Introducing Omagh
Situated at the confluence of the Rivers Camowen and Drumragh, which join to form the River Strule, Omagh is a busy market town that serves as a useful base for exploring the surrounding area by car.
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Sadly, for a long time to come Omagh (An Óghmagh) will be remembered for the devastating car bomb in 1998 that killed 29 people and injured 200. Planted by the breakaway group Real IRA, the bomb was the worst single atrocity in the 30-year history of the Troubles. A memorial garden on Drumragh Avenue, 200m east of the bus station, remembers the dead.
The tourist information centre (8224 7831; tourism@omagh.gov.uk; Strule Arts Centre, Town Hall Sq, Bridge St; 9am-5pm Mon-Sat Apr-Sep, Mon-Fri Oct-Mar) is in the new arts centre, just across the river from the bus station. It has a Town Trail leaflet that guides you around Omagh’s remaining historic buildings.
Last updated: Sep 16, 2008
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RE: Best way to get from Toronto to Omagh?
by linfield 14 September 2011
Check Continental or whatever theyre called now. They will usually have connections in NY that fly to Belfast.
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RE: Best way to get from Toronto to Omagh?
by battybilly 13 September 2011
+*I got cheapest flights Dublin-Amsterdam-Toronto with KLM earlier in the year,on a Tuesday*+ How much did you pay?
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RE: Best way to get from Toronto to Omagh?
by Cailin_ban 13 September 2011
I got cheapest flights Dublin-Amsterdam-Toronto with KLM earlier in the year,on a Tuesday. I just got the bus direct from Belfast to Dublin…
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