Editing Cookstown (section)

==Places of interest==
*[[Ardboe High Cross|Ardboe High Cross and Abbey]] (''{{lang|ga|Seanchrois Ard Bó agus Ministir Naomh Colmán}}''), one of the best examples of a 9th/10th century [[High cross]] in Ireland, is {{convert|10|mi|km|abbr=on}} from Cookstown. It forms the only remaining part of an early monastery on the site.<ref name="IC">{{cite book | editor-last=O'Neill |editor-first=B. | year=2002 |title=Irish Cathedrals, Churches and Abbeys | publisher=Caxton Editions | location=London | page=63}}</ref>

*Other ancient sites nearby include [[Beaghmore]] [[stone circle]]s<ref>{{cite web | title=Beaghmore Stone Circle Complex | work=Megalithics | url=http://www.megalithics.com/ireland/beagmore/beagmain.htm | access-date=1 December 2007}}</ref> and [[Tullyhogue Fort]] (beside the village of [[Tullyhogue]]), the [[inauguration]] [[Royal sites of Ireland|site]] of the chiefs of Tyrone (Tir Eogain), the O'Neills.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/Tullaghoge-Fort-Cookstown-P2950 |publisher=Discover Northern Ireland|title=Tullaghoge Fort|access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref>

*The Donaghrisk walled cemetery to the southwest of (and clearly visible from) the fort is the resting place of the O'Hagans, the chief justices of Tyrone (and as such, they presided over the inauguration ceremonies of the O'Neills).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=himFujO3kxU|title=Donaghrisk Churchyard, Cookstown, Co Tyrone|publisher=YouTube| access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref>

*[[Lissan House]] lies on the outskirts of Cookstown. It is a large structure which was the home of the Staples family for 350 years.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tJOV69cOKfUC&pg=PA437|page=437|title=The Companion Guide to Ireland|first= Brendan |last=Lehane|year= 2001|publisher=Companion Guides|isbn=978-1900639347}}</ref>

*[[Killymoon Castle]] is about {{convert|1|mi|km|1|abbr=on}} south east of Cookstown. This structure is regarded as one of Cookstown's finest pieces of architectural heritage.{{fact|date=December 2022}} It was built in just over a year at a cost of £80,000 and was [[John Nash (architect)|Nash]]'s first Irish commission.<ref>{{cite web | title=Killymoon Castle | work=The Chrono Centre - Queens University Belfast | url=http://www.chrono.qub.ac.uk/local/tyrone/Killymoon/ | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110718135046/http://www.chrono.qub.ac.uk/local/tyrone/Killymoon/ | archivedate = 18 July 2011 }}</ref>

[[File:Gortalowry House, Cookstown - geograph.org.uk - 1622791.jpg|thumb|Gortalowry House]]
*Drum Manor, approximately {{convert|5|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} from the town. Alexander Richardson, a burgess from Edinburgh, Scotland, bought the estate of Craigbalk in 1617 and built Drum Manor, which was also known Manor Richardson.<ref name="Alex">[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ricksmith61/richardson/ps20/ps20_426.html Alexander Richardson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103174539/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ricksmith61/richardson/ps20/ps20_426.html |date=3 November 2012 }}, founder of the Drum estate. Ancestry.com user page.</ref> Alexander's son Sir William Richardson left it to his second son, Alexander, from which the Richardsons of Drum descend.<ref name="Alex"/> Sir William's third son, William, who inherited lands near [[Augher]], obtained a lease for lands in the townland of Tullyreavy on the Drum Manor estate, where he built a house by the lake known as Oaklands.<ref name="Alex"/>
[[File:St Lauren's Parish Church, Cookstown - geograph.org.uk - 114801.jpg|thumb|St Luaran's Church]]

*St Luaran's [[Church of Ireland]] church is on Church Street.<ref>{{cite web| title=St Luaran's Church| work=Cookstown Parish| url=http://www.cookstownparish.com/2010/08/st-luarans-church/| accessdate=19 December 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613041822/http://www.cookstownparish.com/2010/08/st-luarans-church/| archive-date=13 June 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Cookstown - geograph.org.uk - 108493.jpg|thumb|Church of the Holy Trinity]]

*[[James Joseph McCarthy]]'s [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] church, dedicated to the [[Holy Trinity]], was constructed between 1855 and 1860 with a tower and spire at the east end.<ref name=trinity/> 
*Derryloran Old Cemetery<ref>{{Cite web |title=Derryloran Old Church Cookstown |url=https://www.mycookstown.com/district-guide/item/6/derryloran-old-church- |website=My Cookstown}}</ref> is a historic site of interest, located on the Sandholes Road on the outskirts of the town, which features an old graveyard and churchyard dating back to the 17th Century.