Dungannon
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Dungannon Irish Dún Geanainn |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 30 ′ N , 6 ° 46 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 14,332 | ||
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| Part of the country | Northern Ireland | ||
| Historic county | County Tyrone | ||
| District | Mid Ulster | ||
| Website: The Dungannon District | |||
Dungannon ( Irish : Dún Geanainn ) is the third largest city in historic County Tyrone in Northern Ireland . At the 2011 census , the place had 14,332 inhabitants. Dungannon was the administrative seat of the dissolved District Dungannon and South Tyrone and has been part of District Mid Ulster since 2015 . The city is now one of three administrative centers in the District of Mid Ulster.
history
Up until the beginning of the 17th century, Dungannon was a main fortress of the Northern Ó Néill (Anglicised O'Neill) and was thus the capital of large parts of Ulster's dominion of the Ó Néill. The castle was destroyed in 1602. In 2007, parts of the moat and the walls were excavated.
In the northern Tulaigh Óg ( Tullaghoge Fort ) traditionally the inauguration of the chief Ó Niall ("The O'Neill") took place.
On October 24, 1641 in the Irish Rebellion, the capture by Feidhlim Rua Ó Néill and the constitution of the "Proclamation of Dungannon" to justify and legitimize the uprising.
economy
The linen production , which used to be significant, is now insignificant; there is a well-known glass blowing factory , the Tyrone Crystal Factory , which can also be visited. Dungannon is home to one of the largest East Timorese exiled communities in Europe. 3000 citizens of the Southeast Asian country live here and send money from their income to the families at home. They mostly work in the local slaughterhouse, which recruited Portuguese guest workers in 1999/2000 , whereupon the East Timorese also came.
education
The traditional Royal School in Mountjoy on Lough Neagh is well known . It was founded in 1614 by the English King James I and is the oldest surviving school in Ireland .
Sports
The city's football club is Dungannon Swifts FC ; he plays in Stangmore Park .
sons and daughters of the town
- Jackie Rea (1921-2013), snooker player
- Liam Kelly (1922-2011), politician
- Patrick Wallace (* 1969), snooker player
- Kris Meeke (* 1979), rally driver
- Liam Donnelly (* 1996), soccer player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dungannon (Town) on citypopulation.de, accessed on January 11, 2018
- ^ Institute of Development Studies: Brexit and Timorese workers in the UK , August 5, 2016 , accessed July 11, 2017.