Editing County Tyrone

{{Short description|County in Northern Ireland}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = County Tyrone
| official_name      = 
| native_name        = {{native name|ga|Contae Thír Eoghain}}<br />  {{lang|sco|Coontie Owenslann}} ([[Ulster Scots dialect|Ulster-Scots]])
| settlement_type    = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
| image_shield       = Tyrone arms.svg
| shield_size        = 110px
| nickname           = The [[Red Hand of Ulster|Red Hand]] County
| motto              = {{native name|la|Consilio et Prudentia}}<br />"By Wisdom and Prudence"
| image_map          = Island of Ireland location map Tyrone.svg
| area_total_sq_mi   = 1261
| area_rank          = [[List of Irish counties by area|8th]]
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="census1971summary">{{cite book |author=Northern Ireland General Register Office |title=Census of Population 1971; Summary Tables |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/sites/nisra.gov.uk/files/publications/1971-census-summary-tables.pdf#page=21 |format=PDF |location=Belfast |publisher=HMSO |access-date=28 August 2019 |page=1 |chapter=Table 1: Area, Buildings for Habitation and Population, 1971 |date=1975 |archive-date=23 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723205332/https://www.nisra.gov.uk/sites/nisra.gov.uk/files/publications/1971-census-summary-tables.pdf#page=21 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| seat_type          = [[County town#Historic counties of Northern Ireland|County town]]
| seat               = [[Omagh]]
| population         = 188383
| population_rank    = [[List of Irish counties by population|11th]]<ref name="religion brought up in">{{cite web |title=Religion or religion brought up in |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=RELIGION_BELONG_TO_OR_BROUGHT_UP_IN_DVO&%7ECOUNTY_NI=6 |website=NISRA |access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref>
| population_as_of   = 2021
| subdivision_type   = [[sovereign state|Country]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Ulster]]
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| elevation_max_m    = 678
| elevation_max_point = [[Sawel Mountain]]
| timezone           = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
| utc_offset         = ±0
| timezone_DST       = [[British Summer Time|BST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = +1
| website            =
| postal_code_type   = [[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom|Postcode area]]
| postal_code        = [[BT postcode area|BT]]
| established_date   = 1585
| established_title  = Established
| footnotes          = ''{{lang|ga|Contae Thír Eoghain}}'' is the [[Irish language|Irish]] name; ''{{lang|sco|Countie Tyrone}}'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/annual_report_2010_ulster_scots.pdf |title=North-South Ministerial Council: 2010 Annual Report in Ulster Scots|access-date=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227120523/http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/annual_report_2010_ulster_scots.pdf |archive-date=27 February 2013}}</ref> ''{{lang|sco|Coontie Tyrone}}''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/web_2006_ulster_scots_report.pdf |title=North-South Ministerial Council: 2006 Annual Report in Ulster Scots|access-date=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227120556/http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/web_2006_ulster_scots_report.pdf |archive-date=27 February 2013}}</ref> and ''{{lang|sco|Coontie Owenslann}}''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dungannon.gov.uk/index.cfm/area/Ulsterscotch |title=Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council |publisher=Dungannon.gov.uk |access-date=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408052025/http://www.dungannon.gov.uk/index.cfm/area/Ulsterscotch |archive-date=8 April 2013}}</ref> are [[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster Scots]] spellings (the latter used only by Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council).
| subdivision_name   = [[United Kingdom]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Countries of the United Kingdom|Region]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Northern Ireland]]
}}
'''County Tyrone''' ({{IPAc-en|t|ɪ|'|r|oʊ|n}};<ref>{{cite book|author=[[BBC]]|year=1990|title=BBC pronouncing dictionary of British names|url=https://archive.org/details/bbcpronouncingdi00gepo|location=New York|editor=Graham E. Pointon|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/bbcpronouncingdi00gepo/page/248 248]|edition=2|isbn=0192827456|quote=Tyrone Co. name, ti'roʊn}}</ref> {{Irish derived place name|Tír Eoghain|land of Eoghan}} {{IPA|ga|tʲiːɾʲ ˈoːnʲ|}}) is one of the six [[Counties of Northern Ireland|counties]] of [[Northern Ireland]], one of the nine counties of [[Ulster]] and one of the thirty-two traditional [[Counties of Ireland|counties]] of [[Ireland]]. Its county town is [[Omagh]].

