Omagh

[Puckoon]

Where did you pick up that tit bit from Tieroan, its far fetched and Ive never heard anything of the sort.


The removal of the original memorial stone (which reflected on the murder of these people by a dissident republican car bomb" is at the centre of the row.

In turn, some of the families who were boycotting the official ceremony, held a ceremony of their own and invited the local clergy. The clergy turned down the invitation due to their committment to attend the official ceremony.

[Norf Tyrone]

On a pure personal note, I remember sitting on the sofa at home listening to the football on radio 5 when word came through. As the hour passed the seriousness became apparent.
My abiding memory is my da- who is a stero typical da i.e. never gives too much away- trying to avoid portraying emotion. Some of his family live in Omagh, and he just couldn't stomach phoning to see all was ok. One of the 'I'll never forget images' of my life.

RIP one and all............

[Tyronelass]

Its almost unbelievable that 10 years has passed already, like so many others I can remember it and the events of the following days as if it was yesterday.
Many people have experienced lots of dark hours and days since and no doubt will continue to do so despite the passing of time. My thoughts and prayer are with those who died and those who suffered & continue too as a result of that terrible Saturday afternoon. 

[gerry]

remember it well, was working in the town that day when we got word that there was a bomb scare intown.  like everyone else i thought it was a hoax and carried on working as normal.  then there was the explosion and everyone went what the feck was that.  stories started to come back what had happen and that ones had died.

my mrs had finished her shopping and had headed up the town with 2 kids to get some lunch.  when the second bomb scare was rumoured, people ran to their cars and left the town, except for my mrs whos car was still in the carpark a hour after the bomb had went of. 

i remember trying to ring home and getting no answer and then driving home with a friend, when i turned into our house i could see that there was no one at home and i started to think the worst. thankfully she had made it home with the children and was staying in a friends house when i came home.  it was the first time i had cried with joy in seeing them.

thankfully she had being diverted by the police outside wellworths and rather head down to the scene of the bomb she headed across bridge street.

[nifan]

My memory is coming into the house and looking it up on teletext when my da told me what happened.
On the page was a quote from my friends dad whose wife was seriously injured and son had lost a leg. I was unsure which son, not that it mattered, but it was the 12 year old brother rather than my friend who was injured.

Truly shocking to think it was 10 years ago.

[Minder]

Was part of the problem that some of the families thought there was a deliberate attempt by whatever group organising the memorials to airbrush the fact that there was Republican involvement in the bombing.

[carnaross]

Hard to believe 10 years have passed. Seems so short to me here in Leeds, but I bet it hasn't been so short for the victims families and friends.

I'm from Omagh and remember exactly what I was doing at the time. I'd taken the wife and kids to a park and we were all messing about with a ball when one of the lads suggested going back to tha car to listen to the half-time soccer scores. We never heard them as 5 Live was devoting its time to Omagh. Drove home like a lunatic (the wife shouting at me that I'd kill them in the all rush) and tried to call my sister and mother without succes. Called a brother and two sisters in Canada to tell them. Didn't get any lines through to NI till 7.30pm when my sister called to say they were all ok. Will never forget the panic I felt, although it was nothing compared to what the victim's families must have felt.

May they all rest in peace and may the families get the justice they crave and deserve.

[magickingdom]

i was in dublin for the w/e and saw images of the horror on a tv, my first thought was that it was in the middle east, i was horrified when i realised it was omagh. a black day.

RIP