Brackaville
{{Short description|Village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland}}
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File:Brackaville Holy Trinity Parish Church, Coalisland - geograph.org.uk - 904878.jpg
Brackaville or Bracaville (possibly {{Irish derived place name|Bréachmhaoil|wolf hill}}){{cite web | title=Brackaville| work=Place Names NI| url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=9607 | access-date=18 March 2013}}[http://www.ulsterplacenames.org/PDF%20Files/Dungannon%20&%20South%20Tyrone%20Borough%20Council%20(East),%20%20(C.%20Dunbar).pdf Dungannon-South Tyrone Council Area (East)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413172250/http://www.ulsterplacenames.org/PDF%20Files/Dungannon%20%26%20South%20Tyrone%20Borough%20Council%20%28East%29%2C%20%20%28C.%20Dunbar%29.pdf |date=2016-04-13 }}, Northern Ireland Place-name Project is a village and townland near Coalisland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Dungannon Middle and the civil parish of Donaghenry and covers an area of 235 acres{{cite web | title=Townlands of County Tyrone| work=IreAtlas Townland Database| url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/ | access-date=13 December 2012}} on the western side of Lough Neagh.
The population of the townland increased overall during the 19th century:{{cite web| title=Census of Ireland 1851| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/13130/eppi_pages/336879| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113221649/http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/13130/eppi_pages/336879| url-status=dead| archive-date=13 January 2013| access-date=13 December 2012}}{{cite web | title=Census of Ireland 1891| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/18814/eppi_pages/505461 | access-date=26 December 2012}}
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Year | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 |
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Population | 278 | 399 | 371 | 510 | 482 | 360 |
Houses | 56 | 69 | 80 | 106 | 104 | 84 |
The townland contains one Scheduled Historic Monument: Coalisland Works Chimneys (4), (also in Annagher townland) (grid ref: H4829 6657){{cite web|title=Scheduled Historic Monuments (to 15 October 2012) |work=NI Environment Agency |url=http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/the_schedule_of_historic_monuments_-_october_2012-2.pdf |access-date=19 March 2013 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026155955/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/the_schedule_of_historic_monuments_-_october_2012-2.pdf |archive-date=26 October 2013 }}
Sport
Brackaville is the home of the Gaelic Athletic Association football club Brackaville Owen Roes GFC, which became 2012 Tyrone Junior Football Champions in December 2012 after a 16-year gap.{{cite web | title=Bridging a 16 year gap, Brackaville take title | work=Tyrone Times (13 December 2012) | url=http://www.tyronetimes.co.uk/sport/gaelic-games/bridging-a-16-year-gap-brackaville-take-title-1-4367880 | access-date=13 December 2012}}
Notable people
- Eileen Donaghy (1930–2008), traditional singer
See also
References
{{Commons category|Brackaville}}
{{County Tyrone}}
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Category:Villages in County Tyrone
Category:Townlands of County Tyrone
Category:Barony of Dungannon Middle
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