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Fivemiletown
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Location within Northern Ireland | |
Population | 1,243 (2011 Census) |
Irish grid reference | H445478 |
• Belfast | 64 miles (103 km) |
District | |
County | |
Country | Northern Ireland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | FIVEMILETOWN |
Postcode district | BT75 |
Dialling code | 028 |
UK Parliament | |
NI Assembly | |
Fivemiletown is a village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is 16 miles (26 km) east of Enniskillen and 26 miles (43 km) west-south-west of Dungannon, on the A4 Enniskillen-to-Dungannon road.[1]
Fivemiletown's population was 1,243 at the 2011 Census.[2] The village is most famous for its creamery, which was begun as a cooperative in 1898 by Hugh de Fellonburg Montgomery. Fivemiletown Creamery originally made butter and milk, but now makes cheeses for the British and Irish market, and for export across Europe and North America.[3]