Granville is a

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, about 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of

Dungannon Dungannon (, ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the second-largest town in the county (after Omagh) and had a population of 16,282 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2021 Census. The Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Counci ...

. Most of the village is within the

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of Derryveen (), although some of it extends into Cormullagh (from ''Cor Mullach'' meaning "round summit").Placenames NI
The name Granville comes from the 2nd Earl of Ranfurly, who named the village after his son, Granville Henry John Knox, who drowned in the River Tamar in St. Budeaux,

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, at the age of 16. It consists of an industrial estate, a shop, a housing estate, a number of private dwellings and several farms. The industrial estate includes the headquarters and main factory of Dunbia (formerly, known as Dungannon Meats) and one of the main plants of Linden Foods, also Westland Horticulture has its

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site and head office on the estate.

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