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Omagh (/ ˈ oʊ m ə, ˈ oʊ m ɑː /; from Irish: An Ómaigh [ənˠ ˈoːmˠiː], meaning 'the virgin plain') is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule.
The Omagh bombing was a car bombing on 15 August 1998 in the town of Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. 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 bomb that devastated Omagh town centre in August 1998 was the biggest single atrocity in the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Twenty-nine people were killed, including nine...
Jun 20, 2024 · The Omagh bombing, carried out by members of the Real Irish Republican Army (Real IRA, or New IRA), was the deadliest and most-damaging attack to have occurred during the three-decades-long civil conflict known as the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Feb 2, 2023 · LONDON — Nearly 25 years after a car bomb killed 29 people in the Northern Ireland town of Omagh — the deadliest single attack of the era known as the Troubles — the British government said on...
Jul 13, 2024 · Omagh, town, Fermanagh and Omagh district, western Northern Ireland. Situated on the River Strule, Omagh is a market, shopping, and light-manufacturing centre for the district. Traditional crafts (such as table linens and crochet lace) continue to be produced in the town.
21 hours ago · Omagh bomb campaigners Stanley McCombe, who lost his wife Ann, and Michael Gallagher, who lost his son Aiden (PA) PA Archive “This was the single worst failure of security and intelligence in ...
1 day ago · The Omagh bomb inquiry must uncover “uncomfortable truths” to help prevent future disasters, the father of one of the 29 people killed in the blast has said. Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden ...
1 day ago · The Omagh bomb inquiry must uncover “uncomfortable truths” to help prevent future disasters, the father of one of the 29 people killed in the blast has said. Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was killed in the atrocity, described it as the “single worst failure of security and intelligence in the history of this state” ahead of the inquiry’s first public hearing this week.
Aug 13, 2023 · Relatives and friends of those who died in the Omagh bomb have remembered their loved ones at a special service on the 25th anniversary of the atrocity.
