Cappagh

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Cappagh (from the Irish: Ceapach meaning "tillage plot") is a small village in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. It is situated between Pomeroy and Ballygawley, while the small village of Galbally is about one mile away. Most of the land around Cappagh is farmland while a quarry is situated just outside the village.

1 Places of interest
2 The Troubles
3 People
4 See also
5 Links

[edit] Places of interest

Cappagh Mountain - The village is located on a hillside and immediately behind it stands Cappagh Mountain (948Ft). The area around Cappagh has fine mountain scenery where the land is a mixture of rural pastures and bog. These bog and peat lands still provide turf for the older generation of the area.
Travelling towards Altmore on the right hand side of the road is King James's Well. A little further on was once a small house that occupied some of the finest miniature model houses and castles in Northern Ireland.
Cappagh Monument - In the middle of the village is a monument to local people who died during The Troubles. It features a stone figure of a soldier, in front of a number of stone plaques commemorating various aspects of the conflict, such as the hunger strike of 1981, local Republicans who died. The focal point is the plaque for the "Loughgall Martyrs" - who were eight men who died in one incident during the conflict. Four from the area of Cappagh itself.
Old School - A single building inscribed with ‘old school’ is situated away from the main road. Now converted into a home, it catered for the education needs for children of the surrounding area during the 1930s and 1940s.

[edit] The Troubles

For more information see The Troubles in Cappagh, which includes a list of incidents in Cappagh during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities.

[edit] People

Thomas Mellon: US industrialist born nearby.
Robert Patterson: US soldier and industrialist
Martin Hurson: PIRA gunman who died on the 1981 Hunger Strike in Long Kesh prison.