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'''Granville''', known before the [[Plantation of Ulster]] as '''Derrymeen''' ({{lang-ga|an Doire Mhín}}), is a [[village]] and [[townland]] in [[County Tyrone]], [[Northern Ireland]], approximately 2.5 miles (4km) from [[Dungannon]]. It consists of an industrial estate, a shop, a housing estate, a number of private dwellings and several farms. |
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'''Granville''' is a [[village]] in [[County Tyrone]], [[Northern Ireland]], about 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of [[Dungannon]]. |
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Most of the village is within the [[townland]] of Derryveen ({{etymology|ga|Doire Mhín|smooth oak-grove}}), although some of it extends into Cormullagh (from ''Cor Mullach'' meaning "round summit").<ref>[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=20526 Placenames NI] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317010448/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=20526 |date=2012-03-17 }}</ref> The name Granville comes from [[Thomas Knox, 2nd Earl of Ranfurly|the 2nd Earl of Ranfurly]], who named the village after his son, Granville Henry John Knox, who drowned in the River Tamar in St. Budeaux, [[Plymouth]], at the age of 16.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p14492.htm#i144914 |title= p14492.htm#i144914<!-- Bot generated title --> |publisher= The Peerage}}{{Unreliable source?|failed=y |date=August 2012}}<!--Lundy is not a reliable source so cite Lundy's reliable source See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT]]--></ref> |
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| ⚫ | It consists of an industrial estate, a shop, a housing estate, a number of private dwellings and several farms. The industrial estate includes the headquarters and main factory of [[Dunbia]] (formerly, known as Dungannon Meats) and one of the main plants of Linden Foods, also Westland Horticulture has its [[compost]] site and head office on the estate. |
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"Granville" received its name from [[Thomas Knox, 2nd Earl of Ranfurly]] who named the village after his son, Granville Henry John Knox, who drowned in the River Tamar in St. Budeaux, Plymouth at the age of 16[http://www.thepeerage.com/p14492.htm#i144914]. |
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Latest revision as of 23:57, 26 March 2023
Granville is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, about 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of Dungannon.
Most of the village is within the townland of Derryveen (from Irish Doire Mhín 'smooth oak-grove'), although some of it extends into Cormullagh (from Cor Mullach meaning "round summit").[1] The name Granville comes from the 2nd Earl of Ranfurly, who named the village after his son, Granville Henry John Knox, who drowned in the River Tamar in St. Budeaux, Plymouth, at the age of 16.[2]
It consists of an industrial estate, a shop, a housing estate, a number of private dwellings and several farms. The industrial estate includes the headquarters and main factory of Dunbia (formerly, known as Dungannon Meats) and one of the main plants of Linden Foods, also Westland Horticulture has its compost site and head office on the estate.
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- ^ Placenames NI Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "p14492.htm#i144914". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
54°29′N 6°48′W / 54.483°N 6.800°W
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