Omagh bombing - Wikipedia
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.
List of bombings during the Troubles - Wikipedia
21 July – Bloody Friday: The IRA exploded 35 bombs across Northern Ireland, and three large car bombs exploded in Derry, causing no injuries. The Belfast–Dublin train line was also bombed.
Omagh bombing | Details & Aftermath | Britannica
Jan 27, 2025 · Omagh bombing, terrorist attack in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on August 15, 1998, in which a bomb concealed in a car exploded, killing 29 people and injuring more than 200 others.
Timeline of the Omagh bombing – The Irish Times
Sep 12, 2013 · On August 15 1998 Northern Ireland’s fragile peace was shattered when a dissident republican car bomb ripped through the Co Tyrone market town of Omagh. The attack, which came four months...
Omagh bombing: why a public inquiry is being held more than 25 …
6 days ago · The site of the Omagh car bombing in 1998. ... In Northern Ireland, ... In the Irish Republic, where the bomb was constructed, ...
Omagh bombing: Key events before and after the attack
Aug 12, 2018 · On August 15th, 1998, a dissident republican car bomb ripped through the Co Tyrone market town of Omagh. The attack, which came four months after the signing of the Belfast Agreement, was...
'Cruelty inflicted' on family who lost three members in Omagh bomb …
6 days ago · The attack, carried out in 1998, was the biggest single atrocity of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. It claimed the lives of Mrs Monaghan, 30; her 20-month-old daughter, Maura; as well as her ...
Omagh bomb: The 29 victims - BBC News
Jan 28, 2025 · 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...
Britain to Investigate if Deadliest Attack of Northern Ireland’s ...
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...
History - Omagh bomb - BBC
When a huge car bomb exploded in the market town of Omagh on a busy Saturday afternoon in August that year, the shockwaves were felt across Northern Ireland and the world. It was the single worst...