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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Coal Island like this:
Coal Island, vil. with ry. sta. (Coalisland), 5 miles NE. of Dungannon, E. co. Tyrone, on a branch canal 4 miles to river Blackwater, pop. 677; P.O., T.O., called Coalisland. Market-day, Tuesday. Coal of an inferior quality is mined here.
Coal Island is now part of MID ULSTER District. Click here for graphs and data of how MID ULSTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Coal Island itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Coal Island, in Mid Ulster and County Tyrone | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/29605
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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