Adjoined to the south-west shore of [[Lough Neagh]], the county covers an area of {{convert|3266|km2||order=flip}},<ref name="census1971summary"/> making it the largest of Northern Ireland's six counties by size, and the second largest county in Ulster after [[County Donegal|Donegal]]. With a population of 188,383 as of the [[2021 United Kingdom census#2021 census for Northern Ireland|2021 census]], Tyrone is the 5th most populous county in both Northern Ireland and Ulster, and the 11th most populous county on the island of Ireland. The county derives its name and general geographic location from [[Tír Eoghain]], a Gaelic kingdom under the [[O'Neill dynasty]] which existed until the 17th century.

==Name==
The name ''Tyrone'' is derived {{etymology|ga|Tír Eoghain|land of [[Eógan mac Néill|Eoghan]]}}, the name given to the conquests made by the [[Cenél nEógain]] from the provinces of [[Airgíalla]] and [[Ulaid]].<ref name="Cosgrove">Art Cosgrove (2008); "A New History of Ireland, Volume II: Medieval Ireland 1169–1534". Oxford University Press.</ref> Historically, it was anglicised as ''Tirowen'' or ''Tyrowen'', which are closer to the Irish pronunciation.

==History==
{{Main|List of Kings of Tír Eógain}}
{{Historical populations
| state = collapsed
|1653|3988
|1659|4088
|1821|261865
|1831|304468
|1841|312956
|1851|255661
|1861|238500
|1871|215766
|1881|197719
|1891|171401
|1901|150567
|1911|142665
|1926|132792
|1937|127586
|1951|132082
|1961|133919
|1966|136040
|1971|139073
|1981|150729
|1991|156284
|2001|164235
|footnote=<ref>For 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy, 14 March 1865.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cso.ie/census |title=Census for post 1821 figures. |publisher=Cso.ie |access-date=18 January 2013 |archive-date=9 March 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309005718/http://www.cso.ie/census/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.histpop.org |title=Histpop.org |publisher=Histpop.org |access-date=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507023856/http://www.histpop.org/ |archive-date=7 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census |title=Nisranews.gov.uk |publisher=Nisranew.nisra.gov.uk |access-date=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217095720/http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census |archive-date=17 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
| last          = Lee
| first         = JJ
| editor-last   = Goldstrom
| editor-first  = J. M.
| editor2-last  = Clarkson
| editor2-first = L. A.
| title         = Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell
| year          = 1981
| publisher     = Clarendon Press
| location      = Oxford, England
| chapter       = On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal
 |last1        = Mokyr
 |first1       = Joel
 |author-link  = Joel Mokyr
 |last2        = O Grada
 |first2       = Cormac
 |title        = New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850
 |journal      = The Economic History Review
 |volume       = 37
 |issue        = 4
 |pages        = 473–488
 |date         = November 1984
 |url          = http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120035880/abstract
 |archive-url  = https://archive.today/20121204160709/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120035880/abstract
 |url-status   = dead
 |archive-date = 4 December 2012
 |doi          = 10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x
 |hdl          = 10197/1406
 |hdl-access   = free
 |access-date  = 3 September 2009
}}</ref>
|2011|177986
|2021|188383||}}

