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Town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
the town in Northern Ireland

Cookstown (An Chorr Chríochach, ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the fourth largest town in the county and had a population of 12,546 in the 2021 census. In 1641, the native Irish revolted against the Planters in a bloody rebellion and the town was destroyed. Nash also designed the Rectory at Lissan for the Rev John Molesworth Staples in 1807. With the establishment of Gunning's Linen Weaving Mill, with over 300 looms, Cookstown developed in the 19th century as the local centre of the linen trade. Two railways established terminus railway stations at Cookstown the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (1856 1955) and the Great Northern Railway (1879 1959). On 17 June 1920, during the Irish War of Independence, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) raided the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) barracks in Cookstown, with help from four sympathetic RIC officers. In a brief firefight, IRA volunteer Patrick Loughran was killed. He was the first IRA volunteer killed on active service in what became Northern Ireland. Cookstown Town Hall was designed by the town surveyor, Charles Geoffrey Birtwell, and built on the Burn Road by James Corrigan of Pomeroy: it was officially opened on 27 May 1953. During the Troubles, Cookstown suffered from several bomb attacks: on 2 November 1990 an off duty soldier from the Ulster Defence Regiment was killed by a car bomb. Cookstown Town Hall was demolished in 1998 and the Burnavon Arts and Cultural Centre opened on the site in 2000.

Ardboe High Cross and Abbey (Seanchrois Ard Bó agus Ministir Naomh Colmán), one of the best examples of a 9th/10th century High cross in Ireland, is 10 mile (16 km) from Cookstown. It forms the only remaining part of an early monastery on the site. Other ancient sites nearby include Beaghmore stone circles and Tullyhogue Fort (beside the village of Tullyhogue), the inauguration site of the chiefs of Tyrone (Tir Eogain), the O'Neills. The Donaghrisk walled cemetery to the southwest of (and clearly visible from) the fort is the resting place of the O'Hagans, the chief justices of Tyrone (and as such, they presided over the inauguration ceremonies of the O'Neills). Lissan House lies on the outskirts of Cookstown. It is a large structure which was the home of the Staples family for 350 years. Killymoon Castle is about 1 mile (2 km) south east of Cookstown. This structure is regarded as one of Cookstown's finest pieces of architectural heritage. It was built in just over a year at a cost of £80,000 and was Nash's first Irish commission. Drum Manor, approximately 5 mile (8 km) from the town. Alexander Richardson, a burgess from Edinburgh, Scotland, bought the estate of Craigbalk in 1617 and built Drum Manor, which was also known Manor Richardson. Alexander's son Sir William Richardson left it to his second son, Alexander, from which the Richardsons of Drum descend. James Joseph McCarthy's Catholic church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was constructed between 1855 and 1860 with a tower and spire at the east end. is a historic site of interest, located on the Sandholes Road on the outskirts of the town, which features an old graveyard and churchyard dating back to the 17th Century.

In elections for the Westminster Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly it is part of the Mid Ulster constituency. The local authority, Cookstown District Council, was established in 1973, and included part of County Londonderry, notably the villages of Moneymore, The Loup and Ballyronan. As part of the Local Government Reform (NI) Cookstown District Council merged with Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council and Magherafelt District Council to form a larger Mid Ulster District Council in 2015.

The town plays host to the Cookstown 100 Road Races, the longest running motorcycle road race in Ireland. Held in April of each year the races are seen as the curtain raiser to the Irish National Road Racing Championship.

Cookstown Fr. Rock's, the local Gaelic Athletic Association club, won the All Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship in 2013.

Local association football clubs include Cookstown Olympic F. C. (an intermediate level football club), Mid Ulster Ladies F. C. (a women's football club), Killymoon Rangers F. C., Coagh United F. C. and Sofia Farmer F. C. (clubs in the Cookstown District that play in the Ballymena & Provincial Intermediate League).

Cookstown Hockey Club is the town's field hockey team.

On census day in 2021 there were 12,546 people living in Cookstown. Of these:
56.21% (7,053) were from a Catholic background, and 34.33% (4,308) were from a Protestant or other Christian background, 1.12% were from other religious backgrounds and 8.33% (1,045) had no religious background.

On census day (29 April 2001) there were 10,646 people living in Cookstown. Of these:
26.0% were aged under 16 years and 15.6% were aged 60 and over
49.7% of the population were male and 50.3% were female
52.8% were from a Catholic background and 45.1% were from a Protestant background
3.9% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.

Secondary schools serving the area include Cookstown High School and Holy Trinity College, Cookstown. At third level, the Loughry Campus of the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise is 2 mile (3 km) south of Cookstown. South West College (a technical college) is also in the area.

The first community hub for primary care in the province is to be established in the town, backed by four local GP practices and the health board. It is to incorporate scanning facilities, a minor surgery suite, a pharmacy, out of hours consultations and community healthcare partnerships, with the possibility of developing supported living accommodation for older people.