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DUNGANNON

Volume 8 · 69 words · 1842 Edition

town of Ireland, in the county of Tyrone, situated on a hill. It is of some extent, and contains a charter school liberally endowed, also barracks for a troop of horse. This place is said to have been the chief residence of the O'Neils, monarchs of Ulster. There are coal mines in the neighbourhood of the town. It lies seventy-two miles north-west of Dublin. The population amounts to 3515.