Eskra is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.4810°, -7.2060°.

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Eskra

Also known as: Eiscreach

Eskra in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Eskragh Road, Eskragh - geograph.org.uk - 4969359 — Kenneth Allen — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Eskra 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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Eskra (from Irish Eiscreach) is a small village and townland in southwest County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is on the Omagh to Clogher road, about 10 miles from Omagh and about 4 miles from Clogher.

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Background

History

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area include megalithic monument, a chambered cairn, which is located at the crown of a wooded hill in the area. Sometimes styled 'Aynia's cave', this site is associated with the mythical Queen Aynia, who gave her name to the hill and townland. A number of penal-era Mass rock sites are located in the area. One such site is 'The Altar Field' near Cullen's Point in the townland of Cormore. Another is in the hollow at the rear of the new church in Lisnarable. The old St. Patrick's Church, sometimes referred to as the 'Lower Mountain Church', was originally a barn bought from a local farmer and upgraded to serve as a church in the first quarter of the 19th…

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