What is Omagh?
{{Infobox UK place |official_name= Omagh |irish_name= an Ómaigh |scots_name= Omey |static_image= |static_image_caption= |map_type= Northern Ireland |latitude= 54.59 |longitude= -7.29 | population = 19,910 | population_ref = <small>(2001 Census)</small> |irish_grid_reference= |unitary_northern_ireland= [[Omagh District Council|Omagh]] |country= Northern Ireland |post_town= OMAGH |postcode_area= BT |postcode_district= BT78, BT79 |dial_code= 028 |constituency_westminster=[[West Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|West Tyrone]] |constituency_ni_assembly=[[West Tyrone (Assembly constituency)|West Tyrone]] |lieutenancy_northern_ireland= [[County Tyrone]] |website= [http://www.omagh.gov.uk Official website]}} [[File:Omagh's main church spires - geograph.org.uk - 334124.jpg|thumb|The main church spires of Omagh]] '''Omagh''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|əʊ|m|ə}}<ref>G. M. Miller, ''BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names'' ([[Oxford University Press]], 1971), pg. 110</ref> or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|əʊ|m|ɑː}}; {{IPA-ga|ˈomæ}}{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}} – {{Irish derived place name|an Ómaigh|the virgin plain}} {{IPAc-ga|@|n|-|'|ó|m|aigh}})<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/1166552.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland]</ref> is the county town of [[County Tyrone]] in [[Northern Ireland]], situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. The town, which is the largest in the county, had a population of 19,910 at the 2001 Census. Omagh also contains the headquarters of Omagh District Council and the Western Education and Library Board. The town is twinned with [[East Kilbride]] ([[Scotland]]) and L'Haÿ-les-Roses ([[France]]). ==History== In 1768, Omagh replaced [[Dungannon]] as the county town of County Tyrone. Omagh acquired railway links to [[Londonderry|Derry]] in 1852, [[Enniskillen]] in 1853 and [[Belfast]] in 1861. The St Lucia [[Barracks]] were built in 1881 and closed in 2007. The Ulster T