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'{{Short description|Town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland}} {{for|other towns of this name|Cookstown (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Cookstown | irish_name = An Chorr Chríochach | scots_name = Cookestoun<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cookstown.gov.uk/ |title=Cookstown District Council |access-date=15 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904064725/http://www.cookstown.gov.uk/ |archive-date=4 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> or Cookstoon<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/beaghmoreus.pdf |title=Ulster-Scots guide to Beaghmore stone circles – Department of the Environment |access-date=17 July 2012 |archive-date=1 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001234533/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/beaghmoreus.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> | local_name = | label_position = | static_image_name = Cookstown crest.jpg | static_image_width = 120px | static_image_caption = Cookstown coat of arms | static_image_alt = Coat of arms with a silver knight's helmet crowned by flames from which arises a firebird. Below the helmet, a shield bears two red right gloves beside a simple castle, above icons of twin bundles of flowers and a gear. A banner with the word FORWARD unfurls below the shield. Leaf-like decoration extends from the helmet, as a surround. | map_type = Northern Ireland | coordinates = {{coord|54.647|-6.745|display=inline,title}} | belfast_distance = 45 miles | unitary_northern_ireland = [[Mid-Ulster District Council|Mid-Ulster]] | population = 11,599 | population_ref = <small>([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]])</small> | irish_grid_reference = H8178 | country = Northern Ireland |historic_county= |post_town = COOKSTOWN | postcode_area = BT | postcode_district = BT80 | dial_code = 028 | constituency_westminster = [[Mid Ulster (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Ulster]] | constituency_ni_assembly = [[Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)|Mid Ulster]] | lieutenancy_northern_ireland = [[County Tyrone]] | website = http://www.midulstercouncil.org }} '''Cookstown''' ({{lang-ga|An Chorr Chríochach}},<ref name=logainm>{{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/1416798 | title = An Chorr Chríochach/Cookstown | work = Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) | publisher = [[Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media]] (Ireland) and [[Dublin City University]] | access-date = 12 November 2020}}</ref> IPA:[ˈanˠˈxoːɾˠɾˠˈçɾʲiːxəx]) is a small town in [[County Tyrone]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is the fourth largest town in the county and had a population of 11,599 in the 2011 [[census]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Cookstown@Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20Cookstown@23? | title = Census 2011 Population Statistics for Cookstown Settlement | publisher = [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA) | access-date = 26 September 2021 | archive-date = 23 May 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210523140625/https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Cookstown%40Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name%3A%20%40Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name%3A%20Cookstown%4023%3F | url-status = live }}</ref> It, along with [[Magherafelt]] and [[Dungannon]], is one of the main towns in the [[Ulster|Mid-Ulster]] council area. It was founded around 1620 when the townlands in the area were leased by an [[English people|English]] ecclesiastical lawyer, Dr. Alan Cooke, from the [[Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh|Archbishop of Armagh]], who had been granted the lands after the [[Flight of the Earls]] during the [[Plantation of Ulster]]. It was one of the main centres of the [[linen]] industry west of the [[River Bann]], and until 1956, the processes of flax spinning, weaving, bleaching and [[beetling]] were carried out in the town.The residency of Cookstown Mafia leader Don Bernardo. Bernardo is currently engulfed in a feud for the territory of the infamous Kilsaran/Ohio Area between Don Carlito of Dunleer County Louth, the feud started when a high ranking member of the cookstown mafia beat butchered and murdered a waitress Known to Don Carlito. Things have gotten so dangerous Don Carlito has stabbed Don Bernardo in the face. Luckily Bernardo escaped and is still sexy as ever. ==History== [[Image:Cookstown looking north.jpg|thumb|right| alt=Four-lane street busy with vehicle traffic, with a central island, wide sidewalks, with two-story houses. In the distance, the 1700 ft mountain, Slieve Gallion. |The main street, looking north. Slieve Gallion is in the background.]] In 1609 land was leased to an English ecclesiastical lawyer, Dr Cooke, who fulfilled the covenants entered in the lease by building houses on the land. In 1628, King [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] granted Letters Patent to Cooke permitting the holding of a twice-weekly market for livestock and flaxen goods.