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Urney (Irish: An Urnaí, meaning 'Place of Prayer')is a townland of 188 acres and civil parish in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Both townland and parish are situated in the historic barony of Strabane Lower. It lies within the Derry City and Strabane area. Christ Church, Bell Road, Urney, Strabane, Co Tyrone BT82 9RS, Church of Ireland, in the the Parish of Urney and the Diocese of Derry & Raphoe is set in the beautiful rolling hills and farmland, close to the banks of the River Finn (Irish: Abhainn na Finne) straddling the Donegal-Tyrone border, South of Strabane, on the Bell Road, just of the B85 Urney Road from Strabane to the village of Clady (Irish: Clóidigh). This Gothic Revival Church of Ireland Church was built 1868 to designs by Welland and Gillespie and is richly detailed and beautifully crafted and includes ornate composite tracery and fine stonework carvings. The composition has been further enhanced by the later addition of leaded stained glass windows. The building has been restored in recent years, revealing the original character of the façade. This church, by celebrated local architects, is an important aspect of the built heritage of the Strabane area and social interest for the local community. The churh has six stained glass windows, the one to the south (W06) dated 1894 ‘Christ Blessing Children ’ by A.L. Moore & Co London, in memory of James Baird. There is a monument taken from the old church dedicated to William Maxwell (1789), this is a draped urn in marble with bay leaf garland. The current church replaced a smaller church (c.1734) the ruins of which can still be found just across the main B85 road in the old Urney Cemetery which is the burial plot of the Herdman Family of Carricklee and also of the Linen Mill in Sion Mills. Urney Chocolates Urney is notable as being the first manufacturing location of Urney Chocolates, established in 1919 Urney Chocolates was a confectionery manufacturing business founded by the Gallagher family in County Tyrone, and once operating one of the largest chocolate factories in Europe. After sales as a going concern, ultimately to what would become Unilever, the last factory closed in 1980. The brand was later operated by L.C. Confectionery Ltd., and is now handled by Hazelbrook Confectionery, based in County Kildare, Ireland. Urney Chocolates was established in 1919 by Eileen Gallagher b.1887 d.1976 (nee Helen Mary Cullen) and her husband, Harry (Henry Thomas), at their home, Urney House, in the parish of Urney, County Tyrone now the site of U. Harry Gallagher was Crown Solicitor for County Donegal. Sweet-making was one of a number of local industries started by Eileen Gallagher, in an effort to stem the tide of emigration from the area, after flower supply to Covent Garden, London market and fruit farming. Having been refused a sugar quote for a jam business, she was offered a quote for confectionery manufacture. The business was based in the back garden of Urney House. Urney Chocolates was the only chocolate manufacturer based in Ireland in the 1920s. Sourcing most of their supplies from Ireland, the company stressed this fact in their advertisements, and as a result were most popular in what would become the Republic of Ireland. The business made little impact in Northern Ireland; a consignment of Urney chocolates was returned to the factory marked "We want no pope here" as part of the Protestant boycott of Catholic goods (the Gallaghers were Catholic). The original factory was set on fire in 2021, and burned down in 1924, and so the family moved production to Belgard Road, Tallaght, Dublin. By the 1960s, Urney Chocolates and its subsidiaries were employing almost 1,000 workers, and the Urney facility was considered one of the largest chocolate factories in Europe. Redmond Gallagher (b.1914 d.2006), Harry and Eileen's son, took over as chairman of the company in 1958. The New York-based company, W & R Grace, bought Urney's out in 1963; it sold it on as a going concern to Unilever in 1970. Unilever soon changed the name to HB Chocolates. They ceased production in 1980 and the former factory became a DIY store. The brand is currently operated by L.C. Confectionery Ltd., with a factory in Newbridge, County Kildare, and a retail outlet for the Hadji Bey brand in the English Market in Cork city. Urney 1792 was the birthplace of William Burke, one of two sons to middle-class parents. Burke notorious for the Burke and Hare murders were a series of sixteen killings committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were undertaken by William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses to Robert Knox for dissection at his anatomy lectures. Coordinates Church: 54.800176, -7.527183 Graveyard Carpark: 54.801402, -7.527028