Historically Tyrone (then Tír Eoghain or Tirowen) was much larger in size, stretching as far north as [[Lough Foyle]], and comprised part of modern-day [[County Londonderry]] east of the [[River Foyle]]. The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610 and 1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on natural resources located there. Tyrone was the traditional stronghold of the various O'Neill clans and families, the strongest of the Gaelic Irish families in [[Ulster]], surviving into the seventeenth century. The ancient principality of Tír Eoghain, the inheritance of the O'Neills, included the whole of the present counties of Tyrone and Londonderry, and the four [[Barony (Ireland)|baronies]] of [[West Inishowen]], [[East Inishowen]], [[Raphoe North]] and [[Raphoe South]] in [[County Donegal]].<ref name="LI">{{cite book|last1=Joyce|first1=Patrick Weston|url=http://www.libraryireland.com/Atlas/Tyrone.php|title=Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland|last2=Sullivan|first2=Alexander Martin|last3=Nunan|first3=P. D.|publisher=Murphy and McCarthy|year=1900|access-date=24 February 2009|archive-date=19 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919081550/http://www.libraryireland.com/Atlas/Tyrone.php|url-status=live}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

In 1608 during [[O'Doherty's Rebellion]] areas of the country were plundered and burnt by the forces of Sir [[Cahir O'Doherty]] following his [[Burning of Derry|destruction of Derry]]. However, O'Doherty's men avoided the estates of the recently fled [[Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone|Earl of Tyrone]] around [[Dungannon]], fearing Tyrone's anger if he returned from his exile.<ref>McCavitt, John. ''The Flight of the Earls''. Gill & MacMillan, 2002. p.143-44</ref>

==Geography==
With an area of {{convert|3266|km2|sqmi|order=flip}}, Tyrone is the largest county in Northern Ireland. The flat peatlands of East Tyrone border the shoreline of the largest lake in the British Isles, [[Lough Neagh]], rising gradually across to the more mountainous terrain in the west of the county, the area surrounding the [[Sperrins|Sperrin Mountains]], the highest point being [[Sawel Mountain]] at a height of {{convert|678|m|ft}}. The length of the county, from the mouth of the [[River Blackwater, Northern Ireland|River Blackwater]] at Lough Neagh to the western point near Carrickaduff hill is {{convert|55|mi|km}}. The breadth, from the southern corner, southeast of [[Fivemiletown]], to the northeastern corner near Meenard Mountain is {{convert|37.5|mi|km}}; giving an area of {{convert|1,261|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="LI"/> Annaghone lays claim to be the [[Centre points of the United Kingdom|geographical centre]] of Northern Ireland.

Tyrone is connected by land to the counties of [[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]] to the southwest; [[County Monaghan|Monaghan]] to the south; [[County Armagh|Armagh]] to the southeast; [[County Londonderry|Londonderry]] to the north; and [[County Donegal|Donegal]] to the west. Across Lough Neagh to the east, it borders [[County Antrim]]. It is the eighth largest of Ireland's thirty-two counties by area and tenth largest by population.<ref>{{cite book|first=Eoghan|last=Corry|title=The GAA Book of Lists| publisher=Hodder Headline Ireland|year=2005|pages=186–191|isbn=0-340-89695-7}}</ref> It is the second largest of Ulster's nine traditional counties by area and fourth largest by population.<ref>Marie Veronica Tarpey [https://books.google.com/books?id=PgeWfj_rJtMC&pg=PA22 The role of Joseph McGarrity in the struggle for Irish independence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617130728/https://books.google.com/books?id=PgeWfj_rJtMC&pg=PA22 |date=17 June 2016 }}</ref>

[[File:Blackrock Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 467291.jpg|thumb|Blackrock Bridge near [[Newtownstewart]], carrying the closed [[Great Northern Railway of Ireland|GNR]] mainline that ran through the county]]

