Coalisland (Irish: Oileán an Ghuail)[1] is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, with a population of 5,682 in the 2011 Census.[3] Four miles from Lough Neagh, it was formerly a centre for coal mining.
Coalisland was established around the Coalisland Canal in the 17th century due to the discovery of coal deposits in the region. In the 20th century, the town was known as an IRA stronghold during the Troubles, with 20 people shot in or near Coalisland from 1969 to 2001. The first civil rights march in Northern Ireland took place in Coalisland in 1968, organized by the CSJ and NICRA. The Coalisland Canal, now derelict, is the focus of a restoration campaign. Coalisland railway station operated from 1897 to 1965, but only remnants of the railway exist today. Daily bus services run through the town, and the Craic Theatre and Arts Centre serves as a performing arts venue and youth theatre programme.
^ ab"Oileán an Ghuail/Coal Island". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^Ulster-Scots guide to Moira Station – Department of the Environment
^"Census 2011 Population Statistics for Coalisland Settlement". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Retrieved 30 July 2019.
Coalisland (Irish: Oileán an Ghuail) is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, with a population of 5,682 in the 2011 Census. Four miles from...
Coalisland Canal (sometimes known as The Tyrone Navigation) is a 7.2-kilometre-long (4.5 mi) canal in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Construction of...
The 1992 Coalisland riots were a series of clashes on 12 and 17 May 1992 between local Irish nationalist civilians and British Army soldiers (of the Third...
attack on the fortified Royal Ulster Constabulary/British Army base in Coalisland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The blast sparked an immediate reaction...
Coalisland railway station served Coalisland in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. The Great Northern Railway opened the station on 28 July 1879. It closed...
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1968, the civil rights movement held its first civil rights march from Coalisland to Dungannon. Many more marches were held over the following year. Loyalists...
Faugh-a-Bealach). The first tournament took place in the 1904–5 season and Coalisland Na Fianna won that by defeating Strabane Lamh Dearg in the final. No competition...
the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Altmore, Coalisland North, Coalisland South, Donaghmore and Washing Bay. It was abolished for the 1985...
already used Lough Neagh, and the Lagan Canal, the Newry Canal and the Coalisland Canal, were 14.8 feet (4.5 m) wide, and would not therefore be able to...
stations in Coalisland, Strabane and Newry. There were further riots on 13 August in Dungannon, Coalisland, Dungiven, Newry and Armagh. In Coalisland, the B-Specials...
McKernan (born 27 October 1997) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Coalisland club and the Tyrone county team. Tyrone All-Ireland Senior Football Championship...
attacked the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) security base in the village of Coalisland in County Tyrone, and was ambushed shortly afterwards by the Special Air...
Rudman, aged 21) was shot dead while on mobile patrol, Edendork, near Coalisland, County Tyrone. He was the first British soldier killed by the East Tyrone...
Coalisland Fianna is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the BIG town of Coalisland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The club was founded in...
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