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Coagh (Irish: An Uiach) (IPA: /koːk/)is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, situated five miles east of Cookstown. It had a population of 545 people in the 2001 Census. It owes its existence to George Butle Conyngham,and was founded in 1728 when King George II granted Conyngham a market charter allowing the village to host 4 fairs per year. The name derives from 'an uiach' meaning 'a cup shaped hollow' as the village nestles among gentle low lying land between the Sperrins and Lough Neagh. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words see here. ...
A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...
Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Omagh Area: 3,155 km² Population (est. ...
Motto: (Latin for Who would separate us?)[1] Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, NI Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister of the UK Tony...
Cookstown (An Chorr ChrÃochach in Irish) is a town in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, with a population of 10,646 people (in the 2001 Census). ...
UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ...
The Sperrins, or Sperrin Mountains, are a range of hills in Ulster and one of the largest upland areas in Ireland. ...
Lough Neagh Lough Neagh (pronounced ; Irish Loch nEathach ) in Northern Ireland is the largest lough, or body of freshwater by surface area, in the British Isles, with an area of 388 square kilometres. ...
The main feature of the village is Hanover Square, which was named in honour of the reigning Hanoverian King George II by Conyngham. The village has been an ancient settlement for several thousand years, overlooking Coagh is Tamlaght Stone a mesolithic domen erected circa 4,500BC. The adjective Hanoverian is used to describe British monarchs of the House of Hanover things relating to the Duchy of Hanover things relating to Hanover, Germany and it is a horse breed, see Hanoverian (horse) ...
George II (George Augustus) (10 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. ...
History
Coagh is a predominantly Protestant village, therefore the majority of terrorist attacks were carried out by the IRA. The first attack of the Troubles came on 5 December 1971 when the IRA launched a mortar attack on the village police station. For the UK post-rock band, see Troubles (band). ...
Two further 500lb IRA bombs were planted at the front of the police station during the 1970s. On 7 September 1988 a 1,000lb van bomb exploded destroying the base and adjacent houses etc.
Education
Sport Coagh United is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the Irish Football League. ...
2001 Census Coagh is classified as a small village or hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 545 people living in Coagh. Of these: April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ...
This article is about the year 2001. ...
- 20.9% were aged under 16 and 20.4% were aged 60 and over
- 48.3% of the population were male and 51.7% were female
- 26.4% were from a Catholic background and 72.8% were from a Protestant background
- 2.3% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.
For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service Protestantism is one of three main groups within Christianity. ...
References - NI Conflict Archive on the Internet
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