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==Sport== ===Gaelic games=== The town has two Gaelic football clubs, [[Omagh St. Enda's]], which plays its home games in [[Healy Park]], and [[Drumragh Sarsfields]], which plays its home games at Clanabogan. [[Healy Park]] is the home of [[Tyrone GAA]] and the county's largest and main sports stadium located on the [[Gortin]] Road, has a capacity nearing 25,000,<ref>{{cite web|title=World Stadiums|url=http://www.worldstadiums.com/europe/countries/united_kingdom/northern_ireland.shtml|access-date=7 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925043159/http://www.worldstadiums.com/europe/countries/united_kingdom/northern_ireland.shtml|archive-date=25 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulstercollegesgaa.org/venues/healy-park|title=Healy Park, Omagh|publisher=Ulster Colleges GAA|access-date=7 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728142006/http://www.ulstercollegesgaa.org/venues/healy-park|archive-date=28 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and had the distinction of being the first Gaelic-games stadium in Ulster to have floodlights.<ref>{{cite news|title=Healy Park set to unveil lights|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/4875746.stm|work=BBC News|date=6 April 2006|access-date=7 March 2011|archive-date=3 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403044644/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/4875746.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The stadium now hosts the latter matches of the [[Tyrone Senior Football Championship]], as well as [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone's]] home games, and other inter-county matches that require a neutral venue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2007/0716/championship.html?gaa|title=RTΓ Sport: Championship details are confirmed|website=[[RTΓ.ie]]|date=18 August 2007|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818194804/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2007/0716/championship.html?gaa|archive-date=18 August 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ===Football=== Omagh no longer has a top-flight local [[association football|football]] team, since the demise of [[Omagh Town F.C.]] in 2005. Strathroy Harps FC are the only Omagh and Tyrone team to win the Irish junior cup twice in 2012 and 2013. ===Rugby=== Omagh's rugby team, [[Omagh Academicals RFC|Omagh Academicals]] (nicknamed the "Accies"), is an amateur team, made up of primarily of local players. ===Other sports=== A [[Greyhound racing in Ireland|greyhound racing]] track operated from 1932 until 1940.<ref>{{cite book|last=Barnes|first=Julia|title=Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, page 420|year=1988|publisher=Ringpress Books|isbn=0-948955-15-5}}</ref> The track was opened by the [[Duke of Abercorn]] on 25 May 1932 and racing took place at 'The Park' in the Showgrounds. It was organised by the Tyrone Greyhound Racing Association until 1940.<ref>{{cite news|title=Omagh's New greyhound Racign Track β 9 May 1932|year=1932|newspaper=Belfast Telegraph β Belfast, Antrim}}</ref> Omagh Cavaliers Cricket Club is also located in Omagh.{{fact|date=February 2025}}
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