placenamesOmagh
A classical entrance gives the courthouse a commanding position in the town centre.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Omagh · English · main form
Place & story
The courthouse entrance
Omagh courthouse stands at the upper end of High Street. Twelve steps rise to a portico with four columns, a triangular pediment and a clock face. The historic buildings survey records limestone walls with deeply marked joints at the lower levels, rounded ground-floor windows and square-headed windows above. Decorative iron railings enclose the approaches. The south extension continues the main building’s lines while adding another storey on the sloping site. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Tyrone
- Barony
- Omagh East
- Civil parish
- Drumragh
- Coordinates
- 54.60012, -7.30280
- Mapped area
- 0.15 km²
- Logainm ID
- 64592 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Omagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Omagh Courthouse, HB11/13/001, surveyed14January2009 · Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.