Dungannon

/ (dʌnˈɡænən) /

noun

a district of S Northern Ireland, in Co Tyrone. Pop: 48 695 (2003 est). Area: 783 sq km (302 sq miles)

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Example sentences from the Web for dungannon

Dungannon, Mountjoy, and several of the other forts, were also surprised and taken.
The Story Of Ireland|Emily Lawless
By the time John was sixteen he was ready to leave the school at Dungannon.
John Nicholson|R. E. Cholmeley
Accordingly on March 29, he surrendered himself to the two commissioners at Tougher, within five miles of Dungannon.
The Land-War In Ireland (1870)|James Godkin
The bridge over the Blackwater was broken down, and the castles at Dungannon were also dismantled.
Ireland under the Tudors, Volume I (of II)|Richard Bagwell

A great meeting of deputies from the volunteers had been held at Dungannon, which had accepted to the full Grattan's propositions.
A History of England, Period III.|Rev. J. Franck Bright

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