Fermanagh and Omagh explained

Fermanagh and Omagh
Settlement Type:District
Coordinates:54.545°N -7.494°W
Subdivision Type:Sovereign state
Subdivision Name:United Kingdom
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Northern Ireland
Established Title:Incorporated
Established Date:1 April 2015
Named For:Fermanagh District and Omagh District
Seat Type:Administrative HQ
Seat:The Grange, Omagh and the Townhall, Enniskillen
Government Footnotes:[1]
Government Type:District council
Governing Body:Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Leader Title:Executive
Leader Name:Committee system
Leader Title1:Control
Leader Title3:MLAs
Leader Title4:MPs
Area Rank:
Population Rank:
Timezone1:GMT
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:BST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+1
Postal Code Type:Postcode areas
Postal Code:BT
Area Code Type:Dialling codes
Area Code:028
Iso Code:GB-FMO
Blank1 Name:GSS code
Blank1 Info:N09000006

Fermanagh and Omagh (Irish: Comhairle Ceantair Fhear Manach agus na hÓmaí) is a local government district that was created on 1 April 2015 by merging Fermanagh District and Omagh District. It covers most of the Southwest of Northern Ireland. The local authority is Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, which likewise replaced Fermanagh District Council and Omagh District Council.

Geography

It is located in the southwest of Northern Ireland, covering all of County Fermanagh and parts of County Tyrone. It borders counties Donegal, Leitrim, Cavan and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. The name of the new district was announced on 17 September 2008.

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

See main article: Fermanagh and Omagh District Council. 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.[2] The first elections took place on 22 May 2014 and the council acted as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Your Council . Fermanagh and Omagh District Council . 27 July 2024.
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7367253.stm Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008