Stewartstown is a small village

Village

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 in County Tyrone

County Tyrone

Historically Tyrone stretched as far north as Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern day County Londonderry east of the River Foyle. The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610-1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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, close to Lough Neagh

Lough Neagh

Lough Neagh, sometimes Loch Neagh, is a large freshwater lake in Northern Ireland. Its name comes .-Geography:With an area of , it is the largest lake in the British Isles and ranks among the forty largest lakes of Europe. Located twenty miles to the west of Belfast, it is approximately twenty...

 and about 5 miles (8 km) from Cookstown

Cookstown

Cookstown may refer to either of the following:*Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland*Cookstown, Ontario, Canada*Cookstown, New Jersey, United States...

, 3 miles (4.8 km) from Coalisland

Coalisland

Coalisland is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, with a population of 4,917 people . As its name suggests, it was formerly a centre for coal mining.-History:...

 and 7 miles (11.3 km) from Dungannon

Dungannon

Dungannon is a medium-sized town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the third-largest town in the county and a population of 11,139 people was recorded in the 2001 Census. In August 2006, Dungannon won Ulster In Bloom's Best Kept Town Award for the fifth time...

. In the 2001 Census

United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

 it had a population of 608 people.

History

Stewartstown was built by Andrew Stewart (1560–1629), 3rd Lord Stewart of Ochiltree, 1st Lord Castlestewart. He was a direct descendant of Robert II of Scotland

Robert II of Scotland

Robert II became King of Scots in 1371 as the first monarch of the House of Stewart. He was the son of Walter Stewart, hereditary High Steward of Scotland and of Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I and of his first wife Isabella of Mar...

, by a younger son, Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany. He held the High Court position of First Gentleman of the Bedchamber

Gentleman of the Bedchamber

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 to King James I of England

James I of England

James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...

 (James VI of Scotland). He held the office of General of Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle

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, and gained the rank of General in the Artillery

Artillery

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. In 1611 he settled in Ulster

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, where he was granted 3000 acres (12.1 km²) in Co. Tyrone, and later other large tracts of land in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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 too. In 1615, with the King's consent, he sold and resigned the Barony of Ochiltree to his first cousin, Sir James Stuart, son of James Stewart, Earl of Arran

James Stewart, Earl of Arran

Captain James Stewart, Earl of Arran was created Earl of Arran by the young King James VI, who wrested the title from James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran...

, in order to raise money. In its stead, in 1619, he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Ireland

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 and created Baron Castlestewart by James I. No parliament sat between the years of 1615 and 1634, so he never voted in Parliament, but constantly enjoyed the title. In 1587, he married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Kennedy of Blairquhan Castle

Blairquhan Castle

Blairquhan is a Regency-era castle near Maybole in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is the historic home of the Hunter-Blair Baronets and remains in the family's possession...

, Ayrshire

Ayrshire

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. He was the ancestor of Earl Castle Stewart

Earl Castle Stewart

Earl Castle Stewart, in the County of Tyrone, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Andrew Stuart, 1st Viscount Castle Stuart. The Stewart family descends from Sir Walter Stewart , younger son of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, son of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of...

.
William Robert Greer (September 22, 1909 - February 23, 1985) was an agent of the U.S. Secret Service, best known for having driven President John F. Kennedy's automobile in the motorcade through Dealey Plaza

Dealey Plaza

Dealey Plaza , in the historic West End district of downtown Dallas, Texas , is the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963...

 in Dallas on November 22, 1963, when the president was assassinated.

Places of interest

Roughan Castle

Roughan Castle

Roughan Castle is a castle a mile outside Newmills, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on the Dungannon to Stewartstown road. It was built about 1618 by Sir Andrew Stewart , 2nd Lord Castlestewart, eldest son of Andrew Stewart the third Lord Ochiltree, 1st Lord Castlestewart who came from Scotland...

 was built circa 1618 by Sir Andrew Stewart (d. 1639), 2nd Lord Castlestewart, eldest son of Andrew Stewart (1580–1629), 3rd Lord Ochiltree

Lord Ochiltree

Lord Ochiltree of Lord Stuart of Ochiltree was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. In 1542 Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Avondale exchanged the lordship of Avondale with Sir James Hamilton for the lordship of Ochiltrie and by Act of Parliament was ordained to be styled Lord Stuart of Ochiltrie...

, 1st Lord Castlestewart, who came from Scotland

Scotland

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 during the plantation

Plantation of Ulster

The Plantation of Ulster was the organised colonisation of Ulster—a province of Ireland—by people from Great Britain. Private plantation by wealthy landowners began in 1606, while official plantation controlled by King James I of England and VI of Scotland began in 1609...

 and established the nearby town of Stewartstown. The 2nd Lord Castlestewart built his castle overlooking Roughan Lough. It is a small square castle, three storeys high with a central tower 20 feet (6.1 m) square, flanked by thick rounded towers at each corner.

Amenities

Stewartstown has a surgery which serves nearby areas; such as Ardboe

Ardboe

Ardboe is a small village in the north east of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is near the western shore of Lough Neagh and lies within the Cookstown District Council area...

, Coalisland

Coalisland

Coalisland is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, with a population of 4,917 people . As its name suggests, it was formerly a centre for coal mining.-History:...

, Brockagh

Brockagh

Brockagh or Brocagh is a hamlet in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is on the western shore of Lough Neagh, about east of Coalisland and north of Washing Bay...

, Clonoe and Newmills

Newmills

Newmills is a small village in east County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, three miles from Dungannon and two miles from Coalisland. Newmills gets its name from a corn mill and kilns that formerly stood in the area. Local amenities include a primary school, a local shop and a number of churches. It...

.

The Troubles

For more information see The Troubles in Stewartstown (Tyrone)

The Troubles in Stewartstown (Tyrone)

The Troubles in Stewartstown is a list of incidents during the Troubles in Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and effects resulting from the Troubles.Incidents in Stewartstown during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:1974...

, which includes a list of incidents in Stewartstown during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities.

Local schools

• Ballytrea Primary School
• St. Mary's Primary School
• Stewartstown Primary School

Transport

• Stewartstown railway station opened on 28 July 1879, closed for passenger traffic on 16 January 1956 and finally closed altogether on 1 June 1958.

2001 Census

Stewartstown is classified as a small village or hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 500 and 1,000 people).
On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 608 people living in Stewartstown. Of these:

• 25.3% were aged under 16 years and 14.8% were aged 60 and over
• 46.7% of the population were male and 53.3% were female
• 72.9% were from a Catholic
  Catholic
  The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
  
   background and 26.2% were from a Protestant
  Protestantism
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  background *1.0 Jewish background
• 5.1% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service

External links

• List of Surgeons near Dungannon