Omagh (/ˈoʊmə, ˈoʊmɑː/; from Irish: An Ómaigh [ənˠ ˈoːmˠiː], meaning 'the virgin plain') is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ... The town had a population of 19,659 at the 2011 Census, and the former district council, which was the largest in County Tyrone, had a population of 51,356.

What is the 6 counties of Northern Ireland?

Northern Ireland is divided into six counties, namely: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone. Six largely rural administrative counties based on these were among the eight primary local government areas of Northern Ireland from its 1921 creation until 1973.

Is Omagh a Protestant town?

In a town of about 60 per cent Catholics and 40 per cent Protestants, community relations have been relatively cordial. There is a philosophy of "live and let live", with the Catholics tending to live at the Derry Road end of the town, and the Protestants around the Hospital Road at the other end.