County Tyrone

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County Tyrone is one of the 100 cermonial counties of the UK. It is one of 6 counties located in Northern Ireland, and of these it is the largest in size, but the second smallest in population. The county town of Omagh is a centre for much of the west of Northern Ireland. Tourism and agriculture are key to the local economy. Other sizeable towns include Dungannon, Cookstown and Strabane.

County Tyrone is the second largest of the nine counties of Ulster and the largest of the six counties of Northern Ireland. It has an area of 3,155 square kilometres (1,218 square miles).

The county borders the Northern Ireland counties of Armagh, to the south-east, Fermanagh, to the south-west and County Londonderry to the north-east. The county also borders Lough Neagh to the east. The borders with the Republic of Ireland are County Monaghan to the south and County Donegal to the north-west.

Tyrone was the traditional stronghold of the various O'Neill clans and families, the strongest of the Gaelic Irish families in Ulster, surviving into the seventeenth century.

Gaelic football is more widely played than hurling. The Tyrone GAA football side has had considerable success since the turn of the century winning two All Ireland titles (in 2003 and 2005), three Ulster titles (2001, 2003 and 2007)[2] and two National League titles (in 2002 and 2003).

Association football (soccer) also has a following; Omagh Town F.C. were members of the Irish League until they folded in 2005.