Cookstown
Scots: Cookestoun
Irish: An Chorr Chríochach
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Cookstown shown within Northern Ireland
Population	10646 (2001 Census)
Irish grid reference	H8178
- Belfast	45 miles
District	Cookstown
County	County Tyrone
Constituent country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COOKSTOWN
Postcode district	BT80
Dialling code	028867
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
European Parliament	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	Mid Ulster
NI Assembly	Mid Ulster
Website: http://www.cookstown.gov.uk
List of places: UK • Northern Ireland • Tyrone

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Cookstown (An Chorr Chríochach in Irish) is a town in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. It is the third largest town in the county (next to Omagh, Strabane and followed by Dungannon respectively) and has a population of over 11,000 people (in the 2001 Census). It was founded in 1609 by Alan Cooke during the Plantation of Ulster. It was one of the main centres of the linen industry. A working linen mill can still be seen at Wellbrook Beetling Mill outside Cookstown. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, United States, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Omagh Area: 3,155 km² Population (est. ... This article is about the constituent country. ... , Omagh (from the Irish: An Ómaigh meaning The Sacred (or Virgin) Plain) is the county town of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Ulster County: District: Strabane UK Parliament: West Tyrone European Parliament: Northern Ireland Dialling code: 028, +44 28 Post town: Strabane Postal district(s): BT82 Population (2006 est. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ... // Events April 4 – King of Spain signs an edit of expulsion of all moriscos from Spain April 9 – Spain recognizes Dutch independence May 23 - Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia. ... The Plantation of Ulster was a planned process of colonisation which took place in the northern Irish province of Ulster during the early 17th century in the reign of James I of England. ... Torn linen cloth, recovered from the Dead Sea Linen is a material made from the fibers of the flax plant. ...

Cookstown's main street, known as the One Mile Street, is the longest, widest and deepest in Ireland. ^[1]

Places of interest

The main street, looking north. Slieve Gallion is in the background

Cookstown's main street hosts an open air market each Saturday.

The annual Cookstown 100 National Road Race is a motorbiking event attended by many motorbiking enthusiasts. It is the opening race of the road racing calander in Ireland and is usually held in April.

Ardboe High Cross and Abbey (Irish: Seanchrois Ard Bó agus Ministir Naomh Colmán), one of the best examples of a 9th/10th century High cross in Ireland is 10 miles from Cookstown. 22 panels illustrate stories from the Old Testament and the New Testament of the Bible. High Cross, Dysert, Co. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Note: Judaism... This article is about the Christian scriptures. ... For other uses, see Bible (disambiguation). ...

Other ancient sites nearby include Beaghmore stone circles and Tullyhogue Fort, the crowning place of the kings of Tyrone (Tir Eogain), the O'Neills. Destroyed in 1602, the fort was salvaged to some degree in 1964, when the site was cleared and presented. Though none of the original buildings remains, the unusual layout (raised inner mounds, but no outer defensive ditch) is still clearly visible. Beaghmore is the name of a complex of early Bronze Age megalithic features near Pomeroy in the Northern Irish county of County Tyrone. ... Swinside stone circle, in the Lake District, England. ... Tullyhogue Fort (Gaelic Telach Oc – Hill of Youth or Mound of the Young Warriors) is large mound on the outskirts of the village of Tullyhogue near Cookstown, Northern Ireland with a depressed center, and surrounded by trees. ...

The Donaghrisk walled cemetery to the southwest of (and clearly visible from) the fort is the resting place of the O'Hagans, the chief justices of Tyrone (and as such, they presided over the crowning ceremonies of the O'Neills).

Lissan House lies on the outskirts of Cookstown. It is a huge structure of little architectural beauty but enormous historical significance and was, until the death of its last inhabitant, Hazel Radclyffe Dolling (daughter of the 13th Baronet of Lissan, Sir Robert George Alexander Staples), in 2006, the oldest domestic dwelling in Ireland continually inhabited by one family. From outside it rather resembles a large industrial building and was not helped by the insertion of steel framed plate glass windows in the early twentieth century. The entrance front is dominated by a gargantuan porte cochere built in about 1830 complete with coachman’s rooms. Inside, one is immediately stuck with the appearance of the bizarre and gargantuan oak staircase which rises from the stone flagged entrance hall the full height of the building. This was constructed by a local carpenter from the remnants of a rare seventeenth century staircase which collapsed (along with the floors between it) as a result of dry rot in the 1880’s and is quite unique, having flights springing at every conceivable angle (some of which go nowhere) and going to every conceivable nook of the house. The other most notable feature of the house is its grandly dignified octagonal ball room added by Sir Thomas Staples (Queen's Advocate in Ireland) in about 1830 with its fine if rather restrained neo-classical plasterwork, Dublin chimneypiece and carved door frames. The house currently lies empty, its contents in storage, but a Trust was established on the death of Mrs. Radclyffe Dolling to oversee the restoration of the house and its development into accommodation and conference facilities. The materials definition of a glass is a uniform amorphous solid material, usually produced when a suitably viscous molten material cools very rapidly, thereby not giving enough time for a regular crystal lattice to form. ... A Porte-Cochere is the architectural term for a porch or portico like structure, at the entrance to a building, through which it is possible for a horse and carriage or motor vehicle to pass, in order for the occupants to alight under cover and protected from the weather. ... Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture. ...

