Stewartstown, County Tyrone

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Stewartstown
Irish: An Chraobh
Looking north towards the main street.
Stewartstown shown within Northern Ireland
Population	608 (2001 Census)
Irish grid reference	H8570
District	Cookstown
County	County Tyrone
Constituent country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DUNGANNON
Postcode district	BT71
Dialling code	028
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
European Parliament	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	Mid Ulster
NI Assembly	Mid Ulster
List of places: UK • Northern Ireland • Tyrone

Coordinates: 54°35′N 6°40′W / 54.58, -6.67

Stewartstown (Irish: An Chraobh, the branch/the tree) is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, close to Lough Neagh and about 5 miles from Cookstown, 3 miles from Coalisland and 7 miles from Dungannon. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 608 people.

1 Places of interest
2 Amenities
3 History
- 3.1 The Troubles
4 Townlands
5 Education
6 Sport
7 Transport
8 2001 Census
9 References
10 See also

[edit] Places of interest

Roughan Castle was built about 1618 by Andrew Stewart, eldest son of Andrew Stewart the third Lord Ochiltree, Lord Castlestewart who came from Scotland during the plantation and established the nearby town of Stewartstown. Andrew Stewart junior built his castle overlooking Roughan Lough. It is a small square castle, three storeys high with a central tower 20 feet square, flanked by thick rounded towers at each corner.

[edit] Amenities

Stewartstown has a surgery which serves nearby areas; such as Ardboe, Coalisland, Clonoe and Newmills.

[edit] History

[edit] The Troubles

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

[edit] Townlands

Ballygittle (meaning "land of the rushes" in native Irish) is a townland in the parish of Stewartstown.

Ballygittle is a petit hamlet area on the far side of Coalisland leading to Stewartstown. The land is dominated by two native families, The Donnellys and The Campbells (who alone make up 45% of the population). The townland includes Drumcairne Forest and Stewart Hall and is deeply rooted in the historical element of ancient Irish times.

[edit] Education

Ballytrea Primary School
St. Mary's Primary School
Stewartstown Primary School

[edit] Sport

Stewartstown Harps is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.

[edit] Transport

Stewartstown railway station opened on 28 July 1879, closed for passenger traffic on 16 January 1956 and finally closed altogether on 1 June 1958.^[1]

[edit] 2001 Census

Stewartstown is classified as a small village or hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 608 people living in Stewartstown. Of these:

25.3% were aged under 16 years and 14.8% were aged 60 and over
46.7% of the population were male and 53.3% were female
72.9% were from a Catholic background and 26.2% were from a Protestant background
5.1% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service