convenient but there are some [http://www.translink.co.uk/ Ulterbus services covering the area.

Go next

North to County Londonderry
South West to County Fermanagh
South East to County Armagh
South to County Monaghan, Ireland
West to County Donegal, Ireland

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