Killymoon Castle is about 1.5 kilometres (1 mile) south east of Cookstown. This imposing structure is Cookstown's finest piece of architectural heritage. It was built in just over a year at a cost of £80,000 and was Nash's first Irish Commission. It is two stories high and has two large towers to the East and West, one circular the other (slightly lower) octagonal. Parts of the original castle were retained and its former Chapel became Nash's library. Inside the dramatic entrance porte cochere can be found a stunning return staircase leading to the octagonal drawing room and oval dining room. The Stewarts sold the castle in 1852 and, after passing though the hands of some 6 owners, it was sold for the final time in 1922 to a local farmer for the princely sum of £100. The same family retains it to this day. Killymoon Castle is a castle situated about one mile south east of Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland near the Ballinderry River. ... A Porte-Cochere is the architectural term for a porch or portico like structure, at the entrance to a building, through which it is possible for a horse and carriage or motor vehicle to pass, in order for the occupants to alight under cover and protected from the weather. ...

In 1868, Viscount Stuart (later the Fifth Earl of Castlestuart) married Augusta Richardson-Brady, heiress to the Oaklands estate on the outskirts of town. Immediately upon the marriage, Lord Stuart set about reconstructing Oaklands into the splendidly camp Tudor revival Drum Manor. This fine battlemented sandstone structure once had a tall tower to the East near the entrance front which was dominated by a gargantuan entrance portal surmounted by a large tracery window which contained some splendid Victorian armorial stained glass. Lord Stuart was also responsible for setting out the formal gardens and Demesne which survive to this day (in varying states on disarray). Drum Manor was, until 1980, the finest example of its type in the Cookstown District. In that year, Lord Stuart's grandson sold the estate to the Forestry Commission who set out the fine woodland habitat that exists there today. However, in an attempt to avoid incurring Rates liability, the Commission tragically decided to demolish the Manor. Today, Drum Manor Forest Park is one of Cookstown District's largest tourist attractions (complete with the highest-rated caravan site in the District) but the Manor lies forlorn, only its ground floor and tower surviving. Inside, where once there was a vivid collection of gothic carved wood, mosaic and stained glass, today exists a ghastly overgrown and totally incongruous faux-Japanese garden. Only the Manor's two pretty gate lodges remain intact to hint at the former grandeur of the estate. Tudor usually relates to the Tudor period in English history, which refers to the period of time between 1485 and 1558/1603 when the Tudor dynasty held the English throne. ... Tracery is implementation of net-like decorations in a building used especially in Gothic architecture. ... The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... Roll of arms was a patent of nobility, stating the pedigree of a knight, his ancestry and proving that he was worthy - noble and could therefore participate in knightly tournaments. ... The Forestry Commission (established in 1919) is a non ministerial Government Department responsible for forestry in Great Britain. ... See also: rates (tax) A rate is a special kind of ratio, of two measurements with different units. ...

