Administrative Boundary of Fermanagh and Omagh

About Fermanagh and Omagh

Fermanagh and Omagh is a district council area in Northern Ireland. Covering approximately 3,009 square kilometres of lakelands, mountains, and river valleys — the largest district by area in Northern Ireland — Fermanagh and Omagh had a population of approximately 115,000 at the 2021 Census. The district was created in 2015 by the merger of the former Fermanagh District Council and Omagh District Council and encompasses the historic county of Fermanagh in the west, famous for its lake system and early Christian island monasteries, and the eastern portion of County Tyrone. Lough Erne and Early Christian Heritage The Lough Erne lake system — comprising the two connected lakes of Upper Lough Erne and Lower Lough Erne — is the dominant landscape feature of County Fermanagh, covering approximately 150 square kilometres and containing more than 150 islands. The lakes are ringed by low drumlin hills and farmland and are a major centre for water-based tourism and angling. The island monasteries of Lough Erne are among the most important early Christian sites in Ireland. Devenish Island (Lower Lough Erne) is the most complete early Christian monastic site in Ulster: the island contains the ruins of St Molaise's Church (12th century), the oratory, the largest and best-preserved Irish round tower accessible to the public (12th century, 25 metres tall), and extensive monastic remains spanning the 6th through 17th centuries. White Island (Lower Lough Erne) contains a 12th-century Romanesque church and eight extraordinary carved stone figures of uncertain date and meaning, embedded in the north wall of the church. Enniskillen Enniskillen, the county town and principal settlement of Fermanagh, occupies a strategically vital island site between Upper and Lower Lough Erne. Enniskillen Castle (15th century, substantially rebuilt and extended) houses the Fermanagh County Museum and the Inniskillings Museum (regimental museum of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards). The Enniskillen bombing of 8 November 1987 — a Provisional IRA bomb detonated at the town's war memorial during a Remembrance Sunday commemoration, killing 11 people and injuring 63 — was one of the most shocking single events of the Troubles, its particular horror deriving from the targeting of a civilian commemoration. Natural Heritage The Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark — straddling the border between County Fermanagh and County Cavan — includes the Marble Arch Caves show cave system, one of the finest showcaves in Europe, formed in limestone beneath the Cuilcagh Mountain plateau. The Ulster American Folk Park near Omagh recreates the story of emigration from Ulster to America in the 18th and 19th centuries, using reconstructed historical buildings from both sides of the Atlantic. The Omagh bombing (15 August 1998, Real IRA) killed 29 people and injured approximately 220 — the deadliest single incident of the entire Troubles. GIS and Boundary Data The administrative boundary of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council is available for free download in GeoJSON and KML formats, sourced from the OSNI Open Data portal (Crown copyright 2024). Compatible with QGIS, ArcGIS, Mapbox, and Google Earth, the dataset supports lakelands ecology mapping, early Christian archaeology, geopark research, heritage conservation, and demographic analysis across the local authority area.

📍 Administrative boundary of Fermanagh and Omagh county