Gortin Glen Forest ParkThe first forest park in Northern Ireland to be opened in a conifer plantation, on the B48 between Omagh and Gortin, with a scenic drive and waymarked trails.
Museum
Ulster American Folk Park
Omagh, County Tyrone
An open air museum outside Omagh about emigration from Ulster to North America. You walk from thatched Ulster farmhouses onto an emigrant sailing ship and off into an American street.
- Where
- Omagh, County Tyrone
- Official site
- ulsteramericanfolkpark.org
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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