Mountfield ( Irish: ''Achadh Ard'') is a small

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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. Its county town is Omagh. Adjoined to the south-west shore of Lough Neagh, the cou ...

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. It is within the

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of Aghalane, northeast of

Omagh Omagh (; from , meaning 'the virgin plain') is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated where the rivers River Drumragh, Drumragh and Camowen River, Camowen meet to form the River Strule, Strule. Northern Ireland's c ...

. It lies on the

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and had a population of 903 in the 2021 Census. It is set in a stretch of undulating countryside and is regarded as a gateway to the

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.Omagh District Council web site
Retrieved 19 December 2012. The village was developed mainly in the 19th century by Sir William McMahon and today is a quiet, tranquil place with its economy dependent on agriculture. Mountfield is part of the

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (; Ulster-Scots: ''Districk Cooncil o Fermanagh an Omey'') is a local authority in Northern Ireland and was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced Fermanagh District Council and Omagh District Council an ...

area.

Sport

Mountfield is the home of Mountfield F.C. Set up 2014, Mountfield is the home o
Sperrin Óg Ladies Gaelic Football Club

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NI Neighbourhood Information ServiceOmagh District Council

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