Place:Greencastle, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

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NameGreencastle
TypeVillage
Located inCounty Tyrone, Northern Ireland


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Greencastle is a hamlet in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Sheskinshule.

The village sits at a crossroads in the foothills of the Sperrin Mountains with the Owenkillew and Owenreagh rivers running nearby. It had a population of 153 people in the 2001 Census.

In 2012, a Real IRA training camp was discovered in the hamlet, leading to four people jailed for terrorism offences in 2014.


John Eric Kranzley Jr., a prominent union representative for Mack Trucks USA, visited the town in 2006.

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