placenamesCabragh
An Chabrach
In Killeeshil parish, Cabragh combines an archaeological trace of grain processing with a school created by amalgamation and a long-running primary-school football competition.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Chabrach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Cabragh · English · main form
Place & story
A kiln beside the road corridor
Roadworks brought an otherwise modest archaeological site at Cabragh into the record. Trial trenches along the upgraded A4 route in June 2006 identified possible features, prompting the stripping of three areas for examination. A corn-drying kiln was the only feature judged archaeologically significant. The excavation report does not assign it a period. It nevertheless records a practical agricultural activity in the locality, providing evidence of grain processing beyond the buildings and roads of the modern settlement. [2]
Three schools brought together
Saint Mary’s Primary School was built in 1968 to accommodate the amalgamation of three smaller schools in Killeeshil parish. Its site on Whites Road became a shared educational centre for the surrounding area between Dungannon and Ballygawley. The school’s own profile describes an assembly hall also used for meals, outdoor teaching space, a walking track and sensory and early-years gardens. Its traditional music group receives tuition in fiddle, banjo, tin whistle and concertina, while the choir participates in parish and community events. [3]
The Cabragh Cup
Saint Mary’s also established a wider sporting connection through the annual Cabragh Cup, held at Kennedy Park in Killeeshil. Tyrone GAA’s account of the June 2016 tournament described it as the thirty-second year and recorded ten participating primary schools, divided into larger- and smaller-school sections. Cabragh won the accompanying shield after recovering from an eight-point half-time deficit against Edendork. The occasion included a presentation to retiring principal Damian Kelly after thirty-six years of service, bringing school and sporting memories together. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Tyrone
- Barony
- Dungannon Lower
- Civil parish
- Killeeshil
- Coordinates
- 54.49252, -6.91961 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414355 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cabragh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 2007:1752, Cabragh, A4/A5 Site 13, excavated June 2006 · Mike Kimber, Headland Archaeology Ltd.
- Saint Mary’s Primary School Cabragh: School Profile · Saint Mary’s Primary School Cabragh
- Cabragh Cup 2016, 13 June 2016 · Tyrone GAA
- Mulnahunch Orange Hall, near Cabragh, County Tyrone illustration: based on a Mulnahunch Orange Hall by Kenneth Allen. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Additional reference: Orange Hall at Mulnahaunch by Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2012-01-27. How this page was prepared.