placenamesAughamullan
Achadh Uí Mhaoláin
Aughamullan’s community life centres on the Coole Road and nearby services shared with Derryloughan. Its history also includes a locally remembered singer and a school project that helped preserve a small piece of Coalisland’s industrial heritage.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Achadh Uí Mhaoláin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Aughamullan · English · main form
- Aughamullen · English · main form · local name
Place & story
A roadside community
Mid Ulster Council’s 2019 settlement appraisal describes Aughamullan and Derryloughan as a rural community shaped by roadside houses, the primary school and local businesses along Coole Road. Facilities farther east, including a Gaelic club and community centre, served the wider area. The account identifies a dispersed settlement pattern rather than a compact village square. It provides a useful contemporary record of how school, sport and everyday services connected neighbouring rural households. [2]
John McAnulty’s local musical life
Singer John McAnulty was born in the Doon, Aughamullen, in 1949. In a personal tribute published in 2019, fellow musician Joey McLernon recalled growing up with him and playing in small groups with McAnulty as lead singer. He remembered a performer who learned songs quickly from the radio and later entertained audiences in local clubs, including Derrytresk. The tribute preserves a musical reputation built through live community performances rather than a recording career. [3]
Pupils preserving industrial memory
In 1997, Primary Seven pupils from Aughamullan school helped restore a memorial at the former Coalisland weaving factory, outside the settlement. It marked five horses owned by the Clark family that had died in 1894. The local heritage account records that the pupils designed the interior of the grave enclosure and that their contribution was acknowledged on a plaque. This modest project linked classroom activity with the preservation of a neighbouring town’s industrial past. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Tyrone
- Barony
- Dungannon Middle
- Civil parish
- Clonoe
- Coordinates
- 54.53446, -6.62494 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414375 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Aughamullan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Aughamullan/Derryloughan: Strategic Settlement Evaluation addendum, January 2019 · Mid Ulster District Council
- John McAnulty: Exceptional Co Tyrone singer had no desire for fame, 7 September 2019 · Joey McLernon, The Irish News
- A History of Coalisland Weaving Company, page 3 · Coalisland Local Neighbourhood Partnership
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2015-11-11. How this page was prepared.