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Strabane City Info & Local Attractions

View Of Strabane Canal

Above : View Of Strabane Canal

Strabane

Brief Description

Border town across the River Mourne from Lifford in Donegal.

Strong associations with America. John Dunlap who emigrated from Strabane printed the American Declaration of Independence in 1776. It is claimed he learned his trade at Gray’s Printing Shop, now a National Trust property and open for visits. A fellow apprentice was James Wilson grandfather of President Woodrow Wilson.

Local Area attractions

Fishing

Omagh City Info & Local Attractions

View in Omagh Town Centre

Above : View in Omagh Town Centre

Omagh

Brief Description

County Town and ideal centre for visiting the Sperrins. Forest walks and drives. Splendid views of Donegal through to Lough Erne. Nearby at Camphill visit the ancestral home of the Mellon Family who founded the Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh. The Ulster American Folk Park is beside the Mellon Home.

Local Area attractions

A must is a visit to the Ulster American Folk Park. See the conditions the emigrants left behind, suffered on the wooden sailing ships and the kind of life the pioneers found in the New World. Blue Grass Music Festival is held here in September.