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Tyrone former county, Northern Ireland. In 1973 it was divided into the districts of Strabane, Omagh, Dungannon, and part of the Cookstown district.

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Tyrone was the largest of the six counties of Northern Ireland before the local government reorganization of 1973. Omagh, the chief town, suffered severely in a bomb attack in 1998 which killed 26 people. Strabane, Dungannon, and Cookstown are local centres.

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