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Bockets
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Bockets townland in 2006
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Bockets
Location within Northern Ireland
County
Country Northern Ireland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district BT
Dialling code 028
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Tyrone
54°29′44″N6°58′48″W / 54.495453°N 6.980078°W / 54.495453; -6.980078

Bockets (from Irish Buacaide, meaning "a round hill") [1] is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Dungannon Lower and the civil parish of Killeeshil and covers an area of 667 acres. [2]

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References

  1. "Bockets". Place Names NI. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. "Townlands of County Tyrone". IreAtlas Townland Database. Retrieved 12 May 2015.