A Real IRA car bomb in Omagh on August 15 1998 killed 31 people, including unborn twins. Under the guidance of artist Carole Kane, children in the town transformed the floral tributes to the dead into paper and art work. On this blog, Carole, assisted by Malachi O'Doherty, hears the stories of Omagh people touched by the bomb.
A Haiku
When the petals fell
She gathered them, child's play
And wove the path home. John Paul Lederach
Friday, 14 February 2014
The Omagh Bomb Archive
The library in Omagh has collated letters and news reports and books of condolences and diverse artefacts related to the day of the bomb. Julie Gibson, who works in the library, wishes more people would visit the archive and yet envies those young people for whom the troubles have little meaning.
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