Ardboe

Ardboe
Ardboe High Cross
Ardboe is located in Northern Ireland
Ardboe
Ardboe
Location within Northern Ireland
Population2,221 (2001 Census)
• Belfast23 mi (37 km)
• Dublin88 mi (142 km)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDUNGANNON
Postcode districtBT71
Dialling code028
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Tyrone
54°37′23″N 6°30′50″W / 54.623°N 6.514°W / 54.623; -6.514

Ardboe (from Irish Ard Bó 'height of the cows'[1]) is a large parish civil parish in east County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It borders the western shore of Lough Neagh and lies within the Mid Ulster District Council area. It is also the name of the local civil parish, which incorporates both Mullinahoe and Moortown.[2]

Ardboe Development Association, which developed a small business park, and Ardboe Community Group are based in the Mullinahoe part of the parish.[3]

The name "Ard Boe" means "high cow" comes from a legend that the monastery of Ardboe was built from the milk of a magic cow which emerged from nearby Lough Neagh.

  1. ^ "Ardboe High Cross". Geography in Action. Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2007.
  2. ^ Public Records Office Northern Ireland. "Townlands in Arboe". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Ardboe". Cookstown and Western Shores Area Network. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2007.