Carrickmore
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Village | |
Location within Northern Ireland | |
Population | 612 (2011) |
Irish grid reference | H630574 |
• Belfast | 52 mi (84 km) |
District | |
County | |
Country | Northern Ireland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | OMAGH |
Postcode district | BT79 |
Dialling code | 028 |
UK Parliament | |
NI Assembly | |
Carrickmore (from Irish an Charraig Mhór, meaning 'the big rock'[1]) is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Omagh East, the civil parish of Termonmaguirk and the Roman Catholic Parish of Termonmaguirc between Cookstown, Dungannon and Omagh.[2] It had a population of 612 in the 2001 Census. In the 2011 Census 2,330 people lived in the Termon Ward, which covers the Carrickmore and Creggan areas.