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[[Garvaghey]] ({{derive|Irish|Garbhachaidh|rough field}}) is a hamlet situated in [[County Tyrone]] about 5 miles from [[Ballygawley, County Tyrone|Ballygawley]] and 11 miles from [[Omagh]]. It consists of a small number of houses with a number of new developments in progress, there is a local primary school St. Matthews, a local public house Kelly's Inn, a local shop and Chapel also called St. Matthews.
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[[File:St. Matthew's Primary School, Garvaghy - geograph.org.uk - 100768.jpg|thumb|St. Matthew's Primary School, Garvaghy.]]
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'''Garvaghey''' or '''Garvaghy''' ({{Irish derived place name|Garbhachadh|rough field}})<ref>[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=8642 Placenames NI: Garvaghy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608162928/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=8642 |date=2012-06-08 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/63487.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland: Garvaghy]</ref> is a [[townland]] and hamlet in [[County Tyrone]], [[Northern Ireland]].


It is between [[Ballygawley, County Tyrone|Ballygawley]] (about 5 miles to the southeast) and [[Omagh]] (about 11 miles to the northwest).
There are a number of local businesses situated around Garvaghey also, Classic Marble, O' Hanlons Engineering, Fortress Systems, Tyrone Trailer Centre, Kellys Inn and Mac's Auto Repairs.


Garvaghey is in the Parish of Errigal Ciaran. The Garvaghey Centre is in Garvaghey in which the home county team (Tyrone) usually trains.
New [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] Training Complex to be confirmed for Garvaghey to be developed, which may include six playing pitches, changing facilities, an Astroturf floodlit facility, indoor hurling alley, gymnasium, an administrative headquarters, and other training amenities.


Poet [[John Montague (poet)|John Montague]] was born in [[New York City]] on 28 February 1929, and raised in Garvaghey.
== History ==
The Poet [[John Montague]] was born in [[New York]] (28 February 1929) and was brought up in Garvaghey. He has published a number of volumes of poetry, two collections of short stories and a memoir. He is one of the best known Irish contemporary [[poets]]. In 1998 he became the first occupant of the Ireland Chair of Poetry.


==See also==
==References==
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*[[List of villages in Northern Ireland]]
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Latest revision as of 05:15, 29 August 2024

St. Matthew's Primary School, Garvaghy.

54°29′20″N 7°08′06″W / 54.489°N 7.135°W / 54.489; -7.135 Garvaghey or Garvaghy (from Irish Garbhachadh, meaning 'rough field')[1][2] is a townland and hamlet in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

It is between Ballygawley (about 5 miles to the southeast) and Omagh (about 11 miles to the northwest).

Garvaghey is in the Parish of Errigal Ciaran. The Garvaghey Centre is in Garvaghey in which the home county team (Tyrone) usually trains.

Poet John Montague was born in New York City on 28 February 1929, and raised in Garvaghey.

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