Fivemiletown

Fivemiletown (Baile an Lorgain) is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is located seventeen miles (27 km) east of Enniskillen, County Fermanagh and 43 km southwest of Dungannon, on the A4 Belfast to Enniskillen road, close to the county boundary with Fermanagh. The present name derives from the town's location five Irish miles (1 Irish mile = 2,240yd / 2048 m) from its nearest neighbours of Clogher, Brookeborough and Tempo. It had a population of 1,108 people in the 2001 Census.

The village is most famous for its Creamery, which was established as a co-operative in 1898 by H.D. Fellonburg Montgomery. Fivemiletown Creamery originally produced butter and milk, but now exports speciality cheeses across Europe and North America.

1 History
- 1.1 The Troubles
2 Transport
3 Education
4 2001 Census
5 References
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] History

[edit] The Troubles

Incidents in Fivemiletown during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:

1993

12 December 1993 - Andrew Beacom (46) and Ernest Smith (49), both Protestant members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, were shot dead by the Provisional Irish Republican Army while travelling in their civilian-type car, Main Street, Fivemiletown.

[edit] Transport

The narrow gauge Clogher Valley Railway ran through the village from 1887 until 1942. The train originally had a top speed of 10mph (16 km/h). Fivemiletown railway station opened on 2 May 1887 and finally closed on 1 January 1942.^[1]

[edit] Education

Fivemiletown High School and Community College
Fivemiletown Primary School
St. Mary's Primary School

[edit] 2001 Census

Fivemiletown is classified as a village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 1,000 and 2,250 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,108 people living in Fivemiletown. Of these:

19.9% were aged under 16 and 20.6% were aged 60 and over
48.4% of the population were male and 51.6% were female
25.1% were from a Catholic background and 74.0% were from a Protestant background
5.6% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service