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Donemana is a small town town in the Strabane District Council area of County Tyrone, Ireland. The town name is an Anglicised version of the Irish "Dun na manach" meaning Fort of the Monks. It has the unusual distinction of having at least 4 different English spellings of its name - Donemana, Dunamanagh, Donemanagh and Dunnamanagh, leading to some confusion on road signs in the area. Strabane District Council is a Local Council in County Tyrone in the Occupied 6 Counties of Ireland. ...
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The town was established in the early C17th as part of the plantation of Ulster, instigated by James I in 1609. Land in the area was granted to one John Drummond who established the village, building a bawn (an enclosed, fortified farmyard, designed as a place of refuge for settlers in case of attack), 10 wicker-work houses, a watermill for grinding corn and a house for himself. The Plantation of Ulster took place in the Irish province of Ulster during the early 17th century. ...
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A popular local song celebrates the claim that " Davy Crockett 's da came from Donemana". An historical curiosity is the fact that the Crockett family are known to have fought on the Williamite side during the siege of Derry before emigrating to North America. Davy Crockett of course found himself at the Siege of the Alamo leading some observers to question whether the Crockett family learned much during their time in Ireland. Davy Crockett David Crockett (David de Crocketagne August 17, 1786 â March 6, 1836) was an American folk-hero usually referred to as Davy Crockett. ...
For context see the Williamite war in Ireland and Jacobitism. ...
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Today Donemana has a population of less than 1000 but nevertheless is reknowned throughout Ireland for its thriving and highly successful cricket team. Gaelic Football and Soccer are also popular in the area. It has two primary schools, Donemana County Primary School and St.Patricks Primary School. Local children generally attend secondary school in Strabane or Derry. Cricket is a team sport played between two groups of eleven players each. ...
Gaelic football (Irish: peil ghaelach) is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. ...
Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...
Strabane (Irish , an Srath Bán, the White Strand) is a town in the west of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland on the border with County Donegal. ...
Derry or Londonderry (in Irish, Doire or Doire Cholm Chille), often called the Maiden City, is a city in Northern Ireland. ...
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