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SECT. 14. The ufe of the Englifh Language 

 genera l t or hoiu far increa/ttig. 



EXCEPT through the wilds of Munterloney (chiefly 

 in the barony of Strabane) the Englifli language is 

 moft prevalent ; indeed throughout {he county it is 

 gaining ground every day. The Roman Catholics arc 

 the only feft, who are fond of fpeaking the Irifh lan- 

 guage, and with them too it is wearing off very much. 



The people of this county in themfelves differ as 

 much, perhaps, as thofe of feparate kingdoms. The 

 people of the baronies of Dungannon and Clogher are 

 much more poliftied, than thofe of Strabane and Omagh 

 generally are. The inhabitants of Strabane and its 

 vicinity feem quite a different race of people from thofe 

 of Munterloney,' who are in the fame barony. In 

 like manner thofe, in and about Omagh, differ from 

 the parifhes of Tarmonmaguirk and Tarmonomungan, 

 in the fame barony. This pbfervation holds good with 

 refpecl to all the towns, and country parts. 



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