Dungannon
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| Province: | Ulster | |
| County: | County Tyrone | |
| District: | Dungannon and South Tyrone | |
| UK Parliament: | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
| European Parliament: | Northern Ireland | |
| Dialling Code: | 028, +44 28 | |
| Post Town: | Dungannon | |
| Postal District(s): | BT70, BT71 | |
| Population (2001) | 11,139 | |
| Website: www.dungannon.gov.uk | ||
Dungannon (from the Irish: Dún Geanainn meaning "Geanann's fort") is a town in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. It is the third largest town in the County (next to Omagh and Strabane) and has a population of 11,139 people in the 2001 Census. In August 2006, Dungannon won the Ulster In Bloom Best Kept Town award for the fifth time. It contains the headquarters of the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council.
At one stage Dungannon was the capital of Ireland in the early 1600s due to the fact that the King of Ireland Hugh O'Neill situated there. Dungannon was also the county town of Tyrone, but High Court Judges who travelled to Dungannon to the courthouse were attacked in the village of Cappagh. The county town was then moved to Omagh
Dungannon was one corner of the infamous murder triangle during the Troubles. For more information see The Troubles in Dungannon, which includes a list of incidents in Dungannon during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities.
An interesting feature of the town is the former
The once thriving linen industry has largely been replaced by glass-blowing, and the Tyrone Crystal factory is a major visitor attraction in Northern Ireland. Dungannon also has brick making industry using Coalisland fireclay. Dungannon has large numbers of migrant workers employed locally in factories including Moy Park and Dungannon Meats. The majority of these workers come from Portuguese backgrounds, East Timor, Poland and Lithuania.
Dungannon was served by four different rail systems which stretched throughout Northern Ireland, into Derry, Co. Donegal and deep into southern Ireland. At the turn of the last centuary, Clones was one of the major junctions from Derry, Omagh, and Belfast to north Leinster, in particular, the major market towns of Athlone, Cavan, and Mullingar via the Inney junction. This back-bone rail infrastructure was administered by Midland Great Western Railway which also linked to other major centres namely, Sligo, Tullamore, via Clara, other destinations such as Dublin, Limerick, and other market centres of the south coast.
There is a town bus service that runs daily, and a night bus service at weekends. Both services serve the town's suburbs.
Dungannon has also achieved much sporting success within its history. It was one of the first towns in Ireland to form a rugby club, probably due to the Royal School. Dungannon's rugby team's most recent success was sharing the Ulster Senior League title with Ballymena. They were also the first Ulster club to win the All Ireland League
At least one player from Dungannon is listed in the first ever Irish side. The rugby club was founded in 1873, was the sixth club in Ireland and a founder member of the IRFU. Despite being a rugby union club since inception it's official title is Dungannon Football Club. This was in common with other clubs, such as the now defunct North of Ireland club from Belfast, who were founded prior to the formal division of the different styles of football into Association (soccer) and rugby. The town also has connections to New Zealand rugby. The Earl of Ranfurly presented the Ranfurly Shield to the NZRFU.
The town has also achieved much success in Gaelic games, Gaelic football and hurling.
Dungannon has produced many footballers, especially for the Tyrone County Team, who won the All-Ireland Gaelic Football
Championship in 2003 and 2005, in partcular,
Dungannon Swifts F.C. is the town's local soccer team, which performs well in the Irish Premier League, and is Tyrone's only representatives in the league, following Omagh Town's collapse.
One of Dungannon's most famous sons is Thomas J. Clarke (although he was actually born on the Isle of Wight, the first signatory of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic (Poblacht na hÉireann). Clarke was a key figure in the 1916 Easter Rising and was executed by the British authorities on 3 May 1916, aged 59, for his role in the Rising. The Dungannon GAA club is named after him.
Dungannon is the birthplace of professional golfer Darren Clarke, motorcycle racer Ryan Farquhar, artist Victor Sloan, and TV presenters Adrian Logan and Joanne Salley.
Dungannon is also the birthplace of actor Birdy Sweeney, who appeared in numerous television programmes and motion pictures.
Dungannon is classified as a Medium Town by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 10,000 and 18,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 11,139 people living in Dungannon. Of these:
For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service
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