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The Omagh bomb exploded in the town centre on a busy Saturday afternoon on 15 August 1998. The streets were packed with shoppers, including families who were buying uniforms and other supplies as ...
A mother whose 12-year-old son died in the Omagh bomb believes the pain of his loss will never ease, a public inquiry has heard. ... The statement recalled people lining the streets of towns on ...
Omagh (/ ˈ oʊ m ə, ˈ oʊ m ɑː /; [3] from Irish: An Ómaigh [ənˠ ˈoːmˠiː], meaning 'the virgin plain') [4] is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.It is situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule.
St. Columba’s Church of Ireland Church Street Omagh BT78 1DG Church Omagh B+ B+ HB11/13/002: Tyrone County Club 10 High Street Omagh BT78 1BQ Recreational Club - Terrace Omagh B+ B1 HB11/13/013: Upload Photo. Fermanagh and Tyrone Hospital 1 Donaghanie Road Omagh BT79 0NS School Omagh B+ B1 HB11/15/004 A: Upload Photo
The Omagh bombing was a car bombing on 15 August 1998 in the town of Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. [6] It was carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army (Real IRA), a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) splinter group who opposed the IRA's ceasefire and the Good Friday Agreement, signed earlier in the year.
They stopped in Omagh on the afternoon of August 15, 1998 to go to the shops when a Real IRA car bomb exploded causing devastation. Some 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were killed.
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A survivor of the Omagh bombing has described the split-second devastation that claimed the lives of two of his young friends. ... The statement recalled people lining the streets of towns on the ...