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Revision as of 18:29, 30 September 2020
Dungannon is a town in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. It's industrial, with a population in 2011 of 14,340, and has become a commuter town for Belfast as it stands at the western terminus of M1. It's about five miles from the banks of Lough Neagh and ten miles from County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.
Get in
The nearest railway station is Portadown 17 miles east, with frequent trains to Lisburn, Belfast and Bangor, and the Enterprise Train between Dublin and Belfast
Ulsterbus 75 runs every couple of hours between Portadown and Dungannon, taking 40 min.
Ulsterbus 273 runs from Belfast Europa bus station via Lurgan to Dungannon, taking just under an hour. It runs hourly M-Sa and every two hours Sunday, and continues to Ballygawley, Omagh, Newtonstewart, Sion Mills, Strabane and Derry.
Ulsterbus 72 runs every two hours from Armagh, and Bus 80 runs from Cookstown every hour or two.
1 Dungannon bus station is southwest corner of town on Beechvalley Way.
By road follow M1 west then A29 into town.
Get around
See
- 1 The Argory, 144 Derrycaw Rd, Moy BT71 6NA, ☏ +44 28 8778 4753, argory@nationaltrust.org.uk. Apr-Oct W-Su 11:00-17:00. Irish gentry house retaining its plush 1824 interior and wooded riverside estate. Adult £5, child £2.50, NT free.
Do
Buy
Eat
- 1 Viscounts Restaurant, 10 Northland Row, ☏ +44 28 8775 3800.
- Barry Devlins Bakery. Confectionery bargains.
Drink
McAleers Bar: Family run Bar in the middle of dungannon. Club upstairs on a Friday night. Featuring big Djs.
- The Fort Bar, Scotch St. Bar, Pub Lunch, Niteclub.
Sleep
- 1 Kensington Lodge, 194 Killyman Rd BT71 6LN (2 miles southeast of town centre), ☏ +44 77 6100 8196. Smart comfy B&B, they also have a self-catering 3 bedroom cottage. B&B double £90.
- 2 Grange Lodge, 7 Grange Rd BT71 7EJ (4 miles southeast of town), ☏ +44 28 8778 4212. Elegant B&B in 17th C building and extensive grounds, temporarily closed in 2020.
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