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'''Greencastle''' is a village in [[Tyrone]].
'''Greencastle''' hamlet in [[Tyrone]], within the townland of Sheskinshule.


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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==
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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]

Roman Catholic church of Greencastle

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