Cookstown also boasts two very fine examples of nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. The first, St Luran's Church of Ireland Church on Church Street is thought to have been originally constructed in 1822 by John Nash and certainly plans for the church exist in his hand. However, even if Nash's church was completed, at most only the tower and first bay of this structure have survived Victorian extension by the rather dull architect Welland in 1859. Nash's plans show a castellated and battlemented church from which only the tower and spire bear any resemblance to the structure standing today. The interior is an entirely uninspiring and typical Victorian church structure with a chancel arch, hammer beam roof and large sanctuary with sparse but dignified decoration. The second church is J.J. McCarthy's majestic Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity which was constructed between 1855 and 1860 with a soaring tower and spire at the West End. It is one of McCarthy's earliest works in which the influence of AWN Pugin is still paramount and the later florid French Gothic of his latter years is nowhere to be seen. The church is constructed in the Early English style with a nave of 5 bays leading to a chancel arch and reduced chancel area beyond. Until the early 1980's this area was a riot of stenciled decoration, stained glass, mosaic, carved marble and Caen stone, but in 1980 the side altars, marble altar rails, spectacularly carved pulpit, original high altar and Telford Pipe Organ were all ruthlessly torn out and dumped outside the baptistery which was itself cleared of its font and shuttered off. The remaining neo-Gothic stenciling work was painted over and the ceiling stenciled work painted over in pale blue whilst the marble and mosaic floors to the Chancel were carpeted over. Only the gargantuan Caen Stone reredos survives (minus its central spire and High Altar) in a somewhat tatty condition behind one of the reclaimed Caen stone and Carrera Marble altars, the front of which bears a carved representation of the Assumption of the Virgin (presumably formerly in the Lady Chapel which would have been to the right of this space). This article should be transwikied to wiktionary Ecclesiastical means pertaining to the Church (especially Christianity) as an organized body of believers and clergy, with a stress on its juridical and institutional structure. ... The Church of Ireland (Irish: ) is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion, operating seamlessly across the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ... John Nash may refer to: John Nash (1752-1835), British architect John Forbes Nash (born 1928), mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics and subject of the novel and film titled A Beautiful Mind. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... This article concerns the holy Trinity of Christianity. ... Look up Gothic, goth, Goth in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Links to full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are also found at the entry Cathedral diagram. ... This article is about an architectural feature; for the astronomical term see apsis. ... This article is about a decorative art. ... ‘Caen stone’ is a light creamy-yellow Jurassic limestone. ... For other uses of Ambo, see Ambo, Ethiopia, Kom Ombo, ambulance Ambo (band). ... , This article is about the town of Telford, Shropshire. ... In Christian architecture the baptistery or baptistry (Latin baptisterium) is the separate centrally-planned structure surrounding the baptismal font. ... Neo-gothic architecture is an American branch of the Gothic revival style that was imported from England in the 1830s. ... ‘Caen stone’ is a light creamy-yellow Jurassic limestone. ... An altar and reredos from St. ... Welcome to Wikipedia. ... The chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and attached to churches of large size. ...

The crowning feature of the church today is the magnificent and utterly titanic Eastern Window. This was designed and manufactured by Hardman of Birmingham (a firm employed and partly run by AWN Pugin) and has representations of the Canonized Bishops and Abbots of the Archdiocese of Armagh around a representation of the Virgin crowned in glory and below a tripartite window representing the constituents of the Holy Trinity. The remaining stained glass is mainly by Mayer of Munich and dates to the end of the nineteenth century (representations can be found of the Holy Family, the revelation of the Sacred Heart, Saint Brigid and Saint Patrick) though there is a very fine Art Deco window showing the Annunciation in the style of Harry Clarke in the former Lady Chapel (now a seating area). Much of this glass has very recently been damaged and it is particularly distressing to see one of the lower panels of the spectacular Hardman window (unique in Ireland) with a large hole present. Hardman & Co. ... This article discusses the process of declaring saints. ... Diocesan College, or Bishops as it is commonly known, is a private school situated in the leafy suburb of Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa, at the foot of Table Mountain. ... For other uses, see Abbot (disambiguation). ... In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... This article concerns the holy Trinity of Christianity. ... The Flight into Egypt: Jesus, the Virgin Mary and St. ... For other uses, see Annunciation (disambiguation). ... A Harry Clarke window Over £1 million was spent in 1922 commissioning a set of Harry Clarke window in the Presentation Sisters convent on Green Street, Dingle. ... The chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and attached to churches of large size. ...

Politics

In elections for the Westminster Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly it is part of the Mid Ulster constituency. The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly, a six flowered linen or flax plant. ... Mid Ulster is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ...

The local authority, Cookstown District Council, was established in 1973, and includes part of County Londonderry, notably the villages of Moneymore, The Loup and Ballyronan. Cookstown District Council is a Local Council covering an area partly in County Tyrone and partly in County Londonderry. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... For other places with similar names, see Londonderry (disambiguation) and Derry (disambiguation). ... Moneymore (Irish: Muine Mór) is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, lying near Lough Neagh. ... The Loup (Irish: An Lúb) is the name of a small village and the surrounding area in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in the parish of Ardtrea. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Ulster County: District: Cookstown Population ( ) <500 but growing quickly Ballyronan (Irish: Baile Rónáin, meaning Place of Rónán), meaning Place of Ronan) is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland on the shore of Lough Neagh, about 12 miles from Cookstown. ...

History

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Evidence of settlement in the Cookstown area dates back to around 3200 BC but the real history of the town only began in the Seventeenth Century.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ...

