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Northern Ireland's capital city, Belfast, is 68 miles (109.5 km) to the east of Omagh, and Derry is 34 miles (55 km) to the north. The town had a population of 20,458 at the 2021 Census . [ 5 ] At the time of 2011 Census the former district council , which was the largest in County Tyrone , had a population of 51,356. [ 6 ]
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council replaced Fermanagh District Council and Omagh District Council.The first election for the new district council was originally due to take place in May 2009, but in April 2008 Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011. [3]
The Omagh bombing was a car bombing on 15 August 1998 in the town of Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. [6] It was carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army (Real IRA), a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) splinter group who opposed the IRA's ceasefire and the Good Friday Agreement, signed earlier in the year.
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Its headquarters was in the town of Omagh, which is the traditional county town of Tyrone. The council area was about 440 square miles (1,100 km 2), making it the second largest local council area in Northern Ireland (by area) with a population of just over 50,000 (25,000 of whom lived in Omagh town).
Drumragh is a civil parish and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on the right bank of the River Drumragh. Today, it is within the county town of Omagh . It has a Roman Catholic church; [ 1 ] and a Church of Ireland one.
Omagh West (named after Omagh town) is a barony in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. [2] It is bordered by three other baronies in Northern Ireland: Strabane Lower to the north-east; Omagh East to the east; and Lurg to the south. [ 2 ]
Creggan (Irish: An Creagán [1]) is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Omagh East and the civil parish of Termonmaguirk and covers an area of 4022 acres. [2] Popular places of tourist interest include the An Creagán centre, located three miles north of Carrickmore on the main Cookstown to ...