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County Tyrone: Strabane

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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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County Tyrone: Dungannon

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14th June 2018. Bus from Lurgan to Dungannon (population 16,000) a distance of 22 kilometres. I lived in Dungannon from 1979 to 1982.

Ranfurley House.

The Hill of the O’Neill (the ruins of the O’Neill Castle). The O’Neills were the most powerful clan in the Tudor Ireland.

The military-looking building was the town’s police station (Royal Ulster Constabulary) when I lived here. There is an urban myth that the design was supposed to be used in the North West Frontier of the British Raj but somehow was sent to County Tyrone.

The War Memorial.

This path was not in Dungannon when I lived here. The train station was closed in the mid 1960s when train service west from Portadown was discontinued. The path is the old railway track and nice to see the landscaping.