Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Cookstown, a market town on the river Ballinderry in the N.E. of co. Tyrone, Ireland. It is 158 miles from Dublin by railway, and 53 miles W. of Belfast. Linen is the staple manufacture, and there are large bleaching works, with flax and corn mills. Killymoon Castle is near the town.