The Plantation of Ulster

When James I acceded the English throne in 1603, he faced financial ruin.^{[citation needed]} Securing his succession had been an expensive business and his profligate lifestyle had led to the accruement of huge debts to his Scots and English subjects. In an attempt to salve his financial sores whilst at the same time removing the threat of Rebellion among his Irish subjects (especially in Ulster where the old Irish landlords led by the Earl of Tyrone had rebelled unsuccessfully against Elizabeth I), James decided to demise upon his debtors large tracts of land in the northern parts of Ireland. These lands had formally been in the possession of Rebellious Irish landlords who had fled the country after the failure of Tyrone's rebellion of 1607. The demise of land was usually made on condition that the lands be developed and made profitable. The wholesale plantation of Ulster began in earnest in 1609 when hundreds of English and (much more significantly^{[citation needed]}) Scots "undertakers" were granted leases of land in Ulster. James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scots as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old, succeeding his mother Mary... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article is about the nine-county Irish province. ... The title of Earl of Tyrone was an Irish peerage title created several times. ... Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603 ) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. ... The Plantation of Ulster was a planned process of colonisation which took place in the northern Irish province of Ulster during the early 17th century in the reign of James I of England. ... This article or section should include material from [[{{{1}}}]]. Tenancy agreement A lease is a contract conveying from one person (the lessor) to another person (the lessee) the right to use and control some article of property for a specified period of time (the term), without conveying ownership, in exchange...

The lands around the present site of Cookstown had formally been in the hands of the O'Mellan Clan and was broadly known as "Mellanagh". This land was confiscated by James and held to be the property of the Established (Anglican) Church and was thus presented to the Anglican Archbishop of Armagh who was charged with overseeing the settlement of the area. In 1620, a small portion was leased by James Stewart (whose successors had a huge impact on the town a century later^{[citation needed]}) and lands around the townland of Cor Criche were leased to an ecclesiastical lawyer, Dr. Cooke, who fulfilled his part of the lease by building 10 houses on the land (today covering the area known as Oldtown), which he stipulated were all to have front gardens (a tradition which until recently remained in place). In 1628, King Charles I of England granted a Patent to Cooke permitting the holding of a weekly market^{[citation needed]} (which still exists to this day). It was thus that "Cooke's Town" was originally founded. Primate of All Ireland is the title held by the Archbishop of Armagh. ... Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from March 27, 1625 until his execution. ...

The 1641 Rebellion

In 1641, the native Irish revolted against the Planters in a bloody rebellion. Cookstown, being in the heartland of Ulster insurgency, was abandoned to the rebels who immediately seized the important Iron works at Lios Áine (later Lissan) and the area became a hotbed of activity as pikes and weapons were forged for the rebel cause. Lissan was one of the first estates in this area to be settled when it was left to Thomas Staples of Yate Court near Bristol in 1610. His son Robert Staples constructed a great^{[citation needed]} house on the estate around twenty years later and this structure (though disastrously extended ever since) still survives today. The first settlers of the Lissan Estate did not escape unharmed during the 1641 rebeillion. Sir Thomas' wife and their five children were captured and imprisoned at Moneymore Castle about 5 miles away and held there until Moneymore and the estate were liberated by Sir Thomas (who had been in Dublin when the Rebellion broke out) and the Royalist army in 1643. When the armies of Charles I reached Cookstown in 1643, they routed the rebels and razed the remains of the town to the ground. This article is about the nine-county Irish province. ... Look up pike, piker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the English city. ... Moneymore (Irish: Muine Mór) is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, lying near Lough Neagh. ... For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ... Look up Royalist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The Eighteenth Century-The influence of the Stewart family

It seemed as though the development of a town in the area had been put to a very sudden and final halt. Over the proceeding years, the lands around Cookstown were progressively bought up by William Stewart, grandson of James, until in 1671 all of Dr Cooke's lands were in the hands of the Stewarts and they had created the Castle and Demesne of Killymoon. Settlement however remained sparse to say the least and by 1734, only 2 inhabited houses remained at Oldtown. William Stewart and later his son James set out daring plans for the town soon after this. Inspired by the Wide Street Commission's work in Dublin, they planned a new town to be built along a tree lined boulevard 135 feet wide which would connect the Killymoon Demesne with Oldtown, a distance of over a mile and a quarter. This elegant street was laid out by the mid 1740's and has remained at the centre of Cookstown's development ever since covering Killymoon Street, Church Street, Chapel Street, Loy Street, William Street, James Street and finally Oldtown Street and being the longest main street in Ireland. All traces of Cooke's town were obliterated at this point.^{[citation needed]} For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ... The Champs Elysees in Paris, France. ...

