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Tyrone
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Tyrone, former county, Northern Ireland. In 1973 it was divided into the districts of Strabane, Omagh, Dungannon, and part of the Cookstown district.

Tyrone

Former county, western central Northern Ireland. In the 1973 administrative reorganization of Northern Ireland, the county was divided into several smaller districts. The O'Nialls (or O'Neills) ruled the territory from the 5th to the 16th century AD. Subsequently the vast estates passed to the English crown and were divided and granted by the king under the scheme for the Plantation of Ulster. Royalist forces established fortifications, and the area was colonized.

Tyrone
a historical county of W Northern Ireland, occupying almost a quarter of the total area of Northern Ireland; in 1973 its administrative functions were devolved to several district councils
Tyrone 

a county in Northern Ireland, Great Britain. Area, 3,200 sq km. Population, 139,000 (1971). The capital is the city of Omagh.
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The man from County Tyrone won in a Peugeot and the firm is celebrating by building a 207 Kris Meeke edition.
THE MEEKE AND MILD PEUGEOT by The Mirror (London, England)
The man, who lives near the village of Coagh, County Tyrone, said the six pregnant ewes may lose their lambs as a result of the stress they suffered.
EWE BIGOTS; Ulster sheep dyed with Irish tricolour by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Byline: Tony O'Hehir NOEL MEADE, chairman of the Irish Racehorse Trainers' Association, spoke on behalf of his colleagues yesterday, when offering heartfelt sympathy to County Tyrone trainer Mervyn Torrens and his wife Anne following the death of their daughter Alison on Thursday evening, writes Tony O'Hehir.
Meade offers sympathy to Torrens by The Racing Post (London, England)
 
 
 
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