Places to see in ( Dungannon - UK )
Places to see in ( Dungannon - UK )
Dungannon is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the third-largest town in the county. The Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council had its headquarters in the town, though since 2015 it has been covered by Mid-Ulster District Council.
For centuries, it was the 'capital' of the O'Neill dynasty, who dominated most of Ulster and built a castle on the hill. After the O'Neills' defeat in the Nine Years' War, the English founded a plantation town on the site, which grew into what is now Dungannon. Dungannon has won Ulster in Bloom's Best Kept Town Award five times. It currently has the highest percentage of immigrants of any town in Northern Ireland.
For centuries, Dungannon's fortunes were closely tied to that of the O'Neill dynasty which ruled a large part of Ulster until the 17th century. Dungannon was the clan's main stronghold. The traditional site of inauguration for 'The O'Neill', was Tullyhogue Fort, an Iron Age mound some four miles northeast of Dungannon. The clan O'Hagan were the stewards of this site for the O'Neills. In the 14th century the O'Neills built a castle on what is today known as Castle Hill; the location was ideal for a fort as it was one of the highest points in the area, and dominated the surrounding countryside with the ability to see seven counties depending on the weather.
An interesting feature of the town is the former police barracks at the top right-hand corner of the market square which is quite unlike any other barracks of a similar vintage in Ireland. A popular but apocryphal story relates that the unusual design of this building is due to a mix-up with the plans in Dublin which meant Dungannon got a station designed for the Nepal and they got a standard Irish barracks, complete with a traditional Irish fireplace. Dungannon Park is a seventy-acre oasis centred round an idyllic still-water lake, with miles of pathways and views of the surrounding townland.
Dungannon is in the southeast of County Tyrone, within the historic barony of Dungannon Middle and the civil parish of Drumglass. The town grew up around a hill, known locally as Castle Hill. There are three small lakes on the southern edge of town, the biggest of which is Black Lough. There are also two parks in the eastern part of town: Dungannon Park and Windmill Park. Surrounding settlements include Moygashel (a village at the southern edge of Dungannon), Coalisland (to the northeast), Donaghmore (to the northwest) and Castlecaulfield (to the west).
Dungannon is linked to the M1 motorway, which runs from the southeast of the town to Belfast. There is an Ulsterbus town bus service that runs daily that serves the town's suburbs. The Irish gauge 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway (PD&O) linked the town with Portadown from 1858 and Omagh from 1861.
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Parkanaur Manor House Dungannon Co.Tyrone Northern Ireland.
Parkanaur Manor House Parkanaur is a large, rambling romantic Tudor Revival house which has evolved through the years. Originally the land was held by the O’Donnelly’s until granted by James I to Sir Toby Caulfield in the early 1600s. The land remained in the ownership of the Caulfields until sold by James Caulfield (1st Earl Charlemont) in 1771 to Ynyr Burges (East Ham, Essex), who had made a fortune in the East India Company as the ‘Secretary & Paymaster of Seamens Wages’. Ynyr Burges appears only to have visited the estate occasionally. Following his death in 1793 a small two storey cottage called ‘Edenfield was built in 1802-1804 as an occasional residence. This may have been built by Ynyr’s daughter Margaret or his nephew John Henry (Wood park, Armagh).
The growing importance of the house from retreat to home to seat is reflected in the graduated scale of the different parts. When John Henry Burges settled on the estate in the 1820’s, the cottage was enlarged. His son John Ynyr added to the building further from 1839 to 1854 encasing the original building and adding a west wing. This new house was then named ‘Parkanaur’ and is built from block rubble on a larger scale. It has a grand terraced front with octagonal shafts or pinnacles and gables at each projection of the façade, a big bay window and an upper oriel and is comparable to Narrow water Castle in Co.Down again by the Newry Architect, Thomas Duff. The original two storey dwelling is still visible with the new building joined onto it. The large plate windows of the 1820 and 1839 additions have mullioned windows with leaded lights and transformed frames and are shielded by block dripstones. The present taller west wing lying along the terrace was laid in 1843, it doubles back to form an upper yard which has a coach house and a tower intended for hanging meat. A free standing office block was added in 1870. A plaque above the doorway leading to the court is inscribed “This house and offices were built by John Ynyr and Lady Caroline Burges without placing any debt upon the property (A.D. 1870)”. The costs of the works was specified not to exceed £5,000.