<ref name=coyle>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Little_Book_of_Tyrone/iYVJBQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=&pg=PT49&printsec=frontcover|title=The Little Book of Tyrone|first= Cathal|last= Coyle|year=2014|publisher=History Press|isbn=978-0750962841|page=49}}</ref> In 1641, the native Irish revolted against the Planters in a bloody rebellion and the town was destroyed.<ref name=coyle/> The rebellion had a devastating effect on the town and development ceased for nearly a century. Over the succeeding years, the lands around Cookstown were progressively bought up by William Stewart of Killymoon until in 1671 all of Dr Cooke's lands were in the hands of the Stewart family. William Stewart and later his son James set out plans for the town soon after this. Inspired by the [[Wide Streets Commission]]'s work in [[Dublin]], they planned a new town to be built along a tree lined [[boulevard]] which was to be {{convert|135|feet}} wide.<ref name=coyle/> In 1802, Colonel William Stewart (James Stewart's unmarried son) approached the London architect, [[John Nash (architect)|John Nash]], and requested that he visit the area to rebuild [[Killymoon Castle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiseek.com/2012/1803-killymoon-castle-co-armagh/|title=1803 - Killymoon Castle, Cookstown, County Tyrone|date=29 November 2012 |publisher=Archiseek|access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref> Nash also designed the [[Rectory]] at [[Lissan]] for the Rev John Molesworth Staples in 1807.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiseek.com/2012/1807-lissan-rectory-cookstown-co-tyrone/|title=1807 - Lissan Rectory, Cookstown, County Tyrone|date=13 November 2012 | publisher=Archiseek|access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref> With the establishment of Gunning's Linen Weaving Mill, with over 300 looms, Cookstown developed in the 19th century as the local centre of the linen trade.<ref name=directory>{{cite web|url=https://www.cotyroneireland.com/cookstown1880.html|title=Cookstown Directory |year=1880|access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref> Two railways established terminus [[railway stations]] at Cookstown - the [[Belfast and Northern Counties Railway]] and the [[Great Northern Railway (Ireland)|Great Northern Railway]].<ref name=directory/> Prominent developments in the second half of the 19th century included J.J. McCarthy's Church of the Holy Trinity on Chapel Street.<ref name=trinity>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiseek.com/2017/1860-holy-trinity-church-cookstown-co-tyrone/|title=1860 - Holy Trinity Church, Cookstown, County Tyrone|date=15 February 2017 | publisher=Archiseek|access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref> On 17 June 1920, during the [[Irish War of Independence]], the [[Irish Republican Army (1917-22)|Irish Republican Army]] (IRA) raided the [[Royal Irish Constabulary]] (RIC) barracks in Cookstown,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hezlet|first1=Sir Arthur|title=The 'B' Specials|date=1972|publisher=Tom Stacey|location=London|isbn=0-85468-272-4|page=10}}</ref> with help from four sympathetic RIC officers. In a brief firefight, IRA volunteer Patrick Loughran was killed. He was the first IRA volunteer killed on active service in what became Northern Ireland.<ref>Lawlor, Pearse. ''The Outrages: The IRA and the Ulster Special Constabulary in the Border Campaign''. Mercier Press, 2011. pp.28-29</ref><ref>[http://www.dcu.ie/~foxs/irhist/june_1920.htm Chronology of Irish History 1919 - 1923 - June 1920] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905215654/http://www.dcu.ie/~foxs/irhist/june_1920.htm |date=5 September 2007 }} Seamus Fox. 2008. Dublin City University.</ref> Cookstown Town Hall was designed by the town surveyor, Charles Geoffrey Birtwell, and built on the Burn Road by James Corrigan of Pomeroy: it was officially opened on 27 May 1953.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://coaghinww1.co.uk/docs/b014.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130162536/https://coaghinww1.co.uk/docs/b014.pdf |archive-date=2022-11-30 |url-status=live|page=40|title=Cookstown Town Hall|publisher=Mid-Ulster Local History Journal|volume=4}}</ref> During [[the Troubles]], Cookstown suffered from several bomb attacks: on 2 November 1990 an off duty soldier from the [[Ulster Defence Regiment]] was killed by a car bomb.