Towns & cities · Northern Ireland
Fivemiletown
Also known as: Baile na Lorgan, Contae Thír Eoghain
Fivemiletown — village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Fivemiletown is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 1,243 people. Address: BT75. Wikidata describes it as: "village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland". Coordinates: 54.3799°, -7.3126°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Fivemiletown is a village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is 16 miles (26 km) east of Enniskillen and 26 mi (42 km) west-south-west of Dungannon, on the A4 Enniskillen-to-Dungannon road. Fivemiletown's population was 1,341 at the 2021 census. The village creamery, Fivemiletown Creamery, was begun as a cooperative in 1898 by Hugh de Fellonburg Montgomery. It originally made butter and milk, but now makes cheeses for the British and Irish market, and for export across Europe and North America.
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Background
History
The Clogher Valley Railway ran from Tynan, County Armagh, to Maguiresbridge, County Fermanagh, with Fivemiletown being one of its main stations. The old station house is still one of the landmarks in the village. The trains stopped at the Buttermarket on Main Street and the creamery to be loaded or unloaded with goods. After the Second World War, the growth of road transport made railways almost redundant and when the Northern Ireland Government learned that the Clogher Valley Railway had operated as a loss for 27 years because of growing road transport, it recommended the shutting of the line. The last train ran on the last day of 1941, bringing to an end one of Fivemiletown's most…
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- Coordinates
- 54.3799, -7.3126
- District
- Mid Ulster
- Postcode
- BT75
- Parliamentary constituency
- Fermanagh and South Tyrone
- Population
- 1,243
Sources
- wikidata: Q608356 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Fivemiletown (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Fivemiletown RC Church - geograph.org.uk - 309180.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Fivemiletown?
- Fivemiletown is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT75).
- Is Fivemiletown free to visit?
- Yes, Fivemiletown is free to enter.
- How do I get to Fivemiletown?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BT75. It sits within the Fermanagh and South Tyrone parliamentary constituency.