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Twenty nine people died as a result of the Omagh bomb on the 15 August 1998. Twenty one people died at the scene while eight more died on the way to, or in, hospital. Approximately 220 people were injured with over 100 were detained in hospital overnight. Their injuries ranged from minor cuts and bruises to ear and lung lacerations, traumatic amputation, severe burns, abdominal blast injuries and shrapnel injuries. Those who died as a result of the blast are as follows:

  • James Barker, 12, Buncrana, County Donegal
  • Geraldine Breslin, 43, Omagh, County Tyrone
  • Gareth Conway, 18, was a student from Carrickmore, near Omagh. He had just been accepted for an engineering course at the University of Ulster, and was awaiting his exam results. Gareth was in town that day to do shopping and was standing close to the bomb as it exploded. He died instantly.
  • Breda Devine, 20 months, Donemana, County Tyrone
  • Oran Doherty, 8, Buncrana, County Donegal
  • Aidan (or Aiden) Gallagher, 21, was a mechanic from Omagh and had gone into the town that day with a friend to buy a pair of jeans. He was killed close to the scene of the bomb and his friend suffered serious burns. Aidan's father has gone on to be one of the most vocal campaigners against those who carried out the attack. The story of his father's campaign was made into a film in 2004, entitled 'Omagh'. Aidan's uncle, Hugh Gallagher, was a Catholic member of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) who was killed by the PIRA. Aidan's father, Michael, is one of the relatives of the victims vocal and active in lobbying for the prosecution of those responsible for the Omagh Bombing.
  • Esther Gibson, 36, Beragh, County Tyrone
  • Mary Grimes, 65, Beragh, County Tyrone (a native of County Cork, mother of 11), mother of Avril Monaghan (who was pregnant with twins) and grandmother of Maura Monaghan who were also killed in the bomb.
  • Olive Hawkes, 60
  • Julia Hughes, 21, was a student working in Image Xpress, a photographic shop in the town on the day of the bombing. She was evacuated from her shop but due to the inaccurate warnings she caught the full force of the blast and died from shrapnel injuries.
  • Jolene Marlow, 17, was a student from Newtownsaville, a hamlet in Eskra, near Omagh. She had come to Omagh on that day with her younger sister, Nicola, and their grandmother to do some shopping. All three of them walked towards the bomb after they had been evacuated by the RUC from a local cafe. Jolene died in the blast and she was identified later that evening. Her sister and grandmother survived. Jolene's A-Level exam results arrived on the day of her funeral. She had been hoping to study physiotherapy at the University of Ulster. The Marlow family, staunch nationalists, requested in the aftermath of the bombing and the ensuing mass media coverage of the event, that only Irish media contact them.
  • Anne McCombe, 48, Omagh, County Tyrone (originally from County Donegal)
  • Brian McCrory, 54, was from Omagh and had gone into town on the day of the bombing to buy some paint. He was standing close to the bomb talking to a friend when it exploded. He left a wife, daughter and two sons.
  • Samantha McFarland, 17, was from Omagh and like her best friend Lorraine Wilson had spent the day working in the local Oxfam shop. She was killed when they were both evacuated from their shop and towards the bomb. Her death was confirmed in the early hours of the Sunday morning.
  • Sean McGrath, 61, was a retired baker and father of four who had lived in Omagh his entire life. Ironically he was born on the same street as where the bomb that killed him exploded. Local independent Omagh councillor Paddy McGowan described McGrath as "a decent and very generous gentleman, unassuming and charitable. We knew he was extremely ill, but we had some hope there was a possibility that all of those badly hurt would make a recovery." McGrath died three weeks after the attack in Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital from injuries sustained by shrapnel.
  • Avril Monaghan, 30, Augher, County Tyrone, daughter of Mary Grimes and mother of Maura Monaghan, who were also killed in the bomb; Avril Monaghan, who was married and had three other children, was pregnant with twins at the time of her death.
  • Maura Monaghan, 18 months, Augher, County Tyrone, Daughter of Avril Monaghan and Granddaughter of Mary Grimes, who were also killed in the bomb.
  • Alan Radford, 16, Omagh, County Tyrone
  • Elizabeth ("Libby") Rush, 57, Omagh, County Tyrone
  • Philomena Skelton, 49, Drumquin, County Tyrone
  • Fred White, 60, and his son, Brian, 26, Omagh, County Tyrone
  • Lorraine Wilson, 15, was from Omagh and she had been working voluntarily in the local Oxfam Charity shop with her best friend, Samantha McFarland, on the day of the bombing. Due to the inaccurate warnings the two girls were evacuated from the shop and were directed towards Market Street where the bomb exploded. They were both killed in the blast.
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