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'''Omagh''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|əʊ|m|ə|,_|ˈ|əʊ|m|ɑː}};<ref>G. M. Miller, ''BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names'' ([[Oxford University Press]], 1971), pg. 110</ref> from {{
The town had a population of 20,458 at the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 Census]].<ref name="2021 pop"/> At the time of 2011 Census the former [[Omagh District Council|district council]], which was the largest in [[County Tyrone]], had a population of 51,356.<ref name=Census2011LGD>{{cite web |title=Census 2011 Population Statistics for Omagh Local Government District |url= https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Omagh@Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20%20Omagh@3? |url-status=live |publisher=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) |access-date=10 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923152754/https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Omagh%40Exact+match+of+location+name%3A+%40Exact+Match+Of+Location+Name%3A++Omagh%403%3F |archive-date=23 September 2021}}</ref> 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 (Northern Ireland)|Department for Infrastructure]] and the [[Roads Service|Northern Ireland Roads Service]] at the Tyrone County Hall and the [[Department of Finance and Personnel|Northern Ireland Land & Property Services]] at Boaz House.
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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 [[
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]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Omagh: Off-duty police officer shot |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-64736670 |publisher=BBC News |date=22 February 2023 |access-date=22 February 2023 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kearney |first1=Vincent |title=Detective Chief Inspector 'critical but stable' after Omagh shooting |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2023/0222/1358289-omagh-shooting/ |access-date=23 February 2023 |publisher=RTÉ News |date=23 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Police confirm shooting of John Caldwell is 'terrorist related' with primary line of inquiry New IRA |url=https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2023-02-24/john-caldwell-shooting-is-terrorist-related-with-main-line-of-inquiry-new-ira |access-date=27 February 2023 |publisher=UTV |date=24 February 2023}}</ref>
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=== Former railways ===
Neither the town nor the district of Omagh currently has any railway service.
The [[Irish gauge]] {{RailGauge|1600mm}} [[Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway]] (L&ER) opened as far as Omagh on 3 September 1852<ref name=RailScot>{{cite web |title=Omagh station |work=Railscot – Irish Railways |url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf |access-date=22 November 2007 |archive-date=26 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926042407/http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and was extended to [[Enniskillen]] in 1854.<ref name=Hajducki7>{{cite book |last=Hajducki |first=S. Maxwell |year=1974 |title=A Railway Atlas of Ireland |location=Newton Abbott |publisher=[[David & Charles]] |isbn=0-7153-5167-2 |at=map 7}}</ref> The [[Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway]] (PD&O) reached Omagh in 1861,<ref name=Hajducki7/> completing the Portadown – Derry route that came to be informally called "The Derry Road".<ref>{{cite book |last=FitzGerald |first=J.D. |year=1995 |series=Colourpoint Transport |title=The Derry Road |location=Gortrush |publisher=[[Colourpoint Books|Colourpoint Press]] |isbn=1-898392-09-9}}</ref> The [[Great Northern Railway (Ireland)]] absorbed the PD&O in 1876<ref name=Hajduckixiii>Hajducki, ''op. cit.'', page xiii</ref> and the L&ER in 1883.<ref name=Hajduckixiii/>
The [[Government of Northern Ireland]] made the GNR Board close the Omagh – Enniskillen line in 1957.<ref name="Baker 1972 153, 207"/> The [[Ulster Transport Authority]] took over the GNR's remaining lines in Northern Ireland in 1958. In accordance with [[Ulster Transport Authority#The Benson Report|The Benson Report]] submitted to the Northern Ireland Government in 1963, the UTA closed the "Derry Road" through Omagh on 15 February 1965.<ref name=RailScot/><ref>Hajducki, ''op. cit.'', map 39</ref><ref>Baker, ''op. cit.'', pages 155, 209</ref> Later the Omagh Throughpass road was built on the disused trackbed through [[Omagh railway station]].
There are currently plans to reopen railway lines in Northern Ireland including the
===Bus services===
[[File:The Omagh Bus - geograph.org.uk - 539651 crop.jpg|thumb|[[Ulsterbus]] in 2007 in Omagh Ulsterbus station.]]
Bus Services in Omagh are operated by [[Ulsterbus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bustimes.org/services/384b-omagh-buscentre-omagh-buscentre-2|title=Omagh, Buscentre|publisher=Bus Times|access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref>
▲There are plans to reopen railway lines in Northern Ireland including the line from [[Portadown railway station|Portadown]] via [[Dungannon railway station|Dungannon]] to [[Omagh railway station|Omagh]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/europe/new-lines-proposed-in-northern-ireland-rail-strategy.html|title= New lines proposed in Northern Ireland rail plan|publisher= Railjournal.com|date= 3 May 2014|access-date= 7 June 2015|archive-date= 24 September 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924085211/http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/europe/new-lines-proposed-in-northern-ireland-rail-strategy.html|url-status= live}}</ref>
===Road connections===
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==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.
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*[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church)
*Trinity Presbyterian Church
==International relations==
* [[L'Haÿ-les-Roses]], [[France]]
==Culture==
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Notable residents or people born in Omagh include:
* [[Thomas Mellon]] (1813-1908) - Irish-American businessman, judge, bank founder
* [[John Meahan]] (1806–1902) – [[New Brunswick]] shipbuilder and politician, born and raised in Omagh
*[[Alice Milligan]] (1865–1953) – Protestant Nationalist poet
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*[[Pat Sharkey]] (born 1953) – [[Ipswich Town F.C.]] and [[Irish Football Association|Northern Irish]] football player in the 1970s.
*[[Willie Anderson (rugby union, born 1955)|Willie Anderson]] (born 1955) – [[Ireland Rugby|Ireland]] [[Rugby Union]] International
*[[Philip Turbett]] (born 1961)
*[[Ivan Sproule]] (born 1981) – former [[Irish Football Association|Northern Irish]] football international.
*[[Joe McMahon]] (born 1983) – [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|All-Ireland]]-winning [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] [[Gaelic football]]er.
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