County Tyrone · Ulster

Strabane

An Srath Bán

'the white river-holm'

👥 13,507 (census 2021) 🏔 County Tyrone Source: Wikipedia ↗
The story

On the Foyle facing Lifford across the water, so the border runs down the middle of the river. John Dunlap, who printed the American Declaration of Independence, was apprenticed at Gray's Printing Press on Main Street.

Worth seeing nearby
  • Grianán of Aileach · The stone ring-fort of the Northern Uí Néill, 250 metres up above Lough Swilly, with terraces inside its walls for the assembled warriors of Ailech.

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