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Fintona (Irish, Fionntamhnach) is a village of 1,359 people (2001 Census) located in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the second largest town in the Omagh District Council area, after Omagh itself, which lies eight miles north. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...
Census 2001 is the name by which the national census conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 is known. ...
This article is about County Tyrone. ...
Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)2 Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages None3 Main languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain MP Area - Total Ranked...
Omagh District Council is a Local Council in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. ...
Omagh (Irish, An Ómaigh) is the county town (and largest town) of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. ...
History
This area has known human habitation for around 4,000 years and there are numerous examples of burial places, standing stones, stone circles and graves in the area around the town. The O'Neills built a fortress here in the 15th century, but eventually the town passed in 1668 into the possession of the Eccles family. Standing stones, orthostats, liths or more commonly, megaliths because of their large and cumbersome size, are solitary stones set vertically in the ground. ...
Swinside stone circle A stone circle is a circular space, delimited by purposefully erected stones and often containing burials. ...
ONeill (also spelled ONeil) is a common surname of Irish origin. ...
(14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ...
// Events January - The Triple Alliance of 1668 is formed. ...
One of the best known symbols of Fintona is the horse drawn tram (or van to the locals) that took passengers from the Fintona railway station to the Fintona Junction station one mile away on the main Omagh to Enniskillen railway. The name of the horse was always called "Dick". The "van" itself had three classes of travel available on it, first and second class passengers travelled inside while third class travellers sat on the exposed top. The tram made its last journey on 30 September 1957 when the Omagh to Enniskillen line closed. The "van" now lies at the Ulster Transport Museum. Coles Monument Enniskillen (Inis Ceithleann in Irish) is the county town of Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. ...
September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ...
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Ulster Transport Museum was a museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland which house an impressive railway collection. ...
Media As a part of the Omagh District, the media in Fintona very much mimics that of its larger neighbour, with newspapers based in Omagh also serving Fintona. This includes the Tyrone Constitution, the Tyrone Herald and the Ulster Herald. The Tyrone Constitution is a newspaper based in Omagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ...
The Ulster Herald is a newspaper based in Omagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ...
Sport & Leisure Fintona is home to the "Ecclesville Centre", which is one of the most unique in the UK and Ireland for being a combined equestrian facility and local community and leisure centre. Located in Ecclesville Park, a public park owned by Omagh District Council, the facility was opened in 1995 and has proved popular not only among equestrian users but also for sports activities, in particular indoor football, bowls and badminton. The equestrian part of the centre includes stables, an indoor arena and outdoor arena with the open park land and forest nearby also available. The leisure end of the centre includes a sports hall, a minor hall, changing rooms and a fitness suite with tennis courts and an all-weather basketball and football area. Plans are also underway to build a full size grass football pitch. A junior horse riding event at the Melbourne Show Equestrianism relates to the riding of horses. ...
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Leisure is time spent in non-compulsory activities. ...
Omagh District Council is a Local Council in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Indoor football in the sense contemplated here is a variation of American football with rules modified to make it suitable for play within basketball gymnasiums and, particularly, ice hockey arenas. ...
Men playing bowls Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Category:Bowls Bowls (also known as Lawn Bowls or Lawn Bowling) is a precision sport where the goal is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical balls (called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than ones opponent...
Badminton court, isomorphic view Badminton is a racket (or racquet) sport played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles). ...
FOREST, which describes itself as the voice and friend of the smoker, is a United Kingdom political pressure group that campaigns for the right of people to smoke tobacco and opposes attempts to ban or reduce tobacco consumption, as well as casting doubt on medical claims of the health risks...
A tennis courts dimension A tennis court is where a game of tennis is played. ...
Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005 Basketball is a sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop (the basket) under organized rules. ...
Football is the name given to a number of different, but related, team sports. ...
There are a number of sports and leisure clubs in the area for all ages, one of the largest being the Fintona Pearses GAA Club which caters for Gaelic Football and Hurling. Fintona Swifts are a local football club that take part in the Fermanagh and Western Junior Football League. Other clubs include Tennis, Cycling, Indoor Bowls and Badminton as well as local youth clubs. GAA redirects here. ...
Gaelic Football action Gaelic football (Irish: peil ghaelach) is a form of football played mainly in Ireland where it is the most popular sport. ...
For the Cornish sport of hurling, see Hurling the Silver Ball. ...
Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ...
Fintona also has several cultural societies which are either based on Irish culture or Ulster-Scots culture. Ulster-Scots is a term mainly used in Ireland and Britain (Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irishis commonly used in North America) primarily to refer to Presbyterian Scots, or their descendents, who migrated from the Scottish Lowlands to Ulster (the northern province of Ireland), largely across the 17th century. ...
Literature Fintona also has many literary associations with poets Wilson Guy and John Montague originating from the area. John Montague was born in New York in 1929, and brought up in Garvaghey, County Tyrone. ...
Government Fintona lies in the West Tyrone electoral constituency for elections to both the Houses of Parliament during the General Elections and to the Northern Ireland Assembly during Assembly elections. For local government elections to elect councillors to Omagh District Council, Fintona lies within the West Tyrone District Electoral Area along with Dromore, County Tyrone, Drumquin, Trillick, Seskinore and Newtownsaville. Creation 1997 MP Pat Doherty Party Sinn Féin Type House of Commons Districts Omagh, Strabane EP constituency Northern Ireland West Tyrone is a British Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ...
This may refer to the: British Houses of Parliament. ...
The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly is a six flowered linen or flax plant, chosen for the plants historical economic importance to the region. ...
Omagh District Council is a Local Council in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. ...
Dromore ((Droim Mor) The Great Ridge) is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ...
Drumquin is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ...
Trillick is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ...
Seskinore is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ...
2001 Census Fintona is classified as a village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 1,000 and 2,250 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,359 people living in Fintona. Of these: April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
- 24.9% were aged under 16 and 17.4% were aged 60 and over
- 48.3% of the population were male and 51.7% were female
- 72.3% were from a Catholic background and 27.1% were from a Protestant background
- 5.9% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.
For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service Protestantism is a movement within Christianity, representing the splitting away from the Roman Catholic Church during the mid-to-late Renaissance in Europe —a period known as the Protestant Reformation. ...
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