County Tyrone Geology
GEOLOGY
In Tyrone is the only field which offers much scope for the prospector, for it is very probable that here the Coal Measures dip under the Triassic sandstones to the east. The coal is of the bituminous type and occurs in thick seams. One of these, the Annagher seam, is 9 ft. thick. Deposits of fireclay and coal are being worked in the vicinity of Coal Island. Lignite is found at Sandy Bay on the eastern shores of Lough Neagh.
The Coal Island district is the only one in Ireland where true fireclay occurs, and here fireclay and sanitary goods arc manufactured. There seems, too, to be a prospect of a fuller development of this industry. The district is connected with Belfast by rail, and a canal runs to Lough Neagh, from which lake goods can easily be distributed to various centres, also by canal.
In Tyrone (Bed and Breakfasts, Tyrone, Ireland), a good road metal is found in a diorite near Cookstown.
August 16th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Hi i’m trying to trace my McVey ancestry from my g/g/grandfather francis McVey from tyrone and his father Edward,Francis moved to New Monkland in Airdrie Scotland sometime in the 1800’s, where he married a Margaret Clark… any help please…thanks. Ian McVey.