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://alphahistory.com/northernireland/political-violence-troubles-1990-1994/|title=Political violence during the Troubles: 1990-1994|date=15 September 2017 |publisher=Alpha History| access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref> Cookstown Town Hall was demolished in 1998<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/town-hall-to-be-demolished-1.191605|title=Town hall to be demolished|date=10 September 1998|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref> and the Burnavon Arts and Cultural Centre opened on the site in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/images/uploads/publications-documents/ACNI_Annual_Report_2000-2001.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828082936/http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/images/uploads/publications-documents/ACNI_Annual_Report_2000-2001.pdf |archive-date=2015-08-28 |url-status=live|title=Annual Report 2000/21|page=7|publisher=Arts Council of Northern Ireland|access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref> ==Places of interest== *[[Ardboe High Cross|Ardboe High Cross and Abbey]] (''{{lang|ga|Seanchrois Ard Bó agus Ministir Naomh Colmán}}''), one of the best examples of a 9th/10th century [[High cross]] in Ireland, is {{convert|10|mi|km|abbr=on}} from Cookstown. It forms the only remaining part of an early monastery on the site.<ref name="IC">{{cite book | editor-last=O'Neill |editor-first=B. | year=2002 |title=Irish Cathedrals, Churches and Abbeys | publisher=Caxton Editions | location=London | page=63}}</ref> *Other ancient sites nearby include [[Beaghmore]] [[stone circle]]s<ref>{{cite web | title=Beaghmore Stone Circle Complex | work=Megalithics | url=http://www.megalithics.com/ireland/beagmore/beagmain.htm | access-date=1 December 2007}}</ref> and [[Tullyhogue Fort]] (beside the village of [[Tullyhogue]]), the [[inauguration]] [[Royal sites of Ireland|site]] of the chiefs of Tyrone (Tir Eogain), the O'Neills.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/Tullaghoge-Fort-Cookstown-P2950 |publisher=Discover Northern Ireland|title=Tullaghoge Fort|access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref> *The Donaghrisk walled cemetery to the southwest of (and clearly visible from) the fort is the resting place of the O'Hagans, the chief justices of Tyrone (and as such, they presided over the inauguration ceremonies of the O'Neills).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=himFujO3kxU|title=Donaghrisk Churchyard, Cookstown, Co Tyrone|publisher=YouTube| access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref> *[[Lissan House]] lies on the outskirts of Cookstown. It is a huge structure which was the home of the Staples family for 350 years.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Companion_Guide_to_Ireland/tJOV69cOKfUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=&pg=PA437&printsec=frontcover|page=437|title=The Companion Guide to Ireland|first= Brendan |last=Lehane|year= 2001|publisher=Companion Guides|isbn=978-1900639347}}</ref> *[[Killymoon Castle]] is about {{convert|1|mi|km|1|abbr=on}} south east of Cookstown. This imposing structure is regarded as Cookstown's finest piece of architectural heritage. It was built in just over a year at a cost of £80,000 and was [[John Nash (architect)|Nash's]] first Irish commission.<ref>{{cite web | title=Killymoon Castle | work=The Chrono Centre - Queens University Belfast | url=http://www.chrono.qub.ac.uk/local/tyrone/Killymoon/ | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110718135046/http://www.chrono.qub.ac.uk/local/tyrone/Killymoon/ | archivedate = 18 July 2011 }}</ref> [[File:Gortalowry House, Cookstown - geograph.org.uk - 1622791.jpg|thumb|Gortalowry House]] *Drum Manor, approximately {{convert|5|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} from the town. Alexander Richardson, a burgess from Edinburgh, Scotland, bought the estate of Craigbalk in 1617 and built Drum Manor, which was also known Manor Richardson.<ref name="Alex">[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ricksmith61/richardson/ps20/ps20_426.html Alexander Richardson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103174539/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ricksmith61/richardson/ps20/ps20_426.html |date=3 November 2012 }}, founder of the Drum estate. Ancestry.com user page.</ref> Alexander's son Sir William Richardson left it to his second son, Alexander, from which the Richardsons of Drum descend.<ref name="Alex"/> Sir William's third son, William, who inherited lands near [[Augher]], obtained a lease for lands in the townland of Tullyreavy on the Drum Manor estate, where he built a house by the lake known as Oaklands.<ref name="Alex"/> [[File:St Lauren's Parish Church, Cookstown - geograph.org.uk - 114801.jpg|thumb|St Luaran's Church]] *St Luaran's [[Church of Ireland]] Church is on Church Street.<ref>{{cite web| title=St Luaran's Church| work=Cookstown Parish| url=http://www.cookstownparish.com/2010/08/st-luarans-church/| accessdate=19 December 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613041822/http://www.cookstownparish.com/2010/08/st-luarans-church/| archive-date=13 June 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref> [[File:Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Cookstown - geograph.org.uk - 108493.jpg|thumb|Church of the Holy Trinity]] *[[James Joseph McCarthy]]'s [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] Church of the [[Holy Trinity]] was constructed between 1855 and 1860 with a tower and spire at the East End.