Omagh Explained

Official Name:Omagh
Irish Name:An Ómaigh
Scots Name:Omey[1] [2]
Static Image Caption:From top, left to right: Skyline of Omagh, "Courthouse Brae", Strule, Omagh, "Life Goes On" organ donation billboard, Christian Brothers Grammar School, Omagh
Static Image 2 Name:Odc crest of arms.jpg
Static Image 2 Width:120
Static Image 2 Caption:Omagh Coat of Arms
Map Type:Northern Ireland
Coordinates:54.598°N -7.309°W
Population:20,458
Population Ref:(2021 Census)
Unitary Northern Ireland:Fermanagh and Omagh
Country:Northern Ireland
Post Town:OMAGH
Postcode Area:BT
Postcode District:BT78, BT79
Dial Code:028
Constituency Westminster:West Tyrone
Constituency Ni Assembly:West Tyrone
Lieutenancy Northern Ireland:County Tyrone

Omagh (;[3] from Irish: An Ómaigh in Irish pronounced as /ənˠ ˈoːmˠiː/, meaning 'the virgin plain')[4] is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. 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. At the time of 2011 Census the former district council, which was the largest in County Tyrone, had a population of 51,356.[5] Omagh contains the headquarters of the Western Education and Library Board, and also houses offices for the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs at Sperrin House, the Department for Infrastructure and the Northern Ireland Roads Service at the Tyrone County Hall and the Northern Ireland Land & Property Services at Boaz House.

History

Name

The name Omagh is an anglicisation of the Irish name an Óghmaigh (modern Irish an Ómaigh), meaning "the virgin plain". A monastery was apparently established on the site of the town about 792, and a Franciscan friary was founded in 1464.[6] Omagh was founded as a town in 1610. It served as a refuge for fugitives from the east of County Tyrone during the 1641 Rebellion. In 1689, James II arrived at Omagh, en route to Derry. Supporters of William III, Prince of Orange, later burned the town.

County Town

In 1768 Omagh replaced Dungannon as the county town of County Tyrone. Omagh acquired railway links to Londonderry with the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway in 1852, Enniskillen in 1853 and Belfast in 1861. St Lucia Barracks were completed in 1881. In 1899 Tyrone County Hospital was opened. The Government of Northern Ireland made the Great Northern Railway Board close the Omagh – Enniskillen railway line in 1957.[7] In accordance with the Benson Report submitted to the Northern Ireland Government in 1963, the Ulster Transport Authority closed the – Omagh – Londonderry main line in 1965,[8] leaving Tyrone with no rail service. St Lucia Barracks closed on 1 August 2007.[9]

On 30 December 1942, a Consolidated Catalina Ib of No. 240 Squadron RAF that was operating from RAF Killadeas crashed into the town. The crash killed all eleven occupants, however no one on the ground was killed or injured. The cause of the crash was never ascertained.[10]

Omagh Town Hall, which opened on 29 September 1915, hosted many prominent performers, including the actors Anew McMaster, Micheál Mac Liammóir and Jimmy O'Dea, before it was demolished to make way for the Strule Arts Centre in 1997.[11]

The Troubles

See main article: The Troubles in Omagh and Omagh bombing. Omagh came into the international focus of the media on 15 August 1998, when the Real Irish Republican Army exploded a car bomb in the town centre. 29 people were killed in the blast – 14 women (including one pregnant with twins), 9 children and 6 men. Hundreds more were injured as a result of the blast.

In April 2011, a car bomb killed police constable Ronan Kerr. A group of former Provisional IRA members calling itself the Irish Republican Army made its first public statement later that month claiming responsibility for the killing.[12]

In February 2023, an off-duty senior police officer was shot and critically injured at a sports complex in the town. Police stated they were focusing on the New IRA.[13] [14] [15]

Recent events

In 2024 an investigation traced what was believed to be the source of a humming noise in Omagh, which had been described as "a real noise nuisance issue for very many families." The source of the noise, however, was not made public.[16] [17]

Demographics

2021 Census

At the time of the 2021 Census there were 20,458 people living in Omagh. Of these:

2011 Census

On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 19,659 people living in Omagh, accounting for 1.09% of the NI total.[27] Of these:

Geography

Weather

Omagh has a history of flooding and suffered major floods in 1909, 1929, 1954, 1969, 1987, 1999 and, most recently, 12 June 2007. Flood-walls have been built to keep the water in the channel (River Strule) and to prevent it from overflowing into the flood plain. Large areas of land, mainly around the meanders, are unsuitable for development and were developed into large, green open areas, walking routes and parks. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb" (Marine West Coast Climate/Oceanic climate).[28]

Wards

These wards are only those that cover the town.

Administrative areas

The central urban area south of River Strule forms the townland of Omagh[29] in the civil parish of Drumragh,[30] the adjacent area north of the river forms the townland of Lisnamllard[31] in the civil parish of Cappagh (Upper Strabane portion).[32] Both civil parishes comprise also outskirts of Omagh and some surrounding countryside.Omagh Urban Electoral Division comprises both townlands.

Townlands

The town sprang up within the townland of Omagh, in the parish of Drumragh. Over time, the urban area has spread into the surrounding townlands. They include:[33]

Economy

Places of interest

The Ulster American Folk Park near Omagh includes the cottage where Thomas Mellon was born in 1813, before emigrating to Pennsylvania, in the United States when he was five. His son Andrew W. Mellon became secretary of the US Treasury. The park is an open-air museum that explores the journey made by the Irish (specifically those from Ulster) to America during the 1800s. The park is used to host events during Easter, Christmas, Fourth of July and Halloween. It also hosts a major Bluegrass festival every year. Over 127,000 people visited the park in 2003.[47]

The Gortin Glens Forest Park, 16km (10miles) north of Omagh, is a large forest with a deer enclosure and several waterfalls and lakes.

