Loughmacrory

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Loughmacrory
Tyrone
Location
Grid reference: H576755
Location: 54°37’29"N, 7°6’30"W
Data
Population: 237
Post town: Omagh
Postcode: BT79
Dialling code: 028
Local Government
Council: Fermanagh and Omagh
Parliamentary
constituency:
West Tyrone

Loughmacrory is a village and a townland (of 1,651 acres) in Tyrone. The village is eight miles east of Omagh in the Barony of Omagh East. It had a population of 237 recorded at the 2001 Census.

The village has houses, shops, a church and a primary school. There is also an old mill and ancient cairns nearby.

The name of the village is from the Gaelic Loch Mhic Ruairí, meaning 'MacRuairí's lake'.[1]

Sport

  • Gaelic sports: Loughmacrory St Teresa's

Outside links

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References