Throughout the remainder of the eighteenth century, Cookstown prospered quietly as a market town where linens, seeds and other agricultural produce were marketed at its famous market. In 1802, Col William Stewart (James Stewart's unmarried son) approached the famous London architect, John Nash and requested that he visit the area to rebuild the Castle of Killymoon which had been burnt in 1801. This imposing structure is Cookstown's finest piece of architectural heritage.^{[citation needed]} It was built in just over a year at a cost of £80,000 and was Nash's first Irish Commission. It is two stories high and has two large towers to the East and West, one circular the other (slightly lower) octagonal. Parts of the original castle were retained and its former Chapel became Nash's library. Inside the dramatic entrance porte cochere can be found a stunning return staircase leading to the octagonal drawing room and oval dining room. The Stewarts sold the castle in 1852 and, after passing though the hands of some 6 owners, it was sold for the final time in 1922 to a local farmer for £100. The same family retains it to this day. John Nash may refer to: John Nash (1752-1835), British architect John Forbes Nash (born 1928), mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics and subject of the novel and film titled A Beautiful Mind. ... For other uses, see Castle (disambiguation). ... A Porte-Cochere is the architectural term for a porch or portico like structure, at the entrance to a building, through which it is possible for a horse and carriage or motor vehicle to pass, in order for the occupants to alight under cover and protected from the weather. ...

In addition to Killymoon, there is evidence to suggest that Nash also designed the original St Luran's Parish Church on Church Street in 1822 and certainly plans for the church exist in his hand.^{[citation needed]} However, even if Nash's church was completed, at most only the tower and first bay of this structure have survived Victorian extension by the rather dull architect Welland in 1859. Nash's plans show a castellated and battlemented church from which only the tower and spire bear any resemblance to the structure standing today. The interior is an entirely uninspiring^{[citation needed]} and typical Victorian church structure with a chancel arch, hammer beam roof and large sanctuary with sparse but dignified decoration. A parish church is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches. ... Welland may refer to: The city of Welland, Ontario, Canada The Welland Canal The Welland River in Ontario, Canada The electoral district of Welland (Ontario) The River Welland in the east of England The settlement of Welland, Worcestershire in England A suburb of Adelaide in South Australia called Welland The... Crenellation (or crenelation, also known as castellation) is the name for the distinctive pattern that frames the tops of the walls of many medieval castles, often called battlements. ... This article is about an architectural feature; for the astronomical term see apsis. ... Ajax prepares to violate the sanctuary of Athena by abducting Cassandra by force: red-figure vase, c. ...

It is also suggested that Nash designed the Dower house of Killymoon on Chapel Street (now divided into two houses) and it is certain that he designed the Rectory at Lissan (a wonderfully frilly exercise in toy Gothick) for the Rev John Molesworth Staples in 1807.^{[citation needed]} Nash may refer to: // Nash, Buckinghamshire, England Nash, Herefordshire, England Nash, Bromley, London Borough Nash, Newport, Wales Nash, Telford and Wrekin, former village in Shropshire, England Nash, South Shropshire, England Nash Lee, Buckinghamshire, England Nash Mills, Hertfordshire, England Nash, Oklahoma, a town Nash, Texas, a city Nash, North Dakota, a... A dower house is usually a moderately large house on an estate which is occupied by the widow of the late owner. ... The rectory is the title usually given to the building inhabited, or formerly inhabited, by the rector of a parish. ...

The Nineteenth Century

However, as with most provincial towns in Ireland, Cookstown's greatest development came with the industrial revolution.^{[citation needed]} With the establishment of Gunning's Linen Weaving Mill, the expansion of the Wellbrook linen finishing estate, the establishment of Adair's weaving mill at Greenvale and the final arrival of the railways, Cookstown's population quadrupled between 1820 and 1840. The railways allowed the fast transport to and from the town of agricultural produce and the town's expansion seemed unstoppable. Two railways established termini at Cookstown - the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in their dignified dressed stone station designed by Charles Lanyon (now much altered as a Chinese restaurant on Molesworth Street) and the Great Northern Railway in their pretty picture book brick station next door (now Cookstown High School's Hockey Club). Both transported goods and livestock for sale to Cookstown's market which flourished as never before. A Watt steam engine, the steam engine that propelled the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the world. ... Torn linen cloth, recovered from the Dead Sea Linen is a material made from the fibers of the flax plant. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ... Portrait of Charles Lanyon Sir Charles Lanyon (1813 to 1889) was an English architect of the 19th Century. ... Several Great Northern Railways have existed: Great Northern Railway of Australia. ...

