The association is primarily concerned with the   encouragement and promotion of enterprise in the   area. One of the first large scale Rural Development   Programme participants, the group built the ‘Rural   Business Park’ in order to sustain growth of rural
  businesses in the area. To date, Ardboe Business   Park has successfully helped over 15 small   businesses establish and grow.
 

  Representatives from the local area   and estates, such as Cavehill, have   come together to form the Ardboe   Community Group. This group aims to   get more involved in the Community   Development Programme and to   promote social inclusion in the area.

  Set up in October 1995, the group’s aim is “to ensure the continued existence of Moortown   as a vibrant and viable community”.

  The first issue identified in need of attention in Moortown was the shortage of affordable   living accommodation for rent. The group subsequently assisted in bringing new housing to the   area. Currently, the group is leading the re-development of the Battery Harbour for tourism   and local fishermen’s usage and is carrying out an environmental audit of the local shoreline   with the aim of creating a public access walkway.

  Muintirevlin Historical Society

Coyle’s Cottage is home to the Muintirevlin Historical
  Society and Coyle’s Cottage Women’s Group. Coyle’s
  Cottage is a 300 year old restored fisherman’s cottage
  situated on the Western shores of Lough Neagh in the
  townland of Aneeterbeg in Ardboe

  Muintirevlin Historical Society had its beginnings in the
  early 1980’s. The group is not merely a local history   society, but possesses a diverse range of
  sub-committees and activities including a conservation   group, a women’s group and the Gort Moss Walking Club.

  Gort Moss Walk passes through an area teeming with wild animals, birds, insects, rare flora and   fauna and a variety of trees and bushes. The walk will take you along the ramparts of the old   turfland which supplied local people with fuel for centuries.

  Other activities promoted by the society are adult education training, historical research,   history talks, music nights and a fiddle class.

  The group has a web site at www.coylescottage.com.

  

  Coyle’s Cottage Women’s Group was formed in January 1994. Prior to 1994, the women of this   rural area had no group or meeting place and found themselves very isolated.

  The group's objectives were to bring women of the area together, to provide educational   classes and social activities. Some highlights include an Exhibition of Arts and Crafts for   Women’s Day, a festival in Cookstown, the hosting of a group of German women in 1996 on an   international visit and the making of a television documentary on rural women.

  The Kinturk Cultural Association was set up to spearhead   the cultural development of this rural community, rich in   folk-lore and custom, literature and music. The Kinturk   Cultural Centre is a focal point for activities which includes   a “ceilidh house’ for music, dancing, storytelling and clan   gathering. The centre is situated close to Curran Quay   used by fishermen on Lough Neagh and to Gort Moss.

  The centre includes an interpretative display on the Lough   Neagh fisherman and a thriving restaurant and bar facilities.