Loughmacrory
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| Loughmacrory | |
| Tyrone | |
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| 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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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Loughmacrory) |
