The Omagh Thrust Fault is a geological fault in County Tyrone. It is of one of the most important structural discontinuities in Northern Ireland [1] and an extension of the Highland Boundary Fault which runs through Scotland. [2]
The fault occurred in the Caledonian orogeny, during a late stage of this period of mountain building. Older sequences of Dalriadan metamorphic strata were moved over younger Ordovician ones with the fault as their boundary.
There is access to a view of the fault at Mountfield Quarry, County Tyrone. This has been designated an Area of Special Scientific Interest. [1]
Kilskeery is a small village and civil parish in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is between Ballinamallard and Trillick. In the 2001 census it had a population of 57 people. Kilskeery is within the Omagh District Council area.
Fermanagh and Tyrone was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned eight MPs, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
Mid Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
South Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
North Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
West Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
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Coordinates: 54°36′08″N8°51′06″W / 54.60224°N 8.85178°W
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