County Tyrone

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County Tyrone is a largely rural county in Northern Ireland known for its historical significance, cultural heritage, and role in the events of the Troubles.

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Label Occurrences
County Tyrone canonical 30
County Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borders County Armagh
County Donegal
County Fermanagh
County Londonderry
County Monaghan
country United Kingdom
etymology named after the territory of Tír Eoghain meaning land of Eoghan
hasCoatOfArms Coat of arms of County Tyrone
hasCountyTown Omagh
hasCulturalHeritage Gaelic games
Irish traditional music
hasEconomySector agriculture
forestry
light manufacturing
hasFlag Flag of County Tyrone
hasGAAcountyTeam Tyrone GAA
surface form: Tyrone county football team
hasHistoricalProvince Ulster
hasHistoricalSignificance Gaelic lordship of the ONeill dynasty
hasLargestTown Omagh
hasMountainRange Sperrin uplands
surface form: Sperrin Mountains
hasNotableSite An Creggan Visitor Centre
Beaghmore stone circles
Gortin Glen Forest Park
Ulster American Folk Park
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasRecognisedLanguage Irish
Scots
surface form: Ulster Scots
hasRiver River Blackwater
River Foyle
River Mourne
River Strule
hasSettlement Aughnacloy
Carrickmore
Castlederg
Coalisland
Cookstown
Dungannon
Fivemiletown
Killyclogher
Newtownstewart
Omagh
Pomeroy
Stewartstown
Strabane
hasVehicleRegistrationCode TY
historicalName Tír Eoghain
locatedIn Northern Ireland
province of Ulster
locatedInTimeZone Greenwich Mean Time
locatedOnIsland Ireland
observesDaylightSavingTime British Summer Time
partOf Ireland
wasAffectedBy Plantation of Ulster
wasCentreOf O’Neill of Tyrone power base
wasInvolvedIn Nine Years' War
surface form: Nine Years War
wasSignificantIn The Troubles
surface form: The Troubles in Northern Ireland

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Omagh bombing location County Tyrone
Tyrone derivedFrom County Tyrone
Ulster Irish spokenIn County Tyrone
Duke of Abercorn associatedWith County Tyrone
Campaign for Social Justice region County Tyrone
County Londonderry borders County Tyrone
Omagh Memorial Garden locatedIn County Tyrone
County Fermanagh borderWith County Tyrone
Martin Hurson regionOfActivity County Tyrone
Omagh locatedIn County Tyrone
Omagh administrativeCentreOf County Tyrone
Thomas Mellon birthPlace County Tyrone
Francis Hughes regionOfActivity County Tyrone
Monaghan borders County Tyrone
Monaghan locatedSouthOf County Tyrone
River Bann passesThrough County Tyrone
Michelle O’Neill residence County Tyrone
this entity surface form: County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Red Hand of Ulster usedBy County Tyrone
Donegal borders County Tyrone
County Donegal borders County Tyrone
A4 road (Northern Ireland) locatedIn County Tyrone
Blackwater River flowsThrough County Tyrone
subject surface form: Blackwater River (Northern Ireland)
Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill birthPlace County Tyrone
County Armagh borders County Tyrone
House of Abercorn hasFamilySeat County Tyrone