With the exception of Killymoon Castle, all of Cookstown's best architecture dates from this period and the town still resembles almost exactly the town developed at this time. Probably foremost among the buildings of this period is J.J. McCarthy's Church of the Holy Trinity on Chapel Street. This magisterial structure was constructed between 1855 and 1860 with a soaring tower and spire at the West End. It is one of McCarthy's earliest works in which the influence of Pugin is still paramount and the later florid French Gothic of his latter years is nowhere to be seen. The church is constructed in the Early English style with a nave of 5 bays leading to a chancel arch and reduced chancel area beyond. Killymoon Castle is a castle situated about one mile south east of Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland near the Ballinderry River. ... This article concerns the holy Trinity of Christianity. ... People named Pugin include: Augustus Charles Pugin (1768/9 to 1832): French born English artist and architectural draftsman Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852): son of the above, architect and advocate of the gothic style Edward Welby Pugin (1834-1875): eldest son of the above and also an architect This... This article is about an architectural feature; for the astronomical term see apsis. ...

Other fine buildings of this period include the muscular Scots-Baronial former Courthouse (currently derelict) on Chapel Street; the dignified Classical First Presbyterian Church (Loy Hill) and Italianate Molesworth Presbyterian Church ( Molesworth Street); the pretty provincial Romanesque Methodist Church (Church Street); the Hibernian Bank on James Street (destroyed by terrorist activity^{[citation needed]}) and the pair of railway termini aforementioned on Molesworth Street. Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... The Railway station of Albury, New South Wales, Australia was built in the Italianate Architectural Style in 1881 Italianate Architectural Style Italianate Architectural Style Italianate Architectural Style Italianate, also known as Tuscan or Lombard, describes the style of villas which developed in England, emerging from the Picturesque Movement of the... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... Romanesque Revival is a style of building in the late 19th century (roughly 1840 and 1900) inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque style of architecture. ...

The Twentieth Century

With the linen and later the hat-making and brick manufacturing industries, Cookstown continued to prosper in the early twentieth century and its population continued to expand. Little architecture of any note dates from this period as the grandiose Victorian structures of the previous generation continued to fulfill their purpose admirably. The Great War had a devastating effect on the local community at a cost of life commemorated in the prominent Cenotaph (loosely based on Lutyens' Whitehall Cenotaph) at the centre of the town. This is Cookstown’s sole piece of public sculpture. As industry developed, a Technical College was established on Loy Hill in an imposing Queen Anne style red brick structure. This was opened by Mrs. Adair, whose husband owned the Greenvale Mill, in 1936 and the building continued as a Technical College untill 2006 when it was relocated, curently it is used as offices, a creche and a credit union. All of Cookstown's main educational institutions date from this period, Cookstown High School seizing the Victorian mansion and former residence of the Gunning family at Coolnafranky and the Catholic Church constructing its convent schools and St Mary's Boy's School (now demolished and replaced by Holy Trinity Nursery School), all on Loy Hill. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The Cenotaph, London. ... Whitehall, London, looking south towards the Houses of Parliament. ... The Cenotaph, London. ... A technical college focuses on teaching work skills. ... The Buttermans, the historic home of John Newman, the butter king, is one of several Queen Anne mansions in Elgin, Illinois The Queen Anne style of British and American architecture reached its greatest popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century, manifesting itself in a number of different ways... The name Catholic Church can mean a visible organization that refers to itself as Catholic, or the invisible Christian Church, viz. ...

With the outbreak of the Second World War, Cookstown became the centre of much regimental activity.^{[citation needed]} Killymoon was requisitioned by the American Army and a large internment camp was established on the recently reclaimed land at Burn Road. The town suffered no enemy damage during the war and the industries of the town prospered. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Expropriation is the act of removing from control the owner of an item of property. ... A concentration camp is a large detention centre created for political opponents, aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, often during a war. ...

This however proved to be the last belle époque of the industrial town of Cookstown. While the linen industry survived to some degree in Ulster until well into the 1960s, increased fabric imports from the Far East rang the death knell for the industry across Northern Ireland. Cookstown attempted to put on a brave face^{[citation needed]}, constructing its distinctively moderne town hall in 1953 (now demolished and replaced by the Buranavon Theatre) and opening the Daintyfit clothes factory on Burn Road as well as establishing an internationally renowned Agricultural College at Loughry, but the prosperity of the town was now severely in doubt. Gunning's mill closed in 1956 and was swiftly followed by Adair's Mill and the Wellbrook estate. The railways ceased to operate from the town in 1963 and while the market continued to be held on Saturday, its agricultural significance to the wider Ulster community never recovered and the sale of livestock finally completely ceased in 2004. One ray of light for employment came in 1970 with the opening of the Blue Circle Cement factory at Derryloran. This provided much in the way of employment for the local population, but the factory has polluted the town ever since.^{[citation needed]} The sole building of architectural note from this period was Liam McCormack's Chapel, the cube-shaped body of which is tacked on to the high Victorian Gothic Convent of Mercy at Chapel Street at one of its corners. This most unusual patterned concrete and bronze façade was constructed in 1965 and contains (now greatly damaged) important stained glass by the Dublin artist Patrick Pye. ===The Troubles La Belle Époque, or beautiful era, was a period in Frances history that began during the late 19th century and lasted until World War I. Occurring at the midpoint of the Third Republic, the Belle Époque was considered a golden time of beauty, innovation, and peace between France and... This article is about the nine-county Irish province. ... This article is about the Asian regions. ... This article is about the constituent country. ... Look up Gothic, goth, Goth in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ... Patrick Pye, sculptor, painter and stained glass artist, was born in Winchester, England in 1929. ... For other uses, see Troubles (disambiguation) and Trouble. ...

