Greencastle, County Tyrone

54.689°N 7.079°W / 54.689; -7.079

This article is about the hamlet in County Tyrone. For other uses, see Greencastle.

Greencastle (from Irish An Caisleán Glas 'the green house') is a hamlet in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Sheskinshule (from Irish Seisceann Siúil).

The village sits at a crossroads in the foothills of the Sperrin Mountains with the Owenkillew and Owenreagh rivers running nearby. It had a population of 153 people in the 2001 Census.

In 2012, a Real IRA training camp was discovered in the hamlet, leading to four people jailed for terrorism offences in 2014.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.