<ref name=trinity/> ==Townlands== The following is a list of [[townlands]] within Cookstown's urban area, alongside their likely [[etymology|etymologies]]:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.placenamesni.org/Index.html |title=Northern Ireland Placenames Project |publisher=placenamesni.org |access-date=2012-08-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001193620/http://www.placenamesni.org/Index.html |archive-date=1 October 2010 }}</ref> *Clare (from ''Clár'' meaning "level land") *Cookstown (an English name from Alan Cooke, bishop of Armagh) *Coolkeeghan (from ''Cúil Caocháin'' meaning "Keighen's corner") *Coolnafranky (from ''Cúil na Francaigh'' meaning "corner of the rats" or "French") *Coolnahavil (from ''Cúil na hAbhaill'' meaning "corner of the orchard") *Coolreaghs (from ''Cúil Riach'' meaning "grey corner") *[[Gortalowry]] (from ''Gort an Leamhraigh'' meaning "field of the elm place") *Loy (from ''Láigh'' meaning "hill") *Maloon (from ''Magh Luan'' meaning "plain of the lambs") *Monrush (from ''Móin Rois'' meaning "wooded peatland") *Sullenboy (from ''Sailean Buí'' meaning "yellow willows") *Tullagh (from ''Tulach'' meaning "hilltop") ==Climate== {{Weather box |location = Lough Fea (225m elevation) 1981–2010 |collapsed = |metric first = y |single line = y |Jan high C = 5.8 |Feb high C = 6.1 |Mar high C = 8.0 |Apr high C = 10.5 |May high C = 13.6 |Jun high C = 15.9 |Jul high C = 17.5 |Aug high C = 17.1 |Sep high C = 14.9 |Oct high C = 11.4 |Nov high C = 8.1 |Dec high C = 6.1 |year high C = 11.3 |Jan low C = 0.7 |Feb low C = 0.8 |Mar low C = 1.9 |Apr low C = 3.3 |May low C = 5.8 |Jun low C = 8.6 |Jul low C = 10.6 |Aug low C = 10.4 |Sep low C = 8.5 |Oct low C = 5.7 |Nov low C = 3.1 |Dec low C = 1.3 |year low C = 5.1 |Jan rain mm = 145.3 |Feb rain mm = 102.6 |Mar rain mm = 117.6 |Apr rain mm = 95.8 |May rain mm = 87.0 |Jun rain mm = 88.3 |Jul rain mm = 93.2 |Aug rain mm = 111.5 |Sep rain mm = 109.8 |Oct rain mm = 134.4 |Nov rain mm = 129.6 |Dec rain mm = 134.5 |year rain mm = 1349.6 |unit rain days= 1.0 mm |Jan rain days = 19.3 |Feb rain days = 15.8 |Mar rain days = 18.8 |Apr rain days = 14.6 |May rain days = 13.7 |Jun rain days = 13.4 |Jul rain days = 14.6 |Aug rain days = 15.6 |Sep rain days = 14.9 |Oct rain days = 18.1 |Nov rain days = 18.0 |Dec rain days = 17.9 |year rain days = 194.4 |source 1 = metoffice.gov.uk<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gcepkcwhy | title=Climate Normals 1981–2010 | publisher=Met Office | access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref> | date=24 February 2021 }} ==Politics== In elections for the [[Westminster Parliament]] and the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]] it is part of the [[Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)|Mid Ulster constituency]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/bad00d05-3fd6-4a55-83ee-0b84486b16d1/Statement-of-Person-Nominated-Mid-Ulster|title=Statement of Persons Nominated – Mid Ulster|url-status=live|access-date=8 April 2022}}</ref> The local authority, [[Cookstown District Council]], was established in 1973, and included part of [[County Londonderry]], notably the villages of [[Moneymore]], [[The Loup]] and [[Ballyronan]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Transport_Yearbook_2006/KjqXEh-clIcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Cookstown+District+Council%22&pg=PA66&printsec=frontcover|title=Transport Year Book 2006|date=18 November 2005 |publisher=Stationery Office|page=66|isbn=9780117035850 |access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> As part of the Local Government Reform (NI) [[Cookstown District Council]] merged with [[Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council]] and [[Magherafelt District Council]] to form a larger [[Mid-Ulster District Council]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.midulstercouncil.org/your-council/elections/electoral-areas|title=Electoral Areas|publisher=Mid-Ulster District Council|access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> ==Notable inhabitants== '''Arts''' * [[Jimmy Cricket]] - comedian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/cookstown-born-comic-jimmy-cricket-awarded-knighthood-by-the-pope-2567335|title=Cookstown-born comic Jimmy Cricket awarded knighthood by the Pope|date=19 September 2015|newspaper=Northern Ireland World|access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> * [[Nick Laird]] - poet and novelist.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tyronecourier.co.uk/news/2019/05/14/gallery/cookstown-poet-a-queen-s-professor-4443/|title=Cookstown poet a Queen's Professor|newspaper=Tyrone Courier|date=14 May 2019|access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> * [[Eamonn McCrystal]] - singer and broadcaster.