HC Deb 11 March 1872 vol 209 c1757
VISCOUNT CRICHTON

asked the Secretary of State for War, If he will state to the House the reason why Omagh has been preferred to Enniskillen as a depôt centre for the counties of Londonderry, Donegal, Tyrone, and Fermanagh?

MR. CARDWELL

Omagh, Sir, is the centre of the map, so far as my judgment goes upon looking at it. It is the head-quarters of the Tyrone Militia. There are barracks there suitable for the purpose, and it was thought to be a better place for a depôt centre than any other station.