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===Middle Ages=== [[Vikings]] arrived at Lifford in AD 832 and maintained a presence on the Foyle until AD 863 when they were expelled by [[Áed Findliath]]. The regional seat of power was to be the Grianán Aileach until 1101, when it was destroyed by the [[O'Brien dynasty|O'Briens of Thomond]], and was then moved to Urney, three miles outside Strabane. In 1243, the seat of power for all Tyrone and the O'Neill dynasty was moved to [[Cookstown]]. It was during this epoch, in AD 1231, that [[Franciscans|Franciscan friars]] established a religious foundation on what is now the old graveyard at St. Patrick's Street, Strabane.<ref name="worldcat.org"/>
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