The Present

After the PIRA's initial ceasefire in 1996.^{[citation needed]} The town began a plan to regenerate the town centre which had been blighted by the destruction of its Victorian buildings. The tree-lined boulevard thought up by James and William Stewart was restored and a scheme of regeneration saw the creation of green space, flowerbeds and restored shop frontage. With Ulster's industry now substantially defunct, the town began to attract instead financial investment from shopping and tourism. In 2000, the architecturally uninspiring Burnavon Arts and Cultural Centre opened on the site of the former Town Hall on the Burn Road and began to attract large scale cultural and artistic events to the town whilst a year later, a development scheme began which saw the former LMS Railway Terminus turned into a shopping centre. In 2003 Cookstown District Council in conjunction with Cookstown Town Centre Forum launched Cookstown’s ten year Town Centre Regeneration Strategy and Action Plan which details a range of short, medium and long range regeneration actions. Today, Cookstown has been almost completely regenerated with plans for further regeneration work to be carried out throughout the town centre. Another large shopping centre on Molesworth Street was built in 2007, and is now being extensively extended.^{[citation needed]} The old Gunning and Moore Weaving Mill at Broadfields has been transformed into a large retail park with outlets of Tesco, Marks and Spencer, Homebase, Next, Tempest, New Look and Peacocks being the first of a planned many^{[citation needed]} to set up here. The formally untapped tourist potential of Cookstown is now in full flight with local sites of historic interest (including the last surviving Linen Beetling Mill at Wellbrook, Drum Manor Forest Park and soon Lissan House) attracting many hundreds of visitors per year.^{[citation needed]} The town's central location and many hotels (for a population of just over 11,000 it has no less than 4) has meant that it is a natural location for conferences and meetings involving delegates from across Northern Ireland. It was the natural choice of location for the Mid-Ulster Sports Arena (established in 2003) and the planned multi-million pound investment in a state of the art Public Service Training College which will accommodate the Police Service of Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue and the Northern Ireland Prison Service (which is to be built at Loughry commencing in early 2009). Cookstown currently has more than a hundred types of businesses operating at its heart. Of the direct retailing businesses some two-thirds are independent, largely family-owned concerns which give the town’s retailing a distinctive appearance and a unique mix of excellence outlets. The town’s rich traditional retailing mix of high quality independent stores is a tribute to retaining long-standing and loyal business while simultaneously building a new customer base with the continued attraction of some of the biggest names in national retailing. The town has taken a long term view to regeneration and Cookstown District Council in conjunction with Cookstown Town Centre Forum appointed a Town Strategy Manager to implement Cookstown’s Town Centre Regeneration Strategy. Cookstown confidently bills itself as the ‘Retail Capital of Mid Ulster’ and is at the forefront of those towns which are reinventing retail and communicating the strength of the retailing offer to wider audiences, through a unique Cookstown brand identity (Cookstown – Looking Good, Looking Great) and aggressive marketing of the town locally and nationally. The town was also one of the first in Northern Ireland to produce a ten year Urban Design Strategy (2007), an aspirational framework for all future town centre development. The Cookstown Town Centre Living Initiative (LOTS) Scheme (2006 – 2011) offers substantial grant assistance to reinvigorate unused or derelict space above shops into modern residential living accommodation is considered to be one of the most successful schemes of any town in Northern Ireland. The Cookstown Town Centre Street Entertainment Programme (2008) promotes the town’s family-friendly appeal and encouraging people either to visit for the first time or to prolong a regular visit. While over the course of 2008 and 2009 the civic heart of Cookstown’s Burn Road is due to benefit from an Environmental Improvement Scheme. The Council has secured millions of UK pounds sterling and ensured that inward investment has been at its highest level since the establishment of the town in the seventeenth century, developing beyond recognition the economic infrastructure, tourism, retail and hospitality sectors in the area. The Champs Elysees in Paris, France. ... 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People

