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Newtownstewart
Newtownstewart is a village and townland of in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is overlooked by hills called Bessy Bell and Mary Gray and lies on the River Strule below the confluence with its tributary the Owenkillew. It is situated in the historic barony of Strabane Lower and the civil parish of Ardstraw. In the 2021 census it had a population of 1,414 people. It lies within the Derry City and Strabane District Council area.
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- Locality
- Newtownstewart
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,465
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Newtownstewart is a village and townland of in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is overlooked by hills called Bessy Bell and Mary Gray and lies on the River Strule below the confluence with its tributary the Owenkillew. It is situated in the historic barony of Strabane Lower and the civil parish of Ardstraw. In the 2021 census it had a population of 1,414 people. It lies within the Derry City and Strabane District Council area.
== History == thumb|left|The ruins of Newtownstewart Castle thumb|right|Baronscourt in 1879, from The County Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, by Francis Orpen Morris thumb|upright|Newtownstewart Town Hall The townland of Newtownstewart was historically called Lislas. Newtownstewart Castle was built by Sir Robert Newcomen in 1615 as part of the Plantation of Ulster. The castle was acquired by Sir William Stewart when he married Newcomen's second daughter in 1629. The castle and town were renamed Newtownstewart by Sir William Stewart after his birthplace.