Cappagh (from the Irish: Ceapach meaning "tillage plot") is a small village in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. It is situated between Pomeroy and Ballygawley, while the small village of Galbally is about one mile away. Most of the land around Cappagh is farmland while a quarry is situated just outside the village. Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Omagh Area: 3,155 km² Population (est. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... Pomeroy is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on the road between Cookstown and Omagh. ... Ballygawley is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ... Galbally is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, about five miles from Donaghmore. ...

There is also a small rural parish in the west of county Limerick called Cappagh. For more information on Cappagh in West Limerick, see Cappagh Community Website or Limerick Diocesan Heritage Project website on Cappagh Parish

Places of interest

• Cappagh Mountain - The village is located on a hillside and immediately behind it stands Cappagh Mountain (948Ft). The area around Cappagh has fine mountain scenery where the land is a mixture of rural pastures and bog. These bog and peat lands still provide turf for the older generation of the area.
• Travelling towards Altmore on the right hand side of the road is King James's Well. A little further on was once a small house that occupied some of the finest miniature model houses and castles in Northern Ireland.
• Cappagh Monument - In the middle of the village is a monument to local people who were killed by the British Army during The Troubles. It features a stone figure of a soldier, in front of a number of stone plaques commemorating various aspects of the conflict, such as the hunger strike of 1981 and local Republican guerrillas who died. The focal point is the plaque for the "Loughgall Martyrs" - who were eight IRA members and one civilian who died in an incident during the conflict. Four of these men came from the Cappagh area.
• Old School - A single building inscribed with ‘old school’ is situated away from the main road. Now converted into a home, it catered for the education needs for children of the surrounding area during the 1930s and 1940s.

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The Troubles

For more information see The Troubles in Cappagh, which includes a list of incidents in Cappagh during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities. The Troubles in Cappagh recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Cappagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ...

People

• Thomas Mellon: US industrialist born nearby.
• Robert Patterson: US soldier and industrialist
• Martin Hurson: PIRA Volunteer who died on the 1981 Hunger Strike in Long Kesh prison.

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See also

• List of towns in Northern Ireland
• List of villages in Northern Ireland
• McGaheys Crossroads
• Shanmaghery
• Gortavoy Bridge

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Links

Martin Hurson - German Website