{{Short description|Townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Use Irish English|date=September 2020}} thumb|right|250px|Ballygittle townland in 2006 '''Ballygittle''' is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Dungannon Middle and the civil parish of Clonoe and covers an area of 169 acres.<ref>{{cite web | title=Townlands of County Tyrone| work=IreAtlas Townland Database| url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/ | accessdate=28 December 2012}}</ref> It is close to Stewartstown.
The name derives from the Irish: ''Baile a n-Giatail'' (town of the grain).<ref>{{cite web | title=Ballygittle| work=Place Names NI| url=http://www.placenamesni.org/historicforms.php?getPnameId=9530 | accessdate=18 March 2013}}</ref>
The population of the townland declined during the 19th century:<ref>{{cite web| title=Census of Ireland 1851| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/13130/eppi_pages/336879| accessdate=28 December 2012| archive-date=13 January 2013| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113221649/http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/13130/eppi_pages/336879| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Census of Ireland 1891| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/18814/eppi_pages/505461| accessdate=27 December 2012| archive-date=13 January 2013| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113215158/http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/18814/eppi_pages/505461| url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! 1841 !! 1851 !! 1861 !! 1871 !! 1881 !! 1891 |- | Population || 126 || 98 || 86 || 63 || 35 || 45 |- | Houses || 26 || 18 || 16 || 12 || 11 || 10 |- |}
==See also== *List of townlands of County Tyrone
{{Commons category|Ballygittle}}
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Category:Townlands of County Tyrone Category:Civil parish of Clonoe