Coalisland Canal

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Coalisland Canal is a canal in County Tyrone in Ulster and is about 7.2 kilometres long. Construction of the canal began in 1733, but progress was slow and it was not officially opened until 1787. The canal was built to reduce the cost of transporting coal from the Tyrone coalfields to Dublin. An extension known as "Dukart's Canal" was built to link the coalfields of Drumglass with the head of navigation at Coalisland. It opened in 1777, but was an engineering failure, and closed when the main canal opened. After some difficulties with the infrastructure, traffic slowly increased, and did not reach its peak until 1931. Traffic then declined rapidly, and the canal was abandoned in 1954. ()

Length: 4.47 miCoordinates: 54°30'45"N, 6°39'14"W

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Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom

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Coalisland Canal – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ballysaggart Lough, Peatlands Park, Mountjoy Castle, Dungannon Library.

5.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Ballysaggart Lough, Dungannon
131 min walk • Ballysaggart Lough or Black Lough is a lough in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is within the drainage basin of the River Blackwater which flows out of Lough Neagh. It is part of the waterway created to service mills in nearby Moygashel. The lough has an area of 42.5 acres.
2.6 miSE
Park
Peatlands Park
67 min walk • Peatlands Park is a 266 hectares area established in 1990 and placed under the safeguard of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. It is located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, and has been designated as an Area of Special Scientific Interest.
3.7 miNE
Forts and castles
Mountjoy Castle
94 min walk • Mountjoy Castle is situated near the village of Brockagh, in Magheralamfield townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on a hill overlooking Lough Neagh.
4.6 miW
54°30'17"N • 6°46'9"W
Dungannon Library, Dungannon
119 min walk • Library
4.9 miS
Bridge
Charlemont Bridge, Moy
125 min walk • Charlemont Bridge is a stone bridge in Moy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland The bridge spans the River Blackwater connecting the villages of Moy and Charlemont on the old coaching route between Dungannon and Armagh.
2.9 miE
Park
Maghery Country Park
73 min walk • Maghery Country Park is a park in the village of Maghery, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, on the shores of Lough Neagh. It covers 30 acres and includes five km of woodland walks and picnic areas and is used for birdwatching, fishing, and walking.
4.1 miNW
Canal
Dukart's Canal
104 min walk • Dukart's Canal was built to provide transport for coal from the Drumglass Collieries to the Coalisland Canal in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. It opened in 1777, and used three inclined planes, rather than locks, to cope with changes in level.
4.1 miE
Island
Coney Island
106 min walk • Coney Island is an island in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland. It is about 1 km offshore from Maghery in County Armagh, is thickly wooded and of nearly 9 acres in area.
5.7 miNW
54°34'23"N • 6°45'7"W
Roughan Castle
147 min walk • Forts and castles
4 miSW
Sport, Sport venue
Stangmore Park
103 min walk • Stangmore Park is a football stadium in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of Dungannon Swifts, and holds 5,000 spectators, 300 of whom can be seated.
2.6 miNW
Town
Coalisland
68 min walk • Coalisland is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, with a population of 5,682 in the 2011 Census. Four miles from Lough Neagh, it was formerly a centre for coal mining.