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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.
The Troubles in Omagh recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. A view of Lower Market Street, site of the 1998 car bombing, where 29 people lost their lives. This was taken in 2001. Incidents in Omagh during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities: 1973
Omagh bombing – a dissident republican group calling itself the Real IRA exploded a bomb in Omagh, County Tyrone. It killed twenty-nine civilians (one of whom was pregnant with twins), making it the worst single bombing of the Troubles, in terms of civilian life lost. [citation needed] 22 August
An independent inquiry into whether the deaths of 29 people in Omagh in 1998, the worst attack in decades of violence in Northern Ireland, could have been prevented held its first hearing on Tuesday.
High Court Justice Mark Horner recommended that authorities in the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland open an investigation into the Omagh bombing that killed 29 people.
Omagh is a 2004 film dramatising the events surrounding the Omagh bombing and its aftermath, co-produced by Irish state broadcaster RTÉ and UK network Channel 4, and directed by Pete Travis. It was first shown on television in both countries in May, 2004. Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden (Paul Kelly) was killed in the bombing, is played by ...
Gordon Wilson (25 September 1927 – 27 June 1995) was a draper in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, who became known internationally as a peace campaigner during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. On 8 November 1987 a bomb planted by the Provisional IRA exploded during Enniskillen's Remembrance Day parade, injuring Wilson and fatally injuring his ...
27 August – Caterham Arms pub bombing: The IRA bombed a pub in Surrey, injuring 33 people. 9 October – 1975 Piccadilly bombing: The IRA bombed a tube station in London, killing a civilian and injuring 20 others. 29 October – Trattoria Fiore bombing: The IRA bombed a Mayfair restaurant, injuring 18 people.