• Tyrone GAA Eoin Mulligan who won two All Irelands With Tyrone in 2003 and 2005 is from the town
• Fulham F.C. and Northern Ireland central defender and captain Aaron Hughes.
• It is the birthplace of Ulster Vanguard founder William Craig.
• It is the birthplace of Republican political activist Bernadette Devlin, Who was raised in a small housing estate called Rathbeg (meaning small fort in Galic), one of the leaders of 1960s civil rights movement and the youngest woman ever to be elected to the British parliament (aged 21).
• It is also home to comedians Owen O'Neill and Jimmy Cricket.
• Oliver Sheppard, sculptor was born in Cookstown in 1865. His The "Death of Cuchalain" piece was chosen by De Valera as the national memorial to participants of the 1916 Rising and now resides in Dublin General Post Office.
• Jonathan Swift stayed at Loughry Manor as a guest of the Lindsay family while writing Gulliver's Travels (published in 1726).
• Birthplace of Mary Mallon, aka Typhoid Mary (on 23 September, 1869).
• The Cookstown Drama Group won the confined section of the All Ireland One Act Drama Finals in Clonakilty, County Cork on 2 December 2007 with their production of Ruby of Elsinore by Bruce Kane. It was directed by Nigel O'Neill and starred Lorraine Creighton, Linda Heenan, Mairead Eastwood, Gerry Eastwood, Sean Hurson and Charlie Eastwood. This is the first group from Northern Ireland to win the Finals.

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Sport

• In 1981, the Cookstown Hockey Club became the first Irish field hockey team to win a major European competition, the EuroHockey Club Champions Trophy. In 1981 this competition was the second highest level in hockey, like the UEFA Cup in association football nowadays.
• Cookstown Fr. Rock's is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.

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Miscellanea

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Cookstown is famous for its sausages, known as the "Cookstown Sizzler", which were advertised on television by Rolf Harris and George Best. Rolf Harris, MBE (1968), OBE (1977), CBE (2006), AM (1989) (born 30 March 1930), is an Australian musician, composer, painter, and television host. ... George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish football player best known for his years with Manchester United. ...

Fictionalised as "Ballyglass", it is the hometown of the hero of "Utterly Monkey", a novel by local writer Nick Laird (husband of novelist Zadie Smith). Nick Laird is a novelist and poet. ... Zadie Smith (born October 27, 1975) is an English novelist. ...

The local paper, The Mid Ulster Mail, is the biggest selling local newspaper in the area.

In the film The Devil's Own, the character played by Brad Pitt claimed to be from Cookstown, which he described as being "on the shores of the Lough". Cookstown is actually 16 kilometres (10 miles) from the shores of Lough Neagh, only slightly closer than Belfast. It is possible the character could have been thinking of the closest town to his father's shoreside farm, though this would have been unlikely given that there are many small villages such as Ardboe which are closer than Cookstown. For the 1916 silent film, see The Devils Own (1916 film). ... William Bradley Brad Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an Academy award-nominated American actor, film producer, and social activist. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the capital city of Northern Ireland. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County: District: Cookstown UK Parliament: Mid Ulster European Parliament: Northern Ireland Dialling Code: 028, +44 28 Post Town: Dungannon Postal District(s): BT71 Population () Ardboe (Irish: Ard Bó), is a small village in the north east of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ...

Jimmy Kennedy, although born in Omagh, grew up in the Cookstown area and was educated at Cookstown Academy (the forerunner of Cookstown High School). He is well known for the many songs he wrote including, 'The Teddy Bears' Picnic', 'Red Sails in the Sunset', 'The Hokey Kokey' and 'South of the Border'. He won numerous awards during his lifetime, and his name was entered in the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in New York in 1997.

2001 Census

On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 10,646 people living in Cookstown. Of these: is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

• 26.0% were aged under 16 years and 15.6% were aged 60 and over
• 49.7% of the population were male and 50.3% were female
• 52.8% were from a Catholic background and 45.1% were from a Protestant background
• 3.9% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.^[2]

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Education

• Ballylifford Primary School (Ballinderry)
• Churchtown Primary School (Lissan)
• Cookstown High School
• Cookstown Primary School
• Crievagh Primary School (Lissan)
• Derrychrin Primary School (Ballinderry)
• East Tyrone Institute (technical college)
• Holy Trinity College
• Holy Trinity Primary School
• Lissan Primary School (Lissan)
• Orritor Primary School (Orritor)
• St. Joseph's Primary School
• St. Mary's Primary School

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References

1. ^ Visiting Cookstown
2. ^ NI Neighbourhood Information Service NISRA

External links

• Beaghmore Stone Circles
• Mid Ulster Mail
• Cookstown District Council website

See also

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

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