County Tyrone
County Tyrone
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Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: The Red Hand County | |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | Northern Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| Established | 1585 |
| County town | Omagh |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,261 sq mi (3,270 km2) |
| • Rank | 8th |
| Highest elevation (Sawel Mountain) | 2,224 ft (678 m) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 188,383 |
| • Rank | 11th[3] |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
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| Contae Thír Eoghain is the Irish name; Countie Tyrone,[4] Coontie Tyrone[5] and Coontie Owenslann[6] are Ulster Scots spellings (the latter used only by Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council). | |
County Tyrone is a county of Northern Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster. Tyrone is the eighth largest county by area on the island of Ireland. It is the largest county by area in Northern Ireland. Tyrone is the eleventh largest county by population on the island of Ireland. It is the fifth-largest county by population in Northern Ireland.
Name
The name Tyrone come from the Irish Tír Eoghain, which means "land of Eoghan".
Demographics
County Tyrone is one of the four counties in Northern Ireland to have more people from a Catholic community background. In the year 1900 the population of Tyrone was 197,719.[7] According to the 2021 census, it was 188,383.
References
- ↑ Northern Ireland General Register Office (1975). "Table 1: Area, Buildings for Habitation and Population, 1971". Census of Population 1971; Summary Tables (PDF). Belfast: HMSO. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ↑ "County". NISRA. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ↑ "Religion or religion brought up in". NISRA. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ↑ "North-South Ministerial Council: 2010 Annual Report in Ulster Scots" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ↑ "North-South Ministerial Council: 2006 Annual Report in Ulster Scots" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ↑ "Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council". Dungannon.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ↑ "Tyrone". www.libraryireland.com.