County Tyrone is the second largest of the nine counties of Ulster and the largest of the six counties of Northern Ireland. Area: 3,155 km² (1,218 square miles). The county borders the Northern Ireland counties of Armagh, to the south-east, Fermanagh, to the south-west, and County Derry to the north-east. The county also borders Lough Neagh to the east. The borders with the Republic of Ireland are County Monaghan to the south and County Donegal to the north-west.

Historically, Tyrone stretched as far north as Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern day County Derry east of the River Foyle. The majority of County Derry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610-1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on natural resources located there. Tyrone was the traditional stronghold of the various O'Neill clans and families, the strongest of the Gaelic Irish families in Ulster, surviving into the seventeenth century.

Covering an area of some 1200 square miles in the heart of Northern Ireland is Tyrone, an inland county with spectacular scenery from the wild Sperrin Mountains in the north, sweeping down to the rich pastoral lowlands of the south. County Tyrone has an abundance of crystal clear waterways including the Rivers Mourne, Derg and Owenreagh.

Derived from the Irish 'Tir Eoghain,' County Tyrone has a rich historic culture with evidence of human settlements dating back 6,000 years. The most well known neolithic remains in Tyrone is that of the Beaghmore Stone Circles near Cookstown. The Ulster History Park near Omagh has recreated an excellent presentation of life in Ireland over the past 10,000 years. Fine examples of imposing High Crosses can be found at Ardboe and in the centre of Donaghmore village.

One of best open-air museums and flagship visitor attraction in Tyrone is the Ulster-American Folk Park. The award winning Park tells the story of emigrants to North America in the 18th and 19th centuries and has more than 30 historic buildings on site.