<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last= McGurk|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/cookstown-singer-eamonn-mccrystal-set-for-stardom-in-us-16206400.html |title=Cookstown singer Eamonn McCrystal set for stardom in US|newspaper=[[Belfast Telegraph]]|date=4 September 2012|access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> * [[Owen O'Neill]] - writer, actor, director, and comedian.<ref>{{cite web|last=O'Neill|first=Emma|title=Owen O'Neill is Cookstown's Comedy King|url=http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/1742/owen-o-neill-is-cookstown-s-comedy-king|publisher=CultureNorthernIreland|accessdate=1 October 2013|date=5 September 2009}}</ref> * [[Oliver Sheppard]] (1865-1941) - sculptor, born in Cookstown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/sheppard-oliver-a8035|title=Sheppard, Oliver|publisher=Dictionary of Irish Biography|access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> * [[Jonathan Swift]] - stayed at Loughry Manor as a guest of the Lindsay family while writing ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' (published in 1726).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ireland/CbQMAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=|title=Ireland|page=123|first=Rosemary|last= Evans|year=1994|publisher=Moorland|isbn=978-1564404770}}</ref> * Lias Saoudi - [[Fat White Family]] musician, grew up in Cookstown.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.loudandquiet.com/short/how-fat-white-familys-lias-saoudi-studied-his-way-out-of-a-town-he-hated/|title=How Fat White Family’s studied his way out of a town he hated|date=9 April 2019|website=Loud and Quiet| access-date=10 December 2022}}</ref> '''Business''' * [[Finbarr O'Neill (businessman)|Finbarr O'Neill]] - Irish American businessman, former CEO of [[J.D. Power]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maynard |first=Micheline |date=2001-06-17 |title=Private Sector; To the Rescue, Quietly, at Hyundai |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/17/business/private-sector-to-the-rescue-quietly-at-hyundai.html |access-date=2022-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> '''Sport''' * [[Stuart Dallas]] - footballer, [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland Team]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stuart Dallas |url=https://www.irishfa.com/ifa-international/squads/senior-men/stuart-dallas |access-date=11 April 2021 |website=irishfa.com |publisher=Irish Football Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414055851/https://www.irishfa.com/ifa-international/squads/senior-men/stuart-dallas |archive-date=14 April 2021}}</ref> * [[Aaron Hughes]] - footballer, [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland Team]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Little_Book_of_Tyrone/iYVJBQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=&pg=PT126&printsec=frontcover|title=The Little Book of Tyrone|first= Cathal|last= Coyle|year=2014|publisher=History Press|isbn=978-0750962841|page=126}}</ref> * [[Owen Mulligan]] - [[Tyrone GAA]] footballer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishnews.com/paywall/tsb/irishnews/irishnews/irishnews/sport/gaafootball/2021/09/28/news/mulligan-ready-to-keep-working-to-bring-more-success-to-tyrone-2460105/content.html|title=Mulligan ready to keep working to bring more success to Tyrone|date=28 September 2021|newspaper=The Irish News| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> *[[Jacqueline Burns]] - footballer, [[Northern Ireland women's national football team]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cookstownhighschool.org/news/jacqueline-gets-gold/|title=Jacqueline gets gold|date=6 June 2014|publisher=Cookstown High School| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> *[[David Ames (field hockey)]] - 2016 Olympian, [[Great Britain men's national field hockey team|Great Britain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZXzhYurVeI|title=My Journey: David Ames|publisher=YouTube| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> *[[Ian Sloan (field hockey)]] - 2016 Olympian, [[Great Britain men's national field hockey team|Great Britain]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/sport/ian-sloan-eyes-great-britain-coaching-job-as-he-makes-early-plans-for-life-after-fruitful-playing-career-39804390.html|title=Ian Sloan eyes Great Britain coaching job as he makes early plans for life after fruitful playing career|date=3 December 2020|publisher=The Belfast Telegraph| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> *[[Martin Sloan]] - field hockey, [[Ireland men's national field hockey team]] captain of [[1990 Men's Hockey World Cup]] team<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.northernirelandworld.com/sport/cookstown-hockey-stars-show-their-class-at-masters-tournament-2622234|title=Cookstown hockey stars show their class at Masters tournament|date=23 September 2014| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> '''Politics''' * [[William Craig (Northern Ireland politician)|William Craig]] - politician, founder of [[Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party|Ulster Vanguard]], born in Cookstown.