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'''Greencastle''' | '''Greencastle''' hamlet in [[Tyrone]], 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 gaoled for terrorism offences in 2014.<ref>F | |||
https://www.midulstermail.co.uk/news/three-men-and-a-woman-to-stand-trial-over-real-ira-training-camp-in-tyrone-1-5938622</ref> | |||
[[File:Greencastle RC Church - geograph.org.uk - 202316.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Roman Catholic church of Greencastle]] | |||
John Eric Kranzley Jr., a prominent union representative for Mack Trucks USA, visited the town in 2006.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.belfastdaily.co.uk/2014/01/06/four-real-ira-terrorists-to-be-jailed-over-gun-and-ammo-find/ | title=Four Real IRA terrorists to be jailed over gun and ammo find | date=6 January 2014 | publisher=belfastdaily.co.uk | access-date=18 September 2020 }}</ref> | |||
==Sport== | |||
*Gaelic sports: | |||
**An Caisleán Glas CLG | |||
**St Patrick's, Greencastle GAC | |||
==Outside links== | |||
{{commons}} | |||
*[http://www.greencastleparish.com Greencastle Parish] | |||
*[http://www.greencastlegaa.com Greencastle GAA] | |||
*[http://www.greencastle5.com Greencastle 5] | |||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
Latest revision as of 17:03, 3 December 2022
| Greencastle | |
| Tyrone | |
|---|---|
 Crockanboy Road, Greencastle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | H595827 |
| Location: | 54°41’22"N, 7°4’40"W |
| Data | |
| Dialling code: | 028 |
| Local Government | |
Greencastle hamlet in Tyrone, 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 gaoled for terrorism offences in 2014.[1]
John Eric Kranzley Jr., a prominent union representative for Mack Trucks USA, visited the town in 2006.[2]
Sport
- Gaelic sports:
- An Caisleán Glas CLG
- St Patrick's, Greencastle GAC
Outside links
 |
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Greencastle, Tyrone) |
References
- ↑ F https://www.midulstermail.co.uk/news/three-men-and-a-woman-to-stand-trial-over-real-ira-training-camp-in-tyrone-1-5938622
- ↑ "Four Real IRA terrorists to be jailed over gun and ammo find". belfastdaily.co.uk. 6 January 2014. http://www.belfastdaily.co.uk/2014/01/06/four-real-ira-terrorists-to-be-jailed-over-gun-and-ammo-find/.