Dooish

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Dooish
Tyrone

Country store in Dooish
Location
Grid reference: H328710
Location: 54°35’10"N, 7°29’36"W
Data
Postcode: BT78
Dialling code: 028
Local Government
Council: Fermanagh and Omagh

Dooish is a village and townland near Drumquin in Tyrone. The townland is in the Barony of Omagh West and covers 845 acres.[1] In The 2001 Census it had a population of 93 people.

The name of the village is from the Gaelic Dubhais: 'Black hill-base'.[2]

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about Dooish)

References

  1. "Townlands of County Tyrone". IreAtlas Townland Database. http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/. 
  2. Dooish - Placenames NI