Place:County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

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NameCounty Tyrone
Alt namesCounty Tyrone
Co Tyronesource: Royal Mail: PAF Digest [online] (2002) accessed 16 Dec 2002
Contae Tír Eoghainsource: Wikipedia
Tir Eoghainsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 669
Tyronesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Located inNorthern Ireland     (1922 - 1973)
Also located inIreland     (1300 - 1922)
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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County Tyrone is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. Adjoined to the south-west shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 3,155 km², with a population of approximately 166,516, with its county town being Omagh. It is also one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland, lying within the historical province of Ulster.

Tyrone is the seventh largest of Ireland’s thirty-two counties in area and eighth largest in terms of population. It is the second largest of Ulster’s nine counties in size and fourth largest in terms of population.

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