Editing Castlederg (section)

{{Short description|Town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland}}
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{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Castlederg
| irish_name = Caisleán na Deirge
| scots_name = 
| local_name = 
| static_image_name = Castlederg Town Centre - geograph.org.uk - 371674.jpg
| static_image_caption = The Diamond, Castlederg
| map_type = Northern Ireland
| coordinates = {{coord|54.7083|-7.5934|display=inline,title}}
| belfast_distance = 85 miles
| population = 2,980
| population_ref = (2021 Census)<ref>{{cite web |title=Settlement 2015 |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000619 |website=NISRA |access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref>
| irish_grid_reference = H262845
| unitary_northern_ireland = [[Derry City and Strabane District Council|Derry City and Strabane]]
| country = Northern Ireland
| historic_county = 
| post_town = CASTLEDERG
| postcode_area = BT
| postcode_district = BT81
| dial_code = 028
| constituency_westminster = [[West Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|West Tyrone]]
| constituency_ni_assembly = [[West Tyrone (Assembly constituency)|West Tyrone]]
| lieutenancy_northern_ireland = [[County Tyrone]]
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'''Castlederg''' (earlier Caslanadergy, {{Irish derived place name|Caisleán na Deirge|castle on the Derg}})<ref>{{cite web | title=Castlederg| work=Place Names NI| url=http://www.placenamesni.org/historicforms.php?getPnameId=2935 | access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref> is a town in [[County Tyrone]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It lies on the [[River Derg]] and is near the border with [[County Donegal]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It stands in the [[townland]]s of [[Castlesessagh]] and [[Churchtown, County Tyrone|Churchtown]],<ref name="CI">{{cite web| title=Census of Ireland 1891| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/18814/eppi_pages/505483| access-date=22 March 2013| archive-date=27 June 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627134443/http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/18814/eppi_pages/505483| url-status=dead}}</ref> in the historic [[Barony (geographic)|barony]] of [[Omagh West]] and the [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of [[Urney, County Tyrone|Urney]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Townlands of County Tyrone| work=IreAtlas Townland Database| url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/ | access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref> The village has a ruined [[Derg Castle|castle]] and two ancient tombs known as the Druid's Altar and Todd's Den. It had a population of 2,980 people at the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]].<ref name="2021 pop"/>

The village hosts some of the district's key events each year, including the Derg Vintage Rally, Dergfest music festival, Red River Festival and the traditional Apple Fair.

Castlederg was a traveller's stop along the ancient pilgrimage route to Station Island on [[Lough Derg (Donegal)|Lough Derg]]. The town boasts ancient ruins and monastic settlements.