Galbally
| Galbally | |
| Tyrone | |
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| File:Galbally Townland - geograph.org.uk - 253991.jpg Meadows by Galbally | |
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| Grid reference: | H721661 |
| Location: | 54°32’17"N, 6°53’12"W |
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Galbally is a hamlet and townland in Tyrone, sitting between Cappagh and Donaghmore.
The name was formerly spelt as Gallwolly and Gallwally.[1] The name is (from the Irish: Gallbhuaile, meaning "Stone booley")[1]
The hamlet has one pub, a convenience shop, a church and a post office with an adjoining grocery shop. The local Gaelic football team is called Galbally Pearses.
The village has a troubled past; it is a mostly nationalist area and during The Troubles many Irish Republican Army terrorists came from Galbally and its hinterland. One of the 1981 hunger strikers, Martin Hurson was a local man and is buried in the church in Galbally, as are two IRA men caught and killed by the army in an ambush at Loughgall.
Sylvia Hermon MP, a leading Ulster Unionist, was born in and raised in Galbally.
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