<ref>[http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html "Biographies of all Members of Parliament in the Northern Ireland House of Commons"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226144802/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html |date=26 February 2019 }}, Election Demon</ref> * [[Bernadette Devlin]] - Republican Socialist political activist, raised in a small housing estate called Rathbeg.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/bernadette-mcaliskey-i-am-astounded-i-survived-i-made-mad-decisions-1.2798293|title=People: Bernadette McAliskey: 'I am astounded I survived. I made mad decisions'|date=22 September 2016|newspaper=The Irish Times| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> [[Image:Mary Mallon in hospital.jpg|thumb|Mallon (foreground) in a hospital bed]] '''Medical''' * Major-General Sir [[Richard Havelock Charles]], 1st Baronet (1858–1934) - medical doctor, [[Serjeant Surgeon]] to [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/charles-sir-richard-havelock-a1617|title=Charles, Sir (Richard) Havelock|publisher=Dictionary of Irish Biography| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> * [[Mary Mallon]], aka [[Typhoid Mary]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/typhoid-mary|title=On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone|date=23 September 2022|newspaper=Irish Central| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> ==Sport== *[[Cookstown Hockey Club]], are the local [[field hockey]] team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/hockey/6210653.stm|title=Cookstown triumph in Kirk final|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=2 June 2007|date=26 December 2006}}</ref> *[[Cookstown Olympic F.C.]], are an intermediate-level football club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI6AQQaQuNM|title=CYFC 1sts vs Cookstown Olympic F.C. (Cookstown Cup)|publisher=YouTube|access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> *[[Cookstown Fr. Rock's]] are the local [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Kerry/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=185334 |title=All-Ireland Club IFC final: All-Ireland glory for Cookstown |accessdate=27 February 2013 |work=[[Hogan Stand]] |date=9 February 2013}}</ref> *[[Killymoon Rangers F.C.]] are one of a number of football clubs based in the town.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/killymoon-rangers-hoping-add-50th-23874655|title=Killymoon Rangers hoping to add to 50th anniversary celebrations with cup success|date=5 May 2022|newspaper=Belfast Live| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> * [[Coagh United F.C.]] and [[Sofia Farmer F.C.]] are football clubs in the Cookstown District that play in the [[Ballymena & Provincial Intermediate League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYGFNG-edek|title=Pre-season: v Sofia Farmer |publisher=YouTube| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> * [[Mid-Ulster Ladies F.C.]] are the local women's football club<ref>{{cite web|last=McWilliams |first=Nikki |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/northern-ireland/referee-decides-to-end-match-17-minutes-early-30299623.html |title=Referee decides to end match 17 minutes early |publisher=Belfast Telegraph |date=2014-05-24 |accessdate=2016-01-19}}</ref> ==Demography== ===19th century population=== The population of the town increased during the 19th century:<ref>{{cite web | title=Census of Ireland 1851| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/13130/eppi_pages/336886 | access-date=22 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="CI">{{cite web | title=Census of Ireland 1891| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/18814/eppi_pages/505469 | access-date=22 March 2013}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! 1841 !! 1851 !! 1861 !! 1871 !! 1881 !! 1891 |- | Population || 3006 || 2993 || 3257 || 3501 || 3870 || 3841 |- | Houses || 550 || 576 || 600 || 728 || 822 || 835 |- |} Cookstown is classified as a medium town (i.e. with population between 10,000 and 18,000 people) by the [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA).<ref name="NISRA2005SCDS">{{cite web |work= NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) |title= Statistical Classification and Delineation of Settlements |at= Table 3 / Band C - Large Town |url= http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/documents/ur_report.pdf |date= February 2005 |access-date= 26 September 2018 |archive-date= 1 June 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180601041210/http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/documents/ur_report.