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Has a population of 158,460 and covers an area of 1218 square miles (3,155 sq. km). The county town is Omagh. The largest of the six counties of Northern Ireland.

In County Tyrone there are the popular towns of Castlederg and Omagh.

Geography

To the north the M2 heads towards the Sperrins, while the M1 will bring you to the windswept moors of county Tyrone. Apart from Omagh, the county town, Cookstown and Dungannon, the landscape is almost empty of people but rich in prehistoric and Celtic remains

History

Historically Tyrone stretched as far north as Lough Foyle, comprising part of modern day Co. Derry, east of the Foyle river. About one thousand standing stones are a testament to the Stone Age people who lived here. Well known neolithic sites here include the Beaghmore stone circles and the chambered cairn of Knockmany at the top of a steep wooded hill north of Clogher. The chief crowning place of the Tyrone O'Neills was Tullaghoge hill where there is a fine view of the old kingdom of Tyrone from the top.