Altamuskin or Altamooskan () is a small

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

and

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...

County Tyrone County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retain ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. North ...

. It is situated in the historic barony of

Clogher Clogher () is a village and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in the border area of south County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Blackwater, Northern Ireland, River Blackwater, 5.8 miles from the border crossing to County ...

and the

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of Errigal Keerogue and covers an area of 1165 acres. In the 2014 Census Altamuskin had a population of 127 people (54 houses). It lies within the

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council Fermanagh and Omagh District Council ( ga, Comhairle Ceantair Fhear Manach agus na hÓmaí; Ulster-Scots: ''Districk Cooncil o Fermanagh an Omey'') is a local authority in Northern Ireland and was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced Ferman ...

area and is home to St Bridget's Altamuskin. The population of the townland declined during the 19th century:

Facilities

*Altamuskin Community Hall provides sports, youthclub, playgroup and part-time post office and credit union facilities.

References

{{authority control Villages in County Tyrone Townlands of County Tyrone Barony of Clogher

Facilities

See also

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