17/08/2026
Despite the lack of activity on Fb, we continue to be active in promoting Omagh's Heritage. You can see we need some (younger) assistance. Contact us if you can help us! A major focus of our efforts is to get the Omagh workhouse and its associated burial grounds suitably commemorated. We are enduring major frustrations to put it mildly. Our esteemed member, Ken Collins had a major 4 full page article in last week's Tyrone Con on Omagh Workhouse and its history. See https://www.tyronecon.co.uk/ but you may have to subscribe.
This article on the Famine Orphans who were sent to Australia can still be found here. https://www.tyronecon.co.uk/news/2024/04/12/gallery/omagh-historian-explores-the-tyrone-connection-to-australia-famine-orphans-50921/ #:~:text=LOCAL%20historian%20Kenneth%20Collins%20explores,Grey%20Scheme%20for%20orphan%20girls
