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COOKSTOWN

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 76 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COOKSTOWN , a See also:

market See also:town of Co. See also:Tyrone, See also:Ireland, in the See also:east See also:parliamentary See also:division, 54 M. W. by N. of See also:Belfast, on branches of the See also:Great See also:Northern and the Northern Counties (Midland) See also:railways. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 3531. It consists principally of a single See also:street of great length, and lies in a pleasant, well-wooded district, near the Ballinderry See also:river. It has important manufactures of See also:linen, and some agricultural See also:trade. It was founded in 1609, the landlord, See also:Allan See also:Cook, giving name to it. The See also:mansion of Killymoon See also:Castle, in the vicinity, is a notable example of the See also:work of a celebrated architect, See also:John See also:Nash (c. 1800).

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