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
Dec 12, 2024 · 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.
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...
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...
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...
N. Ireland deeply shaken by car bombing - August 15, 1998 - CNN
At least 28 people died and more than 200 others were injured Saturday when a car bomb exploded in a crowded market area of Omagh, a town about 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Belfast. Among the...
BBC - History - Omagh bomb
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...
Timeline of Omagh bomb families' search for justice - BBC News
Mar 1, 2016 · BBC News looks back at the many legal twists and turns in the families' two-decades campaign for justice. A large car bomb explodes on a Saturday afternoon in the centre of Omagh, County...
Bombing of Omagh, 15 August 1998: The Bombers, Their Tactics, …
Saturday, August 15, 1998 saw one of the worst terrorist incidents in the history of the current Northern Ireland troubles. A car bomb exploded in the center of the small County Tyrone market town of Omagh killing 29 people and injuring 200 others.