== Administration ==
The county was administered by [[Tyrone County Council]] from 1899 until the abolition of county councils in Northern Ireland in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/contents|title=Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972|publisher=Legislation.gov.uk|access-date=29 November 2019|archive-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030152505/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/contents|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Demography==
{{bar box
|title = Religious Background in Tyrone (2021)
|titlebar=#ddd |left1=Religion |right1=Per cent |float=right
|bars =
{{bar percent|[[Catholic]]|DarkOrchid|66.5}}
{{bar percent|[[Protestant]] and Other Christian|Blue|28.9}}
{{bar percent|None|grey|4.0}}
{{bar percent|Other faiths|grey|0.7}}
}}
It is one of four [[Counties of Ireland|counties]] in Northern Ireland which currently has a majority of the population from a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] community background, according to the [[United Kingdom Census 2021|2021 census]].<ref name="NI county religions 2021">{{cite web |title=Religion or religion brought up in |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/viewdata?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=RELIGION_BELONG_TO_OR_BROUGHT_UP_IN_DVO |website=NISRA |access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref> In 1900 County Tyrone had a population of 197,719,<ref name="LI"/> while in 2021 it was 188,383. At the time of the 2021 census, 66.49% were from a Catholic background, 28.88% were from a Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related), 0.66% were from other religions, and 3.97% had no religious background.<ref name="NI county religions 2021"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Religion or religion brought up in (2021 Census)
!Religion or religion brought up in
!Number
!%
|-
|Catholic
|125,251
|66.49%
|-
|Protestant and Other Christian
|54,407
|28.88%
|-
|Other religions 
|1,251
|0.66%
|-
|None (no religion)
|7,474
|3.97%
|-
!Total
!188,383
!100.00%
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+National identity (2021 Census)<ref>{{cite web |title=National Identity (Irish) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=NAT_ID_IRISH_AGG3&%7ECOUNTY_NI=6 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National Identity (British) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=NAT_ID_BRITISH&%7ECOUNTY_NI=6 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National Identity (Northern Irish) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=NAT_ID_NORTHERN_IRISH_AGG3&%7ECOUNTY_NI=6 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National identity (person based) - basic detail (classification 1) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=NAT_ID_BASIC&%7ECOUNTY_NI=6 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref>
!National identity
!Number
!(%)
|-
|Irish only
|78,291
|41.6%
|-
|British only
|39,551
|21.0%
|-
|Northern Irish only
|38,698
|20.5%
|-
|British and Northern Irish only
|8,197
|4.4%
|-
|Irish and Northern Irish only
|3,853
|2.1%
|-
|British, Irish and Northern Irish only
|1,175
|0.6%
|-
|British and Irish only
|737
|0.4%
|-
|Other identity
|17,881
|9.5%
|-
!Total
!188,383
!100.0%
|-
!All Irish identities
!84,562
!44.9%
|-
!All British identities
!50,768
!27.0%
|-
!All Northern Irish identities
!52,667
!28.0%
|}

===Irish language and Ulster Scots===
In the 2021 UK census in County Tyrone:
* 18.44% claim to have some knowledge of the Irish language, whilst 5.84% claim to be able to speak, read, write and understand spoken Irish. 3.62% claim to use Irish daily. 0.38% claim that Irish is their main language.
* 8.15% claim to have some knowledge of Ulster Scots, whilst 0.91% claim to be able to speak, read, write and understand spoken Ulster Scots. 1.26% claim to use Ulster Scots daily.

==Settlements==
{{Main|List of places in County Tyrone}}

===Large towns===
(population of 18,000 or more and under 75,000 at 2021 Census)<ref name="2021 pop">{{cite web |title=Settlement 2015 |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/viewdata?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15 |website=NISRA |access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[Omagh]]

===Medium towns===
(population of 10,000 or more and under 18,000 at 2021 Census)<ref name="2021 pop"/>
*[[Cookstown]]
*[[Dungannon]]
*[[Strabane]]

===Small towns===
(population of 4,500 or more and under 10,000 at 2021 Census)<ref name="NI">{{cite web | title=Statistical classification of settlements | work=NI Neighbourhood Information Service | url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme_towns/statistical%20classification.htm | access-date=23 February 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217122433/http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme_towns/statistical%20classification.htm | archive-date=17 February 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Coalisland]]

===Intermediate settlements===
(population of 2,250 or more and under 4,500 at 2021 Census)<ref name="2021 pop"/>
*[[Castlederg]]

===Villages===
(population of 1,000 or more and under 2,250 at 2001 Census)<ref name="NI"/>
*[[Ardboe]]
*[[Carrickmore]]
*[[Dromore, County Tyrone|Dromore]]
*[[Fintona]]
*[[Fivemiletown]]
*[[Killyclogher]]
*[[Moy, County Tyrone|Moy]]
*[[Newtownstewart]]
*[[Sion Mills]]

