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A visit to Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone in 2019

A slideshow of photos I took during my first visit to Aughnacloy in County Tyrone on Friday 31st May 2019. Aughnacloy, sometimes spelt Auchnacloy (Irish: Achadh na Cloiche (field of the stone)) is a village in County Tyrone. It is located in the south of the county and is just north of the Tyrone-Monaghan border. The village is about 20 km southwest of Dungannon, and 7 km southeast of Ballygawley. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 1,041. The village has one of the widest main streets in Ulster. History Much of the town was built in the 18th Century by Acheson Moore, the local landlord. Because he backed the Jacobite cause, he planted his estate in the shape of a thistle and planned out the town on the edge of it. Unable to rename it "Mooretown", he had to settle for naming the main street "Moore Street", and the side streets Sydney, Lettice, and Henrietta (now Ravella Road), after his three wives. Aughnacloy served as an important staging post on the road to Derry. However, lacking large-scale industry, it started to wane in the late 19th century. James Young Malley, the son of an Aughnacloy farmer and merchant, was the eldest of three brothers to fly with RAF Bomber Command. His service with the RAF during the Second World War extended to 127 operations over enemy territory, including more than 30 raids over Berlin. Malley achieved distinction a second time as private secretary to the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Terrence O'Neill. He oversaw the delicate negotiations which preceded the meeting between O'Neill and Seán Lemass at Stormont in January 1965. Andrew Beatty, the journalist and editor who has served as the White House Correspondent for Agence France-Press since 2015, is from Aughnacloy. The Troubles On 20 January 1974, Cormac McCabe (42), the first Headmaster of Aughnacloy Secondary School and a Captain in the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), was shot dead by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). His corpse was found in a field near Aughnacloy. On 6 July 1977, David Morrow (37) a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officer, was killed by the IRA while sitting in a stationary RUC patrol car in Aughnacloy. In 1988, Aidan McAnespie, a Catholic civilian, was killed, in contested circumstances, by a bullet from a general purpose machine-gun held by a British Army soldier at Aughnacloy. In June 2008, the Police Service of Northern Ireland Historical Enquiries Team published its findings on the case in a report. In the fatal shooting the soldier claimed that his hands were wet, causing him to accidentally fire the machine-gun. The report called this the "least likely version" of what happened. Landmarks The Aughnacloy Thistle (large scale landscape feature) St. Mary's Catholic Church (built in 1904) St James Parish Church of Ireland (built between 1736 and 1740) Aughnacloy Market House Copperfields Nursing home (former Alms House) Transport Aughnacloy had its own railway station on the Clogher Valley Railway (CVR) from 2 May 1887 to 1 January 1942. The CVR's headquarters and locomotive workshop was also at Aughnacloy. Bus Eireann Route 30 serves Aughnacloy and links the village with Letterkenny, Omagh, Monaghan and Dublin. Ulsterbus links Aughnacloy with Derry and other areas in Ulster. Current proposals to upgrade the A5 road through the village to a dual carriageway and build a bypass around the village. Education Aughnacloy Primary School Aughnacloy College (former names: Aughnacloy Secondary School; Aughnacloy High School) opened in 1963, designed by John MacGeagh. It occupies a rural site on the outskirts of Aughancloy, serving a catchment area stretching along the Blackwater valley including Caledon, Greystone, Innismagh, Ballygawley, Lisdoart and Favour Royal St. Mary's Primary School, Aughnacloy Sport Aghaloo O'Neills – Gaelic Athletic Association club. Aughnacloy Golf Club – one of the founder clubs of the Golfing Union of Ireland in 1890; reformed in 1994 and currently based at Lissenderry just outside the village Aughnacloy Races – The ancient tradition of horse racing has been re-established in recent years