Newmills

Newmills is a small village in east County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, from Dungannon and from Coalisland. Newmills gets its name from a corn mill and kilns that formerly stood in the area. Local amenities include a primary school, a local shop and a number of churches. It currently has a population of approximately 400 people. The River Torrent flows through the village.

Places of interest

• Annaginny Fisheries is a stocked and managed fishery.
• Roughan Castle was built in 1618 by Sir Andrew Stewart.
• Newmills Presbyterian Church.

Politics

• Newmills is in the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area at the geographic centre of the Torrent ward.

Sport

• Association Football is most popular local sport, and a number of teams from Newmills enter local leagues in the South Tyrone area.
• Newmills F.C. are an intermediate football club playing in the Mid-Ulster Football League.

People

• Robert Morrow, received the Victoria Cross for bravery on 12 April 1915 near Messines, Belgium during World War I. He was killed in action on 26 April 1915.
• Lydia Mary Foster, novelist, writer and poet, was the daughter of Rev. James Foster, the Presbyterian Minister of Newmills from 1850 to 1890.

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