Editing Strabane (section)

===Seventeenth century===
The town was settled by Scottish families in the 1600s, an action that preceded the [[Plantation of Ulster]]. In 1608, during [[O'Doherty's Rebellion]], most of the inhabitants fled to the safety of the fort of [[Lifford]] following Sir [[Cahir O'Doherty]]'s [[Burning of Derry]] and Burning of Strabane.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gf0kwdkfjPQC&pg=PA2|title=Overlooking the River Mourne: Four Centuries of Family Farms in Edymore and Cavanalee in County Tyrone|first= Michael |last=Cox|year= 2006|page=2|publisher=Ulster Historical Foundation|isbn=978-1903688441}}</ref>