Killeter
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| Population | 93 (2021 census) |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CASTLEDERG |
| Postcode district | BT81 |
| Dialling code | 028, +44 28 |
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Killeter (from Irish Script error: No such module "Lang"., meaning 'lower wood')[1][2] is a small village and townland near Castlederg in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. In the 2021 census it had a population of 93.[3]
Killeter has a yearly August fair, which "celebrates the diversity and richness of rural life".[citation needed] The village itself sits along an ancient pilgrimage trail which winds its way to Lough Derg. The national cycle network traverses part of this trail, which is bounded to the west by Killeter Forest.[citation needed]
The writer Benedict Kiely has stated that he based the fictional village of Carmincross, in his novel Nothing Happens in Carmincross, on Killeter.[4]
History
Near Killeter is the Magherakeel (from Irish Script error: No such module "Lang"., meaning 'plain of the church') ecclesiastical site.[5] This site contains a holy well, lime kiln and ruins of a 6th century church.[6]
On 29 April 1844, a shower of meteoric stones fell, in the sight of several people, at Killeter. They were broken into small fragments and only one piece was found whole.[citation needed]
Killeter, plus the rural protrusion of Tyrone to its immediate west, would have been transferred to the Irish Free State had the recommendations of the Irish Boundary Commission been enacted in 1925.[7]
References
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- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Placenames NI". Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Killeter (Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ Afterword to Proxopera: A Tale of Modern Ireland (Godine, 1989)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Magherakeel". irishstones.org. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Destinations - UK - Ireland". Touring Tyrone. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Irish Boundary Commission Report". National Archives. 1925. p. 140-43.
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