Lissan
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox UK place
| type = civil parish
| pushpin_map =
| coordinates = {{coord|54.687|-6.753|display=inline,title}}
| constituency_westminster = Mid Ulster
| irish_name = Lios Áine
| country = Northern Ireland
| unitary_northern_ireland = Mid Ulster
| lieutenancy_northern_ireland = County Londonderry
| lieutenancy_northern_ireland1 = County Tyrone
| constituency_ni_assembly = Mid Ulster
| post_town = COOKSTOWN
| postcode_area = BT
| postcode_district = BT80
}}
File:LissanChurch(LindaBailey)Mar2005.jpg
Lissan ({{Irish derived place name|Lios Áine|Aine's fort}}) is a civil and Anglican{{Cite web |title=Lissan |url=https://armagh.anglican.org/Parishes/Lissan.html |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=Diocese of Armagh}} and Roman Catholic{{Cite web |title=Parish Details |url=https://www.armagharchdiocese.org/parishes/parish-details/?parishID=46 |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=Archdiocese of Armagh}} ecclesiastical parish that spans parts of County Londonderry and County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.{{Cite web |title=Lissan, Armagh - Catholic parish registers at the NLI |url=https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0226 |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=National Library of Ireland}}
The local Roman Catholic Church, the Church of St Michael in Cookstown, was built in 1908.{{Cite web |date=2 March 2005 |others=Photography by Linda Bailey |title=H8083 : Roman Catholic Church of St Michael, Lissan Parish |url=https://www.geograph.ie/photo/93326 |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=geograph.ie |quote=The church was built in 1908.}} The local Anglican church, Lissan Parish Church, is in Churchtown.{{Cite web |title=Lissan (Churchtown) |url=https://www.churchofireland.org/find-a-church/parish/10320/lissan-churchtown |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=Church of Ireland}}
Education
The local Catholic primary school is Lissan Primary.{{Cite web |title=Lissan PS [Cookstown] |url=https://www.eani.org.uk/parents/types-of-school/school-type/primary/lissan-ps-cookstown |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=Education Authority}} Formerly, Creivagh Primary school was in the parish, but closed in 2015.{{Cite news |last=Corr |first=Shauna |date=22 January 2015 |title=Closure of Crievagh Primary School taking ‘the heart’ out of the community |url=https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/closure-of-crievagh-primary-school-taking-the-heart-out-of-the-community-2602942 |access-date=18 January 2025 |work=Northern Ireland World}}
The nearest secondary schools are in Cookstown: Holy Trinity College (Catholic){{Cite web |title=Holy Trinity College [Cookstown] |url=https://www.eani.org.uk/parents/types-of-school/school-type/post-primary/holy-trinity-college-cookstown |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=Education Authority}} and the Cookstown High School (controlled).{{Cite web |title=Cookstown High School |url=https://www.eani.org.uk/parents/types-of-school/school-type/post-primary/cookstown-high-school |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=Education Authority}}
The nearest third-level institution is South West College, with a campus in Cookstown.{{Cite web |title=Cookstown |url=https://swc.ac.uk/about/explore/cookstown-campus |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=South West College}}
Sport
- Lissan GAC is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.
See also
References
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