Greencastle, County Tyrone

54°41′20″N 7°04′44″W / 54.689°N 7.079°W / 54.689; -7.079

Crockanboy Road in Greencastle
Roman Catholic church of Greencastle

Greencastle (from Irish An Caisleán Glas 'the green house')[1] is a hamlet in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Sheskinshule[2] (from Irish Seisceann Siúil).[3]

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.[4]

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  1. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey Ireland: Online map viewer Archived 29 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine (choose "historic" to see townland boundaries)
  3. ^ Placenames NI Archived 17 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Three men and a woman to stand trial over 'Real IRA training camp In Tyrone'". Mid Ulster Mail. Northern Ireland World. 15 March 2014.
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