The house remained within the ownership of the Burges family right up to 1955 when it was vacated and the family moved to England. The house lay vacant until 1958 when it was bought by millionaire ‘Thomas Doran’ for £13,000 as a gift for his friend ‘Rev Gerry Eakins’. Tom Doran had originally came from near Castlecaulfield but had emigrated to the USA as a teenager. There he made his fortune as the founder of ‘The Cheerful Greetings Card Company’. The reason for purchasing the house was to facilitate his friend Rev Eakins in developing a new centre for the education of handicapped young adults. The house reopened in 1960 as ‘The Thomas Doran Training Centre’, (Parkanaur College) and much of the house continues today in this role.
The main entrance is in complimentary style to the house. Again, Duff is likely to be responsible for this design. It is a one and a half storey building constructed in fine grey ashlar, given an informal appearance by its single storey rectangular bay windows, the porch, gablet and big octagonal chimney stacks. At one stage the windows were mullioned as bi and tripartite openings to pretty lattice-paned cast iron lights. There is an extensive and grandiose entrance gate screen with tall octagonal stone pillars with octahedral cappings.
Parkanaur boasts rich “Elizabethan style” interiors. It has a great hall lit by its three perpendicular windows, with a tudor style arched screen and minstrels gallery at its south end. Older works includes the 17th Century Jacobean carved wooden mantel with male and female cyriads and an imported dining room chimney piece dated 1641 with Ionic columns decorated with bunches of grapes interspersed with spiralling vines and cherub heads below the shelf. In the Duff Wing, Mrs Burges sitting room, the Drawing Room (which has a strap work mantel) and a further octagonal room have lofty Jacobean ceilings. There is a pretty mid 17th Century Baroque organ Case in the gallery.
Parkanaur is set in beautiful grounds, wooded by the planting of 21,000 trees and 91,000 quicks by John Henry Burges. It boasts a rare herd of white fallow deer, one of only two herds in Ireland. Much of the original estate is in the ownership of the DARD Forestry Service.
The Architect, Thomas Duff
Born in 1791, Thomas J. Duff received training at the Royal School of Architectural Drawing in Dublin. Duff was a known subscriber to architectural pattern books and inspiration for Parkanaur may well have come from these. He is also responsible for Newry Cathedral, the initial designs of Armagh Cathedral and Narrow Water Castle, described by W.M. Thackery as “a good specimen of the Tudor Gothic”.
29-07-2018 - Open Air @ Dungannon Park - Bertie Johnston
Sunday Evening, 29th July 2018
Open Air @ Dungannon Park
Speaker: Bertie Johnston
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This video was recorded at the Lifeboat Fellowship, Grange Corner, Moy. For further copies or information please visit our website at lifeboatfellowship.com or write to.... Lifeboat Fellowship, Old Moy Road, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, BT71 6PX
22-07-2018 - Open Air @ Dungannon Park - Robert Little
Sunday Evening, 22nd July 2018
Open Air @ Dungannon Park
Speaker: Robert Little
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This video was recorded at the Lifeboat Fellowship, Grange Corner, Moy. For further copies or information please visit our website at lifeboatfellowship.com or write to.... Lifeboat Fellowship, Old Moy Road, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, BT71 6PX
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Ballysaggart Lough or Black Lough. Dungannon. Tyrone.
Parkanaur House & Forest, Castlecaufield Co.Tyrone
Parkanaur House & Forest, approximately 4.5 miles from Dungannon, is situated in 415 acres of mature woodland. With lots to offer the visitor, Parkanaur Forest Park is an attractive place to visit - ponds, woodland walks, rivers and not forgetting, the beautiful Tudor Revival style house.
Peugeut 206 on Fire in Dungannon Town Centre
Dungannon CTC Olympic Skeet September 2018
I provide coverage of the Olympic Skeet event taking place in Dungannon CTC for pro UK shooters.
Representatives from team NI, England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Mann all go head to head to find who is the best.
Open Air - Dungannon Park - 19th July 2015 - Jonny Herron
Sunday Evening, 19th July 2015
Speaker: Jonny Herron
Open Air - Dungannon Park
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This video was recorded at the Lifeboat Fellowship, Grange Corner, Moy. For further copies or information please visit our website at lifeboatfellowship.com or write to.... Lifeboat Fellowship, Old Moy Road, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, BT71 6PX
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SCARY SIGHTING IN GORTGONOIS PARK COALISLAND
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