Jan 24
2008
Posted by hendry in Tyrone
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.
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Jan 24
2008
Posted by hendry in Tyrone
Above : Aerial View Of Clogher Valley
Clogher Valley
Brief Description
Augher, Clogher and Fivemiletown all stand in this quiet green valley. Clogher has a Cathedral built in the 18th century classical style. It is said the St Patrick himself consecrated St MacCairthin as the first bishop of Clogher.
Local Area attractions
Nearby are forests at Fardross, Knockmany and Favour all rich in wild life.
Also nearby at Dergina you can visit the ancestral home of American President Ulysses Simpson Grant.
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Jan 24
2008
Posted by hendry in Tyrone
Above : Stone Circle In Beaghmore
Beaghmore
Brief Description
North-west of Cookstown it is an important archaeological site. Discovery of a stone axe suggests that Neolithic people lived here.
Local Area attractions
Early Bronze Age stone circles with stone rows and cairns.
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