OMAGH
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V20,
Page 98
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
OMAGH
, a market town and the county town of county Tyrone, Ireland, on the river Strule, 1294 M
.
N.W. by N. from Dublin by the Londonderry line of the Great Northern railway, here joined by a branch from Enniskillen
.
Pop
.
(1901) 4789
.
The greater part of the town is picturesquely situated on a steep slope above the river
.
The milling and linen industries are carried on, and monthly fairs are held
.
The Protestant See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
has a lofty and handsome spire, and the Roman Catholic church stands well on the summit of a See also: - HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
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A castle, of which there are scanty remains, was of sufficient importance to stand sieges in 1509 and 1641, being rebuilt after its total destruction in the first case
.
The town is governed by an urban district council
.
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