Killeter
| Killeter | |
| Tyrone | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | H240806 |
| Location: | 54°40’7"N, 7°40’56"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 147 (2001) |
| Post town: | Castlederg |
| Postcode: | BT81 |
| Dialling code: | 028 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Derry and Strabane |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
West Tyrone |
Killeter is a small village and townland near Castlederg in Tyrone. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 147.
This village, plus the rural protrusion of Tyrone to its immediate west, would have been transferred to the Irish Free State had the recommendations of the Irish Boundary Commission been enacted in 1925.[1]
About the village
Near Killeter is the Magherakeel historical site with a holy well, lime kiln and ruins of an early church.[2]
Killeter has a yearly August fair, which celebrates the diversity and richness of rural life. The village itself sits along an ancient pilgrimage trail which winds its way to Lough Derg. The national cycle network traverses part of this trail, which is bounded to the west by Killeter Forest.
The writer Benedict Kiely has stated that he based the fictional village of Carmincross, in his novel Nothing Happens in Carmincross, on Killeter.[3]
On 29 April 1844, a shower of meteoric stones fell, in the sight of several people, at Killeter; they were broken into small fragments and only one piece was found whole.
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References
- ↑ "Irish Boundary Commission Report". National Archives. 1925. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C386829.
- ↑ "Destinations - UK - Ireland". Touring Tyrone. http://www.destinations-uk.com/ireland.php?countyid=85.
- ↑ Afterword to Proxopera: A Tale of Modern Ireland (Godine, 1989)