Discover Omagh
Accommodation in Omagh
Discover Omagh’s culture
Omagh can be explored through several themes: art and culture, the town’s history, and National Route 92. At the heart of Omagh is the Strule Arts Centre, a versatile venue for theatre, music, dance and visual arts. These four areas offer different ways to experience the cultural scene: you might be interested in performing arts, put music at the centre of your visit, or choose visual arts and dance as themes for your trip.
The Strule Arts Centre also houses a visitor information centre. During opening hours, it provides information about attractions and places to visit in the Omagh and Sperrins region. This is helpful if, alongside a cultural programme, you are also looking for regional ideas to help plan your trip.
Music history and historic sites
The Omagh Heritage Music Trail is a self-guided walking route to places of significance to the showband era. It shows where rehearsal rooms, dance halls and ballrooms were located. This focuses not only on music as a form of performance, but also on the spaces associated with rehearsals and dancing. The Omagh Historical Trail takes a different approach: an interactive map leads to significant sites in the town and can be accessed on any device. If you want to follow the traces of the showband era specifically, the music trail offers a themed route; for a broader look at significant sites around the town, the Historical Trail map provides guidance.
One specific landmark is St Columba’s Church of Ireland in Omagh. The church has impressive stained-glass windows and a distinctive facade with three spires. These features offer architectural points of interest if you are interested in church architecture or glass design. Churches Street offers a different way to explore, with a self-guided tour of the town’s historic churches. You can focus on a single church building or choose churches as the theme of a walking tour.
Irish tradition and Route 92
DĂşn Uladh offers visitors, tour groups and organisations tailor-made half-day or full-day workshops on Irish tradition. The two time formats give you a clear idea of the scope of the offer; the individually tailored content sets it apart from a self-guided tour of historic sites.
Cycling is another possible focus. National Route 92 runs through the town of Omagh. The section of the route in Omagh follows a path alongside the Camowen River; in Glencree Park, the route picks up another stretch of path. This identifies different points of reference within Omagh: a riverside path and another stretch through the park. Together with the route through the town, these give you concrete points of reference for considering the route as part of your travel interests.
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