Newtownstewart
| Newtownstewart | |
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 Main Street in Newtownstewart | |
  Newtownstewart Location within Northern Ireland | |
| Population | 1,551 (2011 Census) |
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| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | OMAGH |
| Postcode district | BT78 |
| Police | Northern Ireland |
| Fire | Northern Ireland |
| Ambulance | Northern Ireland |
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Newtownstewart is a village and townland of 540 acres (219 ha) in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is overlooked by hills called Bessy Bell and Mary Gray and lies on the River Strule below the confluence with its tributary the Owenkillew. It is situated in the historic barony of Strabane Lower and the civil parish of Ardstraw.[2] In the 2011 Census it had a population of 1,551 people.[3] It lies within the Derry City and Strabane District Council area.
History
The townland of Newtownstewart was historically called Lislas. It gained its current name when the land was granted to Sir William Stewart as part of the Plantation of Ulster.[1]
The Northern Bank building on the corner was the scene of an infamous murder in 1871 when bank cashier William Glass was robbed of £1,600 and killed. Assistant District Inspector Thomas Hartley Montgomery, of the Royal Irish Constabulary, who was in charge of the investigation, was subsequently tried, convicted, and hanged at Omagh Gaol.[A]
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Royal Visit
Prince Albert (later, George VI) and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon were married on 26 April 1923 in Westminster Abbey. The newlyweds' first visit as the Duke and Duchess of York was to Newtownstewart.
Sport
- Newtownstewart St. Eugene's is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.
- Ardstraw Football Club is the local football club. They have a strong connection to the town with many players coming from within the town and the surrounding area
Demographics
On Census Day 27th March 2011, in Newtownstewart Settlement, considering the resident population:[3]
- 99.74% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group;
- 52.87% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 45.84% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion; and
- 43.58% indicated that they had a British national identity, 25.53% had an Irish national identity and 33.33% had a Northern Irish national identity*.
- Respondents could indicate more than one national identity
Considering the population aged 3 years old and over:
- 11.82% had some knowledge of Irish;
- 7.59% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots; and
- 1.68% did not have English as their first language.
People
- Thomas Burnside (1782–1851), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and associate justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, born near Newtownstewart.
- Thomas Maclear (1794–1879), Astronomer Royal at the Cape of Good Hope, was born in Newtownstewart.
- Dukes of Abercorn, reside at Baronscourt, near Newtownstewart
- Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer born in Newtownstewart in 1945, died in 2005.
- Jacob Stockdale, Ulster and Ireland rubgy player, was born in Newtownstewart.[6]
Transport
Construction of the Irish gauge (Irish Standard Gauge), Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway (L&ER) began in 1845 and reached Strabane in 1847. By 1852 it had extended to Newtownstewart and Omagh and its terminus in Enniskillen was reached in 1854. The company was absorbed into the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) in 1883.[7] Newtownstewart railway station opened on 9 May 1852 and finally closed on 15 February 1965.[8]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ a b Placenames Database of Ireland
- ^ "Townlands of County Tyrone". IreAtlas Townland Database. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Census 2011 Population Statistics for Newtownstewart Settlement". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
- ^ Radio Times (6 February 1939), Death at Newton-Stewart, vol. 62, BBC Television, p. 12
- ^ Morris 1870, p. [1]: between pages 50 and 51
- ^ https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/weekend/jacob-stockdale-on-finding-his-self-belief-why-family-and-faith-are-central-to-his-life-and-how-his-mum-finally-came-around-to-his-tattoo-36753977.html
- ^ Patterson, Edward M (1962). The County Donegal Railways. Dawlish: David and Charles. pp. 10–11.
- ^ "Newtownstewart station" (PDF). Railscot – Irish Railways. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
- Morris, Francis Orpen (1870), A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 4, London: William MacKenzie
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