Local government district · Northern Ireland
Fermanagh and Omagh
Explore Fermanagh and Omagh through caves, local collections and the history of emigration from Ulster to North America.
Quick facts
- Type of place
- Local government district
- Nation
- Northern Ireland
- Official identifier
- gss:N09000006
- Part of
- Northern Ireland (Nation)
Overview
Fermanagh and Omagh is a local government district in Northern Ireland. Its Fermanagh attractions include caves, a castle and several different museum collections. Near Omagh, the Ulster American Folk Park follows another historical thread: the people who left Ulster for North America and the wider effects of that migration.
Fermanagh and Omagh is a local government district in Northern Ireland.
Population and demographics
- Population
- 117,663 people
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Figures for . NISRA MYE25 Northern Ireland and LGD2014 administrative areas.
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency · nisra-mid-2025 · Flat!F386. Released 24 September 2026.
Open Government Licence v3.0 · Source: NISRA. Website: https://www.nisra.gov.uk. Crown copyright; Open Government Licence v3.0.
Caves, castle museums and local collections
Marble Arch Caves and Enniskillen Castle are among Fermanagh’s attractions. The castle houses the Fermanagh County Museum and the Inniskillings Museum. Belleek Pottery has a visitor centre, while the Headhunters Barber Shop and Railway Museum illustrates another strand of local collecting. These examples concern the Fermanagh part of the wider council district.
Emigration and its wider effects
The Ulster American Folk Park near Omagh explores emigration from Ulster to North America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Its Emigrants exhibition considers social backgrounds, reasons for leaving and the journey itself. The museum acknowledges that earlier interpretation gave too little attention to the effects on Indigenous and enslaved people. That acknowledgement broadens the account beyond the experiences of emigrants alone.