Gortalowry, Cookstown

#5 among attractions in Cookstown

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Gortalowry is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the barony of Dungannon Upper and the civil parish of Derryloran and covers an area of 281 acres. The townland is partly rural, but includes the southern part of the town of Cookstown. ()

Coordinates: 54°38'12"N, 6°44'35"W

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Cookstown United Kingdom

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Gortalowry – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Springhill House, Drum Manor Forest Park, Lissan House, Killymoon Castle.

4.9 miNE
Historical place, Reportedly haunted, History museum
Springhill House, Magherafelt
125 min walk • Springhill is a 17th-century plantation house in the townland of Ballindrum near Moneymore, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. It has been the property of the National Trust since 1957 and, in addition to the house, gardens and park, there is a costume collection and a purported ghost.
3.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Drum Manor Forest Park, Cookstown
85 min walk • Drum Manor Forest Park is a forest in Northern Ireland, south of the Sperrin Mountains and west of Lough Neagh. It was bought from a private owner in 1964 and opened to the public in 1970.
3.3 miN
Museum, History museum
Lissan House
84 min walk • Lissan House is a historic house and tourist attraction in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, that was the seat of the Staples baronets.
~1590 ftE
Forts and castles
Killymoon Castle, Cookstown
8 min walk • Killymoon Castle is a castle situated about one mile south east of Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on the north bank of the Ballinderry River.
2 miSE
Archaeological site
Tullyhogue Fort, Cookstown
52 min walk • Tullyhogue Fort, also spelt Tullaghoge or Tullahoge, is large mound on the outskirts of Tullyhogue village near Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It has a depressed centre and is surrounded by trees. It is an ancient ceremonial site where the Chiefs of the Clan O'Neill of Tyrone were inaugurated.
7.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Mountjoy Castle
195 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.
3.6 miN
Church
Lissan
91 min walk • Lissan is a civil and Anglican and Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish that spans parts of County Londonderry and County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The local Roman Catholic church was built in 1908.
0.8 miN
54°38'51"N • 6°44'53"W
Cookstown Library, Cookstown
20 min walk • Library
4.4 miS
54°34'23"N • 6°45'7"W
Roughan Castle
113 min walk • Forts and castles
5.1 miE
Sport, Sport venue
Hagan Park
131 min walk • Hagan Park is the home of IFA Championship team Coagh United. It is situated in the village of Coagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.