- The Troubles in Omagh
The Troubles in Omagh recounts incidents during, and the effects of,
The Troubles inOmagh ,County Tyrone ,Northern Ireland .Incidents in Omagh during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:
1973
*17 May 1973 - Arthur Place (29), Derek Reed (28), Sheridan Young (26), Barry Cox (28) and Frederick Drake (25), all off duty members of theBritish Army , were killed by aProvisional Irish Republican Army booby trap bomb while getting into a car, outside the Knock-na-Moe Castle Hotel, Omagh. Drake died on3 June 1973 .*
25 June 1973 - Sean Loughran (37), Patrick Carty (26) and Dermot Crowley (18), all Catholics and members of theProvisional Irish Republican Army , were killed in a premature bomb explosion while travelling in a car, Gortin Road, near Omagh. 1998
*15 August 1998 - James Barker (12), Seán McLaughlin (12) and Oran Doherty (8), fromCounty Donegal , Fernando Blasco Bacelga (12) and Rocío Abad Ramos fromSpain , Geraldine Breslin (43), Gareth Conway (18), Breda Devine (1), Aidan (or Aiden) Gallagher (21), Mary Grimes (65), Brenda Logue (17), Brian McCrory (54), Seán McGrath (61), Jolene Marlow (17), Avril Monaghan (30; pregnant with twins), Maura Monaghan (1), Elizabeth Rush (57), Philomena Skelton (39), all Catholics, Debra Ann Cartwright (20), Esther Gibson (36), Olive Hawkes (60), Julia Hughes (21), Anne McCombe (48), Samantha McFarland (17), Alan Radford (16), Veda Short (56), Fred White (60), Bryan White (26), Lorraine Wilson (15), all Protestants, were killed in aReal Irish Republican Army car bomb explosion, Market Street, Omagh. Inadequate warnings were given. Seán McGrath died on5 September 1998 References
* [http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/ NI Conflict Archive on the Internet]
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