Coagh Irish:An Cuach
Looking towards the village, from theCounty Londonderry side
Coagh Location withinNorthern Ireland
Population	545 (2001 census)
Irish grid reference	H8978
• Belfast	45 miles
District	Mid Ulster
County	County Tyrone County Londonderry
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COOKSTOWN MAGHERAFELT
Postcode district	BT80 BT45
Dialling code	028
UK Parliament	Mid Ulster
NI Assembly	Mid Ulster
List of places UK Northern Ireland 54°38′52″N6°37′06″W / 54.6477°N 6.6184°W /54.6477; -6.6184

Coagh (/koʊk/KOHK; fromIrishAn Cuach, meaning 'the hollow'^[1]) is a smallvillage inCounty Tyrone,Northern Ireland, five miles (8 km) east ofCookstown. Part of the village also extends intoCounty Londonderry. It had a population of 545 people in the2001 Census. It owes its existence to George Butle Conyngham ofSpringhill, and was founded in 1728 when KingGeorge II of Great Britain granted Conyngham a market charter allowing the village to host four fairs yearly.^[2] It is situated withinMid-Ulster District.

The village nestles among gentle, low-lying land between theSperrins andLough Neagh. The main feature of the village is Hanover Square, which was named after the reigningHanoverian George II by Conyngham. The village has been an ancient settlement for several thousand years; overlooking Coagh is Tamlaght Stone, aMesolithicdolmen erected c. 4500 BCE.

On 3 June 1991,Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA)volunteers Lawrence McNally, Peter Ryan and Tony Doris were killed in an ambush by anSAS unit. The British Army stated that the IRA members had been intercepted on their way to an attack. Over 200 rounds were fired at the car.^[3]

Coagh has its own primary school, Coagh Primary School, a feeder school for many local schools includingCookstown High School.^{[citation needed]}

• Coagh United Football Club, which plays in theNIFL Premier Intermediate League

Coagh has a surgery which serves local areas, such asArdboe,Ballinderry,Moortown,Drummullan,The Loup andMoneymore.

The population of the village increased slightly overall during the 19th century:^[4][5]

Coagh is classified as a small village or hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 545 people living in Coagh. Of these:

• 20.9% were aged under 16 and 20.4% were aged 60 and over
• 48.3% of the population were male and 51.7% were female
• 26.4% were from aCatholic background and 72.8% were from aProtestant background
• 2.3% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.

For more details see:NI Neighbourhood Information Service

The townland is situated in the historicbarony ofDungannon Upper and thecivil parish ofTamlaght and covers an area of 616 acres.^[6]

The population of the townland declined during the 19th century:^[4][5]

In 1891, the town of Coagh, standing in the townlands of Coagh andUrbal, covered an estimated area of 13 acres.^[4]

Since 1950, Coagh has formed part of the Mid Ulster constituency forParliamentary elections, with this constituency also being used for elections to theAssembly and other devolved bodies from 1973 onwards. In Parliament, Mid Ulster has been represented by theabstentionistSinn Féin since1997, and in devolved elections Sinn Féin has been the largest party in the constituency since the1996 election to the talks forum.

In local government, Coagh has been part ofMid Ulster District Council since it succeededCookstown District Council in 2015. Coagh sits within the ward of the same name inCookstown DEA. Councillors for this DEA were first elected in 2014 and sat as part of a shadow council until Mid Ulster District Council formally took over in 2015.

While a part of Cookstown District Council, Coagh previously sat within the ward of the same name inBallinderry DEA from 1981 onwards (with Ballinderry DEA having succeeded the earlierCookstown Area B which existed from 1973 to 1981).

In both of these DEAs, Sinn Féin has been the largest party since 2011,^[7][8] and were joint-largest in 2005, when Ballinderry DEA was uncontested due to the number of candidates being same as the number of available seats, and no election was held. On this occasion, Sinn Féin and the SDLP won two seats each, out of the six available.^[9]

Since 1973, Coagh has been represented by the following councillors:

• Jimmy Kennedy, Tin Pan Alley composer, grew up here.
• Stuart Dallas (born 1991), Northern Ireland international footballer, grew up in Coagh, having been born inCookstown.^[10][11]

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