Ballygawley, County Tyrone
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Ballygawley (Irish: Baile Uí Dhálaigh) is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated about 21 kilometres southwest of Dungannon and to the north of the intersection of the A5 Omagh to Monaghan and the A4 Dungannon to Enniskillen roads.
It is a compact village focused in an ‘L’ shape along Main Street and Church Street, with a second cluster of development to the southwest. The main cluster contains the majority of the village’s facilities, including two primary schools, a number of churches and a range of shops and services. The cluster of development to the southwest contains a secondary level school and housing. It had a population of 642 people in the 2001 Census.
Schools in the village include St. Ciaran's High School, St. Mary's Primary School and the Richmond Primary School. It also lies within the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area.
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[edit] History
[edit] The Troubles
For more information see The Troubles in Ballygawley, which includes a list of incidents in Ballygawley during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities.
[edit] People
- Mickey Harte, the Gaelic football manager who led Tyrone to All Ireland gory in 2003 was born in Ballygawley in 1952 ([1]).
- Ballygawley is located near the ancestral homestead of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States on his mother's side.
[edit] Transport
- Ballygawley railway station (on the narrow gauge Clogher Valley Railway) opened on 2 May 1887, but finally closed on 1 January 1942.[1]
[edit] Education
- Richmond Primary School
- St. Mary's Primary School
- St. Ciaran's High School
[edit] Sport
- Errigal Ciarán GAC is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.
[edit] 2001 Census
Ballygawley is classified as a Small Village or Hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 500 and 1,000 people). In the 2001 census (29 April 2001) there were 642 people living in Ballygawley. Of these:
- 26.7% were aged under 16 years and 19.3% were aged 60 and over
- 45.8% of the population were male and 54.2% were female
- 82.1% were from a Catholic background and 17.5% were from a Protestant background
- 4.0% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed
For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service
[edit] References
- ^ Ballygawley station. Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved on 2007-09-10.
[edit] Sources
- Dungannon & South Tyrone Area Plan 2010 (missing publisher, year of publication, ISBN #)
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