The town of Coalisland grew up around the canal, which was built in the 18th century to export coal from the Tyrone coalfields. Work on the canal began in 1733, but progress was slow and it was not ...

Abandoned trolleys, car tyres and traffic cones are just some of the items that can be seen half submerged along the Coalisland canal. It is one of the oldest canals in the UK and Ireland and was ...