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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Strabane
Visit Strabane places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Strabane places to visit. A unique way to experience Strabane’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Strabane as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Strabane is a town in west Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the east bank of the River Foyle and is roughly midway from Omagh, Derry and Letterkenny. The River Mourne flows through the centre of the town and meets the Finn to form the Foyle River. When you visit Strabane, Walkfo brings Strabane places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Strabane Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Strabane
Visit Strabane – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 11 audio plaques & Strabane places for you to explore in the Strabane area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Strabane places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Strabane history
Early History
The locale was home to a group of northern Celts known as the Orighella as far back as the fourth century. With the arrival of Saint Patrick, a mission established a church in the area near Castlefin. A later church was established at Lifford/Clonleigh by a mission headed by St. Colmcille.
The Middle Ages
Vikings arrived at Lifford in AD 832 and maintained a presence on the Foyle until AD 863 when they were expelled by Áed Findliath. The regional seat of power was to be the Grianán Aileach until 1101, when it as destroyed by the O’Briens of Thomond, and was then moved to Urney, three miles outside Strabane. It was during this epoch, in AD 1231, that Franciscan friars established a religious foundation on what is now the old graveyard at St. Patrick’s Street.
Seventeenth century
Strabane was settled by Scottish families in the 1600s. In 1608, during O’Doherty’s Rebellion, most of the inhabitants fled to safety of Lifford.
Recent history
In 1920-22 Strabane became a border town following the partition of Ireland. In the late 20th century, during the height of The Troubles, the town had the highest unemployment rate in the industrial world.
The Troubles
Strabane suffered extensive damage during the Troubles from the early 1970s and continuing throughout much of the 1990s. The town was once the most bombed town in Europe in proportion to its size. As a result of the Good Friday Agreement, there is no longer any British Army presence in the town.
Strabane culture & places
Sport
Strabane boasts several local football teams that play in various leagues. The Sigerson Cup, the all-Ireland colleges cup for Gaelic football, is named after a native of the town, Dr George Sigerson. The River Mourne, River Finn, Burn Dennet River, Moor Lough and Lough are all within easy access to the town. The Tyrone Titans are a new franchise in the historic IAFL.
Irish language
Strabane has an Irish-medium nursery, Naíscoil an tSratha Báin, which was founded in 1994. A common greeting in the North West is “What’s the bars?” This means “What is the news?” or “The latest gossip?” This may derive from Irish, from the phrase “barr nuachta,” meaning “titbit”
Music and arts
Strabane plays host to a Saint Patrick’s Day Parade each year. Barret School of Irish Dancing has produced some of Ireland’s best dancers. Alley Arts and Conference Centre opened to the general public in 2007.
Why visit Strabane with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Strabane places with Walkfo Strabane to hear history at Strabane’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Strabane has 11 places to visit in our interactive Strabane map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Strabane, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Strabane places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Strabane & the surrounding areas.
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Best Strabane places to visit
Strabane has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Strabane’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Strabane’s information audio spots:
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here Strabane has 4 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Strabane plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Strabane using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Strabane plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
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