Editing Cookstown (section)

==Notable people==
'''Arts'''
* [[Jimmy Cricket]] - comedian<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/cookstown-born-comic-jimmy-cricket-awarded-knighthood-by-the-pope-2567335|title=Cookstown-born comic Jimmy Cricket awarded knighthood by the Pope|date=19 September 2015|newspaper=Northern Ireland World|access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Nick Laird]] - poet and novelist<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tyronecourier.co.uk/news/2019/05/14/gallery/cookstown-poet-a-queen-s-professor-4443/|title=Cookstown poet a Queen's Professor|newspaper=Tyrone Courier|date=14 May 2019|access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Eamonn McCrystal]] - singer and broadcaster<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last= McGurk|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/cookstown-singer-eamonn-mccrystal-set-for-stardom-in-us-16206400.html |title=Cookstown singer Eamonn McCrystal set for stardom in US|newspaper=[[Belfast Telegraph]]|date=4 September 2012|access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Owen O'Neill]] - writer, actor, director, and comedian<ref>{{cite web|last=O'Neill|first=Emma|title=Owen O'Neill is Cookstown's Comedy King|url=http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/1742/owen-o-neill-is-cookstown-s-comedy-king|publisher=CultureNorthernIreland|accessdate=1 October 2013|date=5 September 2009}}</ref>
* [[Oliver Sheppard]] (1865-1941) - sculptor, born in Cookstown<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/sheppard-oliver-a8035|title=Sheppard, Oliver|publisher=Dictionary of Irish Biography|access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Jonathan Swift]] - stayed at Loughry Manor as a guest of the Lindsay family while writing ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' (published in 1726)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CbQMAQAAMAAJ|title=Ireland|page=123|first=Rosemary|last= Evans|year=1994|publisher=Moorland|isbn=978-1564404770}}</ref>
* Lias Saoudi - [[Fat White Family]] musician, grew up in Cookstown<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.loudandquiet.com/short/how-fat-white-familys-lias-saoudi-studied-his-way-out-of-a-town-he-hated/|title=How Fat White Family's studied his way out of a town he hated|date=9 April 2019|website=Loud and Quiet| access-date=10 December 2022}}</ref>

'''Business'''

* [[Finbarr O'Neill (businessman)|Finbarr O'Neill]] - former CEO of [[J.D. Power]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maynard |first=Micheline |date=2001-06-17 |title=Private Sector; To the Rescue, Quietly, at Hyundai |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/17/business/private-sector-to-the-rescue-quietly-at-hyundai.html |access-date=2022-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

'''Sport'''
*[[Kenny Acheson]] - racing driver
*[[David Ames (field hockey)|David Ames]] - Olympian 2016, 2020 and 2024 (Captain), [[Great Britain men's national field hockey team|Great Britain]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZXzhYurVeI|title=My Journey: David Ames|publisher=YouTube| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[Jackie Burns (footballer, born 1997)|Jackie Burns]] - footballer, [[Northern Ireland women's national football team]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cookstownhighschool.org/news/jacqueline-gets-gold/|title=Jacqueline gets gold|date=6 June 2014|publisher=Cookstown High School| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Stuart Dallas]] - footballer, [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland Team]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stuart Dallas |url=https://www.irishfa.com/ifa-international/squads/senior-men/stuart-dallas |access-date=11 April 2021 |website=irishfa.com |publisher=Irish Football Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414055851/https://www.irishfa.com/ifa-international/squads/senior-men/stuart-dallas |archive-date=14 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[Terry Devlin]] - footballer, EFL League One, [[Portsmouth F.C.]]<ref>{{cite news|author=Niall Gartland|title=Terry Devlin – from Cookstown to Pompey|url=https://wearetyrone.com/sport/terry-devlin-from-cookstown-to-pompey/|date=28 July 2023|work=WeAreTyrone|access-date=26 September 2023}}</ref>
* [[Aaron Hughes]] - footballer, [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland Team]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iYVJBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT126|title=The Little Book of Tyrone|first= Cathal|last= Coyle|year=2014|publisher=History Press|isbn=978-0750962841|page=126}}</ref>
* [[Owen Mulligan]] - [[Tyrone GAA]] footballer<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishnews.com/paywall/tsb/irishnews/irishnews/irishnews/sport/gaafootball/2021/09/28/news/mulligan-ready-to-keep-working-to-bring-more-success-to-tyrone-2460105/content.html|title=Mulligan ready to keep working to bring more success to Tyrone|date=28 September 2021|newspaper=The Irish News| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[Ian Sloan (field hockey)|Ian Sloan]] - 2016 and 2020 Olympian, [[Great Britain men's national field hockey team|Great Britain]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/sport/ian-sloan-eyes-great-britain-coaching-job-as-he-makes-early-plans-for-life-after-fruitful-playing-career-39804390.html|title=Ian Sloan eyes Great Britain coaching job as he makes early plans for life after fruitful playing career|date=3 December 2020|publisher=The Belfast Telegraph| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[Martin Sloan]] - field hockey, [[Ireland men's national field hockey team]] captain of [[1990 Men's Hockey World Cup]] team<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.northernirelandworld.com/sport/cookstown-hockey-stars-show-their-class-at-masters-tournament-2622234|title=Cookstown hockey stars show their class at Masters tournament|date=23 September 2014| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>

'''Politics'''
* [[William Craig (Northern Ireland politician)|William Craig]] - politician, founder of [[Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party|Ulster Vanguard]], born in Cookstown<ref>[http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html "Biographies of all Members of Parliament in the Northern Ireland House of Commons"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226144802/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html |date=26 February 2019 }}, Election Demon</ref>
* [[Bernadette Devlin]] - Republican Socialist political activist, raised in a small housing estate called Rathbeg<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/bernadette-mcaliskey-i-am-astounded-i-survived-i-made-mad-decisions-1.2798293|title=People: Bernadette McAliskey: 'I am astounded I survived. I made mad decisions'|date=22 September 2016|newspaper=The Irish Times| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
[[Image:Mary Mallon in hospital.jpg|thumb|Mallon (foreground) in a hospital bed]]
'''Medical'''
* Major-General Sir [[Richard Havelock Charles]], 1st Baronet (1858–1934) - medical doctor, [[Serjeant Surgeon]] to [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/charles-sir-richard-havelock-a1617|title=Charles, Sir (Richard) Havelock|publisher=Dictionary of Irish Biography| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Mary Mallon]], aka [[Typhoid Mary]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/typhoid-mary|title=On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone|date=23 September 2022|newspaper=Irish Central| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>