===Small villages===
(population of less than 1,000 at 2001 Census)<ref name="NI"/>

{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*[[Altamuskin]]
*[[Altmore]]
*[[Ardstraw]]
*[[Artigarvan]]
*[[Augher]]
*[[Aughnacloy, County Tyrone|Aughnacloy]]
*[[Ballygawley, County Tyrone|Ballygawley]]
*[[Ballymagorry]]
*[[Benburb]]
*[[Beragh]]
*[[Bready]]
*[[Brockagh]]
*[[Caledon, County Tyrone|Caledon]]
*[[Clady, County Tyrone|Clady]]
*[[Clogher]]
*[[Clonoe]]
*[[Coagh]]
*[[Derryloughan, County Tyrone|Derryloughan]]
*[[Derrytresk]]
*[[Donaghmore, County Tyrone|Donaghmore]]
*[[Donemana]]
*[[Drumquin]]
*[[Edenderry, County Tyrone|Edenderry]]
*[[Eglish]]
*[[Erganagh]]
*[[Eskra]]
*[[Evish]]
*[[Glenmornan]]
*[[Gortin]]
*[[Greencastle, County Tyrone|Greencastle]]
*[[Killyclogher]]
*[[Loughmacrory]]
*[[Kildress]]
*[[Plumbridge]]
*[[Pomeroy, County Tyrone|Pomeroy]]
*[[Rock, County Tyrone|Rock]]
*[[Stewartstown, County Tyrone|Stewartstown]]
*[[Tamnamore]]
*[[Trillick]]
*[[Tullyhogue]]
*[[Victoria Bridge, County Tyrone|Victoria Bridge]]
}}

==Subdivisions==
{{Further|Clonaneese}}

'''Baronies'''
{{Main|Barony (Ireland)}}
*[[Clogher (barony)|Clogher]]
*[[Dungannon Lower]]
*[[Dungannon Middle]]
*[[Dungannon Upper]]
*[[Omagh East]]
*[[Omagh West]]
*[[Strabane Lower]]
*[[Strabane Upper]]
'''Parishes'''
{{Main|List of civil parishes of County Tyrone}}
'''Townlands'''
{{Main|List of townlands in County Tyrone}}

