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| Geography | |
| Area: - Total - % Water | Ranked 2nd 1,130 km² ? % |
| Admin HQ: | Omagh |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-OMH |
| ONS code: | 95K |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( April 29, 2001) - Density | Ranked 16th 47,952 42 / km² |
| Community: | Catholic: 69.1% Protestant: 29.7 |
| Politics | |
| Omagh District Council http://www.omagh.gov.uk | |
| MP: | Pat Doherty |
Omagh is the county town of County TyroneThis article is about County Tyrone. For other uses of the name, see Tyrone (disambiguation). Tyrone Tir Eoghain in Irish) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. Area: 3,155 km² (1,218 square miles). Tyrone is the largest county in Northern Irela in Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland is the smallest of the Home Nations of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland lies in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It covers 14,139 square kilometres (5,459 square miles), and has a populati, situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule.
It received international attention with the Omagh bombing of 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting, which killed 29 people — 13 women (one pregnant), 9 children and 6 men.
The Ulster-American Folk Park in Omagh includes the cottage where Thomas Mellon was born in 18131813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events March 17 Through a newspaper, the Prussian king Frederick William III of Prussia calls for resistance against the Napoleonic occupation April 27 War of 1812: Battle of York, before emigrating to PennsylvaniaPennsylvania (the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is one of four states of the United States of America that is called a commonwealth. It has given its name to the Pennsylvanian time period in geology. Pennsylvania is called the Keystone State. Although Swed, in the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in when he was five. His son Andrew W. MellonAndrew William Mellon ( March 24, 1855 August 27, 1937) was an American banker, industrialist, philanthropist, and Secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921 until February 12, 1932. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of successful banker became secretary to the US Treasury.
The town is also the home of Irish League club Omagh Town FC.
In both the Westminster Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly, Omagh is completely contained within the West Tyrone constituency.
Omagh is the birthplace of internationally renowned song writer Jimmy Kennedy, who wrote Red Sails in the Sunset, the Hokey Cokey and The Teddy Bears' Picnic. Also born in Omagh is Sam Neill, star of Jurassic Park.
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