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref>{{rp|11}} ===2011 Census=== On census day (27 March 2011) there were 11,599 people living in Cookstown. Of these: *98% were from the white ethnic group *56% were from a Catholic background, and 39% were from a Protestant or other Christian background *40% indicated that they had a British national identity, 30% had a Northern Irish national identity, and 28% had an Irish national identity (respondents could choose more than one) ===2001 Census=== On census day (29 April 2001) there were 10,646 people living in Cookstown. Of these: *26.0% were aged under 16 years and 15.6% were aged 60 and over *49.7% of the population were male and 50.3% were female *52.8% were from a [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] background and 45.1% were from a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] background *3.9% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ |title=NI Neighbourhood Information Service NISRA |access-date=18 December 2005 |archive-date=6 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806064627/http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Education== '''Secondary schools''' *Cookstown High School<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eani.org.uk/parents/types-of-school/school-type/post-primary/cookstown-high-school|title=Cookstown High School| publisher=Education Authority Northern Ireland|access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> *[[Holy Trinity College, Cookstown]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eani.org.uk/parents/types-of-school/school-type/post-primary/holy-trinity-college-cookstown|title=Holy Trinity College, Cookstown|publisher=Education Authority Northern Ireland|access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> '''Colleges''' *The Loughry Campus of the [[College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise]] is {{convert|2|mi|km|abbr=on}} south of Cookstown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/cafre-college-agriculture-food-rural-enterprise-loughry-campus|title=CAFRE (College of Agriculture, Food & Rural Enterprise) - Loughry Campus|publisher=NI Direct|access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> *[[South West College]] (technical college)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eauc.org.uk/south_west_college|title= South West College|publisher=The Alliance for Sustainable Leadership in Education| access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> ==Healthcare== The first community hub for primary care in the province is to be established in the town, backed by four local GP practices and the health board. It is to incorporate scanning facilities, a minor surgery suite, a pharmacy, out-of-hours consultations and community healthcare partnerships, with the possibility of developing supported living accommodation for older people.<ref>{{cite news|title=£8m health village plan 'well advanced'|url=https://www.midulstermail.co.uk/news/health/8m-health-village-plan-well-advanced-1-8491210|access-date=25 May 2018|work=Mid Ulster Mail|date=9 May 2018|archive-date=26 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526041633/https://www.midulstermail.co.uk/news/health/8m-health-village-plan-well-advanced-1-8491210|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Cookstown Townland== The townland is situated in the historic [[Barony (geographic)|barony]] of [[Dungannon Upper]] and the [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of [[Derryloran]] and covers an area of 217 acres.<ref>{{cite web| title=Townlands of County Tyrone| work=IreAtlas Townland Database| url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/| access-date=19 March 2013| archive-date=28 June 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628231757/http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/| url-status=live}}</ref> The population of the townland increased overall during the 19th century:<ref name="CI"/><ref>{{cite web | title=Census of Ireland 1851| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/13130/eppi_pages/336885 | access-date=19 March 2013}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! 1841 !! 1851 !! 1861 !! 1871 !! 1881 !! 1891 |- | Population || 27 || - || 16 || 123 || 119 || 93 |- | Houses || 5 || 1 || 4 || 23 || 28 || 22 |- |} ==See also== *[[Craigballyharky]] *[[List of localities in Northern Ireland by population]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Cookstown}} {{wikivoyage|Cookstown}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120904064725/http://www.cookstown.gov.uk/ Cookstown District Council website] {{NorthernIrishTowns}} {{County Tyrone}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Cookstown| ]] [[Category:Towns in County Tyrone]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1609]] [[Category:Townlands of County Tyrone]] [[Category:Civil parish of Derryloran]] [[Category:1609 establishments in Ireland]] [[Category:Planned communities in Northern Ireland]]'