Strule Arts Centre opened in 2007 is an example of urban renewal in Omagh town centre: a modern civic building, in a newly created public space reclaimed from the formerly disused area, between the River Strule and High Street.

Parks

Omagh has over 20 playgrounds for children,[48] and a large amount of green open area for all the public. The largest of these is the Grange Park, located near the town centre. Many areas around the meanders of the River Strule have also been developed into open areas. Omagh Leisure Complex is a large public amenity, near the Grange Park and is set in 11ha of landscaped grounds and features a leisure centre, boating pond, astroturf pitch and cycle paths.

Retail

Omagh is the main retail centre for Tyrone, as well as the West of Ulster (behind Derry and Letterkenny), due to its central location. In the period 2000–2003, over £80 million was invested in Omagh, and 60960m2 of new retail space was created. Shopping areas in Omagh include the Main Street, Great Northern Road Retail Park and the Showgrounds Retail Park on Sedan Avenue in the town centre. Market Street/High Street is also a prominent shopping street, which includes high street stores such as DV8 and Primark.

OASIS Plaza

The 'Omagh Accessible Shared Inclusive Space' (OASIS), a £4.5 million facelift for Omagh's riverbank, was funded by the European Union and planning approved in 2013.[49]

Construction for the project began in March 2014, and the OASIS plaza was officially opened in June 2015.[50]

Transport

Former railways

Neither the town nor the district of Omagh has any railway service.

The Irish gauge Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway (L&ER) opened as far as Omagh on 3 September 1852[51] and was extended to Enniskillen in 1854.[52] The Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway (PD&O) reached Omagh in 1861,[52] completing the Portadown – Derry route that came to be informally called "The Derry Road".[53] The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) absorbed the PD&O in 1876[54] and the L&ER in 1883.[54]

The Government of Northern Ireland made the GNR Board close the Omagh – Enniskillen line in 1957.[7] The Ulster Transport Authority took over the GNR's remaining lines in Northern Ireland in 1958. In accordance with The Benson Report submitted to the Northern Ireland Government in 1963, the UTA closed the "Derry Road" through Omagh on 15 February 1965.[51] [55] [56] Later the Omagh Throughpass road was built on the disused trackbed through Omagh railway station.

Bus services

Bus Services in Omagh are operated by Ulsterbus.[57]

Proposed railways

There are plans to reopen railway lines in Northern Ireland including the line from Portadown via Dungannon to Omagh.[58]

Road connections

Education

Omagh has a number of educational institutions at different levels. Omagh was also the headquarters of the Western Education and Library Board (WELB), located at Campsie House on the Hospital Road, before all local education boards in Northern Ireland were combined into the Education Authority in 2015.

Primary schools (elementary schools)

Grammar/secondary school

Colleges/universities

Lisanelly Shared Educational Campus

The Department for Education proposed to co-locate Omagh's six existing secondary schools on the former 190-acre St Lucia Army Barracks, as one large shared educational campus. In April 2009, at the inaugural Lisanelly Shared Educational Campus Steering Group meeting held in Arvalee School and Resource Centre, the Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane announced that funding had been allocated for exemplar designs and associated technical work for a shared educational campus.[59] The construction was expected to cost in excess of £120 million.[60] As of March 2022, the shared education campus was scheduled to open in 2026.[61]

Religious buildings

The following is a list of religious buildings in Omagh:

International relations

Culture

Sport

Gaelic games

The town has two Gaelic football clubs, Omagh St. Enda's, which plays its home games in Healy Park, and Drumragh Sarsfields, which plays its home games at Clanabogan.

Healy Park is the home of Tyrone GAA and the county's largest and main sports stadium located on the Gortin Road, has a capacity nearing 25,000,[62] [63] and had the distinction of being the first Gaelic-games stadium in Ulster to have floodlights.[64]

The stadium now hosts the latter matches of the Tyrone Senior Football Championship, as well as Tyrone's home games, and other inter-county matches that require a neutral venue.[65]

Football

Omagh no longer has a top-flight local football team, since the demise of Omagh Town F.C. in 2005. Strathroy Harps FC are the only Omagh and Tyrone team to win the Irish junior cup twice in 2012 and 2013.

Rugby

Omagh's rugby team, Omagh Academicals (nicknamed the "Accies"), is an amateur team, made up of primarily of local players.

Cricket

Omagh Cavaliers Cricket Club located in Omagh.

Greyhound racing

A greyhound racing track operated from 1932 until 1940.[66] The track was opened by the Duke of Abercorn on 25 May 1932 and racing took place at 'The Park' in the Showgrounds. It was organised by the Tyrone Greyhound Racing Association until 1940.[67]

Notable people

Notable residents or people born in Omagh include:

References

External links

Notes and References

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  31. https://www.townlands.ie/en/tyrone/strabane-upper/cappagh-upper-strabane-portion/omagh-urban/lisnamallard/ Lisnamallard Townland, Co. Tyrone
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  49. Web site: Omagh's riverbank area to get £4.5 million facelift . ulsterherald.com . Ulster Herald . 4 April 2013 . 20 October 2016 . 12 August 2014 . https://archive.today/20140812014613/http://ulsterherald.com/2013/04/04/omaghs-riverbank-area-to-get-4-5-million-facelift/ . live .
  50. Web site: Omagh's £4.5m OASIS project is ready to rock . Ulster Herald . ulsterherald.com . 21 June 2015 . 30 January 2019 . 25 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150725203834/http://ulsterherald.com/2015/06/21/omaghs-4-5m-oasis-project-is-ready-to-rock/ . live .
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