Omagh (ō`mä), town (1991 pop. 14,627), Omagh dist., W Northern Ireland, on the Strule River. The town is a farm market. Dairy products are processed and shirts are manufactured. The Royal Inniskelling Fusiliers are barracked in Omagh. The discovery in 1995 of silver and gold in the bogs of Omagh led to a conflict between proponents of economic growth and advocates of environmental protection.

Omagh

District (pop., 2001: 47,735) and town (pop., 1991: 18,000), Northern Ireland. Formerly in County Tyrone, the district was established in 1973. The area was ruled by the ancient O'Neill family (5th–16th centuries), passing to English rule after the flight of Hugh O'Neill in 1607. It was the site of sectarian violence in 1998, when a car bomb killed 29 people. Most of the land is grazed by dairy cattle or sheep, and the rivers contain salmon and trout. Omagh town, the district seat, is a market and light-manufacturing centre.

Omagh

1. a market town in Northern Ireland. Pop.: 19 910 (2001)

2. a district of W Northern Ireland, in Co. Tyrone. Pop.: 49 560 (2003 est.). Area: 1130 sq. km (436 sq. miles)

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Byline: By Alan Erwin DNA evidence will be used to convict an electrician of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing, a court heard yesterday.

DNA 'TO CONVICT' OMAGH ACCUSED; TRIAL OVER 1998 CARNAGE FINALLY BEGINS by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

WARRINGTON is to host a fundraising dinner for the families of victims of the Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland.

Dinner for bomb case cash by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

TREBLE winners Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea have agreed to play in Omagh in aid of the town's appeal fund.

Omagh set to entertain big guns by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)