Ballygawley is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated about 21 kilometres southwest of Dungannon and to the north of the intersection of the A5 Omagh to Armagh and the A4 Dungannon to Enniskillen roads. It is a compact village focused in an ‘L’ shape along Main Street and Church Street, with a second cluster of development to the southwest. The main cluster contains the majority of the village’s facilities, including two primary schools, a number of churches and a range of shops and services. The cluster of development to the southwest contains a secondary level school and housing. It had a population of 642 people in the 2001 Census. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... This article is about County Tyrone. ... Dieu et mon droit (motto) (French for God and my right)2 Northern Irelands location within the UK Main language English Other recognised languages Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain MP Area  - Total Ranked 4th... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Coles Monument Enniskillen (Inis Ceithleann in Irish) is the county town of Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. ... Census 2001 is the name by which the national census conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 is known. ...

Schools in the village include St Ciaran's High School and Ballygawley Primary School and Richmond Primary School. It also lies within the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area. Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council is a Local Council in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. ...

People

• Mayor Donal Loughran, of whom there exists no CCTV footage of him taking drugs.
• Mickey Harte, the Gaelic football manager who led Tyrone to All Ireland glory in 2003 was born in Ballygawley in 1952.*Ballygawley is located near to the ancestral homestead of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, where his maternal ancestors are linked.

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2001 Census

Ballygawley is classified as a Small Village or Hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 500 and 1,000 people). In the 2001 census (29 April 2001) there were 642 people living in Ballygawley. Of these: April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

• 26.7% were aged under 16 years and 19.3% were aged 60 and over
• 45.8% of the population were male and 54.2% were female
• 82.1% were from a Catholic background and 17.5% were from a Protestant background
• 4.0% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed

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The Troubles

• 20 August 1988 - Jayson Burfitt (19), Richard Greener (21), Mark Norsworthy (18), Stephen Wilkinson (18), Jason Winter (19), Blair Bishop (19), Alexander Lewis (18) and Peter Bullock (21), all members of the British Army, were killed on their coach at Curr, near Ballygawley in a land mine attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

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References

• Dungannon & South Tyrone Area Plan 2010
• NI Conflict Archive on the Internet
• Mickey Harte

External links

• St Ciaran’s High School
• Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council

See also

• List of towns in Northern Ireland
• List of villages in Northern Ireland