Omagh bombing

August 15, 1998 · Omagh

The Real IRA, a dissident republican group, set off a car bomb in the town centre of Omagh. It killed 29 people, the deadliest single attack of the Troubles, months after the Good Friday Agreement.

Participants

Strength and losses

All
Deaths 29
Wounded 220

Before and after

Followed from
The Troubles October 5, 1968 – April 10, 1998

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Omagh bombing