At least 10 people in and around Cappagh lost their lives during the Troubles, according to CAIN website.
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It is between Pomeroy, Ballygawley, Galbally and Carrickmore, with the hamlet of Galbally about one mile to the east.
The Methodist community originated from Palatine in Germany, and were granted refuge in Ireland by the English Crown in the 18th century, due to oppression in their homeland.
Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital (often called Cappagh Hospital), situated in Finglas, Dublin, is the biggest orthopaedic hospital in Ireland.
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Lady Martin, widow of Sir Richard Martin, died in 1907 and bequeathed Cappagh House to the Religious Sisters of Charity "to provide a school for poor children in the neighbourhood".
Tyrrell was born in 1916 to poor parents near Cappagh, Ahascragh, County Galway, Ireland.