==Future railway revival==
There is the possibility of the line being reopened to [[Dungannon railway station]] from [[Portadown railway station|Portadown]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.midulstermail.co.uk/news/all-aboard-dungannon-railway-hopesrevived-2714182|title=All aboard! Dungannon railway hopes revived|access-date=1 September 2021|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901115956/https://www.midulstermail.co.uk/news/all-aboard-dungannon-railway-hopesrevived-2714182|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Sport==
Major sports in Tyrone include [[Gaelic games]], [[association football]], [[rugby union]] and [[cricket]]:
*[[Gaelic football]] is more widely played than [[hurling]] in Tyrone. The [[Tyrone GAA]] football side has had considerable success since 2000, winning four [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|All Ireland titles]] (in 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2021). They have also won sixteen [[Ulster Senior Football Championship|Ulster titles]] (1956, 1957, 1973, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017 and 2021)<ref>The Tyrone GAA team have won the Ulster Senior Championship on eight occasions in the 20th century</ref> and two [[National Football League (Ireland)|National League titles]] (in 2002<ref>{{cite news | author = Sean Moran | title = Tyrone's superiority is total | url = https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/tyrone-s-superiority-is-total-1.1086809 | date = 29 April 2002 | newspaper = [[The Irish Times]] | access-date = 14 February 2022}}</ref> and 2003<ref>{{cite web | title = Tyrone outclass Laois | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/2998179.stm | date = 4 May 2003 | publisher = [[BBC News]] | access-date = 14 February 2022}}</ref>).
*Association football also has a large following in Tyrone. [[Omagh Town F.C.]] were members of the [[NIFL Premiership|Irish Football League]] until they folded in 2005 due to financial problems. [[Dungannon Swifts F.C.]] compete in the [[NIFL Premiership]] – the top division. Other teams include [[NIFL Championship]] side [[Dergview F.C.]]
*Rugby union is very popular in the county. [[Dungannon RFC]], [[Omagh Academicals RFC]] and [[Clogher Valley RFC]] play in the [[All-Ireland League (rugby union)|All-Ireland League]]. Other teams include Cookstown RFC and Strabane RFC.
*International [[Cricket]] is also played on the [[Bready Cricket Club Ground]] which is owned by [[Bready Cricket Club]]. It is Ireland's fourth venue for International Cricket hosting its first International Cricket match when [[Ireland cricket team|Ireland]] played against [[Scotland cricket team|Scotland]] in a series of [[Twenty20 International|T20I]] matches in June 2015.<ref name="Scot-Ire">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/32957490 |title=Tyrone Kane given first Ireland call-up for World T20 qualifiers |access-date=1 June 2015 |work=BBC Sport |archive-date=2 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602102440/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/32957490 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.cricketworld.com/irelands-bready-cricket-club-gets-iccs-recognition/41256.html Ireland's Bready Cricket Club Gets ICC's Recognition]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It was selected as a venue to host matches in the [[2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier]] tournament.<ref name="2015Fixtures">{{cite web |url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/87946/icc-announces-schedule-of-icc-world-twenty20-qualifier-2015 |title=ICC announces schedule of ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015 |access-date=14 May 2015 |work=International Cricket Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100208/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/87946/icc-announces-schedule-of-icc-world-twenty20-qualifier-2015 |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{See also|Category:People from County Tyrone}}
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Philomena Begley]], Irish country music singer
* [[James E. Boyd (politician)|James E. Boyd]], [[List of Governors of Nebraska|seventh Governor of Nebraska]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_nebraska/col2-content/main-content-list/title_boyd_james.html|title=Kansas Governor Walter Roscoe Stubbs|publisher=National Governors Association|access-date=29 September 2012|archive-date=14 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614064139/http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_nebraska/col2-content/main-content-list/title_boyd_james.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Paul Brady]], musician
* [[Conor Bradley]], footballer
* [[Colin Broderick]], Author and Filmographer.
* [[Burke and Hare murders|William Burke]] (1792–1829), grave robber and murderer
* [[Peter Canavan]], former [[All Ireland]] Tyrone captain
* [[William Carleton]] (1794–1869), writer
* [[Chipzel]], musician
* [[Darren Clarke]], professional golfer
* [[Tom Clarke (Irish republican)|Tom Clarke]], Irish Republican and leader of the 1916 [[Easter Rising]]
* [[Jimmy Cricket]], comedian
* [[Sidney Elisabeth Croskery]], doctor<ref>Sidney Elisabeth Croskery: Whilst I Remember (1983), {{ISBN|978-0-85640-260-9}}</ref>
* [[Austin Currie]], politician, founding member [[SDLP]]; [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) and later [[Teachta Dála]] (TD)
* [[Janet Devlin]], [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Pop music|pop]] artist and contestant on ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]''  (UK)
* [[Ryan Dolan]], Ireland representative at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2013]]
* [[Brian Dooher]], former captain of the Tyrone senior football team
* [[Hugo Duncan]], singer and broadcaster on [[BBC Radio Ulster]]
* [[John Dunlap]] (1747–1812), publisher of the first American daily newspaper the ''[[Pennsylvania Packet]]'' in 1784, also the printer of the American [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]
* [[Brian Friel]], dramatist and theatre director
* [[Sylvia Hermon]], Member of Parliament for North Down, born in [[Galbally, County Tyrone]]
* [[Aaron Hughes]], captain of the Northern Ireland football team
* [[John Hughes (archbishop)|John Hughes]] (1797–1864), first [[Archbishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of New York]]<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book|title=Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|location=Chicago, IL|year=1963}}</ref>
* [[Martin Hurson]], Irish Republican
* [[Ryan Kelly (singer)|Ryan Kelly]], singer with Celtic Thunder<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.celticthunder.ie/artists/ryan_kelly|title=Ryan Kelly|access-date=24 November 2015|archive-date=25 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125111056/http://www.celticthunder.ie/artists/ryan_kelly|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Benedict Kiely]] (1919–2007), writer and broadcaster
* [[Conor McKenna]], [[Australian Football League|AFL Player]] for the {{AFL BL}}
* [[Gerry McKenna]] [[Member of the Royal Irish Academy|MRIA]] (1953–), [[biologist]]; Vice Chancellor and President, [[University of Ulster]]; Senior Vice President, [[Royal Irish Academy]]<ref>[http://www.gerrymckenna.co.uk Professor P G (Gerry) McKenna] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520010324/http://gerrymckenna.co.uk/ |date=20 May 2017 }}. ''gerrymckenna.co.uk''.</ref>
* [[William McMaster]] (1811–1887), founder of Canadian Bank of Commerce and namesake of McMaster University
* [[Mary Mallon]] (1869–1938), more commonly known as [[Typhoid Mary]]
* [[W. F. Marshall]] (1888–1954), the 'Bard of Tyrone', Presbyterian minister, author and poet
* [[Thomas Mellon]], founder of Mellon Bank, now [[Bank of New York Mellon]]
* [[Sister Nivedita]] (1867–1911), Irish social activist
* [[Flann O'Brien]] (1911–1966), writer
* [[Dominic Ó Mongain]] ({{circa}}1715–1770s), poet and harpist
* [[Arthur O'Neill (harpist)|Arthur O'Neill]] ({{circa}}1737–1816), travelling blind Irish [[harpist]]
* [[Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone]] (Aodh Mór Ó Néill) ({{circa}}1550–1616), Irish leader during the [[Nine Years' War (Ireland)|Nine Years' War]]
* [[Thomas Porter (Wisconsin politician)|Thomas Porter]], member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]]
* [[Martha M. Simpson]] (1864–1948), educationalist
* [[Victor Sloan]], visual artist
* [[Ivan Sproule]], football player for [[Bristol City F.C.]]
* [[Dennis Taylor]], former [[World Snooker Champion|world snooker champion]]
* [[John K. Tener]], former baseball player and Governor of Pennsylvania. Creator of [[Congressional Baseball Game]].

