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County Tyrone: Strabane

10th July 2018. Bus to Strabane (population 13,000) a distance of 105 kilometres. A strongly republican town. It lies on the River Mourne which combines with the River Finn to form the River Foyle.

Statue of Strabane-born Brian O’Nolan (aka Flann O’Brien) 1911-1966, novelist, playwright and satirist.

The printing shop where John Dunlap, printer of the United States Constitution was apprenticed. It is owned by the National Trust.

The Tinnies a group of five sculptures, each six metres high. They are a drummer, flautist, fiddler and two dancers and on the roundabout that leads across the River Foyle to Lifford in County Donegal.

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