Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Caledon
In or near Killylea.
Caledon in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Caledon is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Caledon () is a small village and townland (of 232 acres) in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is in the Clogher Valley on the banks of the River Blackwater, 10 km from Armagh. It lies in the southeast of Tyrone and near the borders of County Armagh and County Monaghan. It is situated in the historic barony of Dungannon Lower and the civil parish of Aghaloo. In the 2021 Census it had a population of 522 people. It is a designated conservation area. It was historically known as Kinnaird. (Irish: Cionn Aird, meaning "head/top of the height or hill".)
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Background
History
The old settlement of Kinard was burned in 1608 by the forces of Sir Cahir O'Doherty during O'Doherty's Rebellion. Sir Henry Óg O'Neill, the main local landowner, was killed by the rebels. In 1967 the Gildernew family, began a protest about discrimination in housing allocation by 'squatting' (illegally occupying) in a house in Caledon. The house had been allocated by Dungannon Rural District Council to a 19-year-old unmarried Ulster Protestant woman, Emily Beattie, who was the secretary of a local Ulster Unionist Party politician. Beattie was given the house ahead of older married Catholic families with children. The protesters were evicted by officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, one…
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- Coordinates
- 54.3500, -6.8330
- District
- Mid Ulster
- Postcode
- BT68 4TT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Sources
- wikidata: Q4376916 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Caledon, County Tyrone (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Caledon?
- Caledon is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT68 4TT).
- What is Caledon?
- Caledon in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Caledon?
- Drivers can use postcode BT68 4TT.
- Is Caledon free to visit?
- Yes, Caledon is free to enter.
- How do I get to Caledon?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BT68 4TT. It sits within the Fermanagh and South Tyrone parliamentary constituency.