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==See also==
{{Commons category|County Tyrone}}
* [[List of monastic houses in Ireland#County Tyrone|Abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland (County Tyrone)]]
* [[High Sheriff of Tyrone]]
* [[List of civil parishes of County Tyrone]]
* [[List of places in County Tyrone]]
* [[List of townlands in County Tyrone]]
* [[Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone]]
* [[Ulster American Folk Park]]
* [[The Moorlough Shore]]
* [[List of archaeological sites in County Tyrone]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{citation |last1=Pointon |first1=GE |date=1990 |title=BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names |edition=2nd |publisher=Oxford University Press |publication-place=Oxford |isbn=0-19-282745-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bbcpronouncingdi00gepo/page/92 92] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/bbcpronouncingdi00gepo/page/92 }}

==Further reading==
* Joost, Augusteijn (ed.) (1920s). ''The Memoirs of John M. Regan, a Catholic Officer in the RIC and RUC, 1909–48''. Co. Tyrone. {{ISBN|978-1-84682-069-4}}.
* McNeill, I. (2010). ''The Flora of County Tyrone''. National Museums of Northern Ireland. {{ISBN|978-1-905989-17-1}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage}}
*[https://wikishire.co.uk/map/#Tyrone Tyrone on the interactive map of the counties of Great Britain and Ireland] – Wikishire
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060107121804/http://www.flavouroftyrone.com/ A Flavour of Tyrone]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060107202942/http://www.countytyrone.com/ County Tyrone.com]

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|South = [[County Monaghan]]
|East = [[Lough Neagh]]
|West = [[County Donegal]] [[File:Donegalcocologo.png|36px]]
|Southeast = [[County Armagh]] [[File:Armagh arms.svg|30px]]
|Southwest = [[County Fermanagh]] [[File:Ferm arms.png|32px]]
|Centre = County Tyrone
}}

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