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Famous people from County Tyrone

Name these famous people who were born in, lived in, or have ancestral connections to Tyrone
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Last updated: December 3, 2020
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Writer and broadcaster born in Omagh
Benedict Kiely
Dramatist and short story writer; works include "Philadelphia, Here I Come!" and "Translations"
Brian Friel
General of the Union Army and 18th President of the USA
Ulysses S. Grant
Signatory of the 1916 Easter Proclamation (first and last name)
Tom Clarke
Namesake of the above who won the 2011 Open (first and last name)
Darren Clarke
Former unionist MP for North Down
Sylvia Hermon
Edinburgh body snatcher of the early 19th century
William Burke
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First Tyrone man to lift the Sam Maguire
Peter Canavan
Singer and guitarist from Strabane who was briefly a member of Planxty
Paul Brady
Novelist who wrote "At Swim-Two-Birds" and "The Third Policeman" (most famous nom de plume)
Flann O'Brien
Founder of a bank in Pittsburgh and namesake of a university in the same city
Thomas Mellon
1985 Snooker World Champion from Coalisland
Dennis Taylor
Cook who spread infectious disease to 53 of her employers in New York, 3 of whom died
Mary Mallon (Typhoid Mary)
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May 24, 2021
Tough quiz! Learned a few things there though.
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