THE OMAGH BOMBING: DEATH TOLL
THE OMAGH BOMBING: Death Toll
Twenty-six of the 28 people killed in the bombing had been positively identified by last night, but the RUC said it would not formally release their names until today. However, the names of some of the dead were confirmed yesterday by either their families or members of the clergy.
Philomena Skelton (39)
Married to prominent Co Tyrone GAA referee, Kevin Skelton, she was shopping with her three daughters, Paula (18), Tracey (15) and Shauna (13) for school uniforms for the new term. Shauna received facial injuries, Tracey and Paula were uninjured.
Brenda Logue (17)
She took the full force of the blast when she left her mother and grandmother inside a shop and went out to see what was happening after she "heard all the commotion", her family said yesterday. From Omagh, she played with her local women's GAA football team, St Theresa's. Survived by her parents and three brothers, one of whom is her twin. She recently asked a local Sinn Fein councillor, Sean McAnespie, for a job on his mushroom farm.
Elizabeth Rush
Owner of a shop next to the Cosy Corner Bar in Omagh town centre.
Geraldine Breslin (35)
A married woman from Omagh with a 14-year-old son, died in hospital early yesterday at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.
Mary Grimes (67)
Mother of 12, she was originally from Lismire-Kanturk area of north Cork Married Omagh farmer Mick Grimes almost 40 years ago and lived in Beragh outside Omagh. Her daughter, Avril, and grand-daughter, Maura, were also killed.
Avril Monaghan (30)
A daughter of Mary Grimes, she was expecting twins soon. She is survived by her husband, Michael, and three children, two daughters and a son, the oldest of whom is six. The family lives seven miles outside Omagh. She was involved in community work, youth clubs and charity fund-raising
Maura Monaghan (1 1/2)
Daughter of Avril Monaghan.
Rocio Abad Ramos (29)
Spanish teacher from Madrid who was in charge of a group of 28 school children from Spain on an exchange visit with families in Buncrana, Co Donegal. The town has been hosting exchange students from Madrid for the last 10 years. The group has visited the Ulster American Folk park nearby and stopped in Omagh to do some shopping.
Fernando Brasco Bacelga (11)
From Madrid, he was one of Ms Ramos's group. His sister, Lucrecia, suffered severe face injuries. The Spanish foreign minister and deputy prime minister are expected to travel to the North today to accompany the two bodies home. At least 10 others from the party are among victims being treated in hospital.
Sean McLaughlin (11)
From Buncrana, Co Donegal. The local priest, Father Shane Bradley, who comes from Omagh, confirmed Sean's death, and that of the two other Buncrana victims and the two Spaniards, at Mass yesterday morning at St Mary's Oratory
Oran Doherty (8)
From Buncrana, Co Donegal, neighbour of Sean McLaughlin
James Barker (12)
From Buncrana, Co Donegal. Son of a solicitor whose family moved from England to live in the town about a year ago
Fred White (60)
An office-holder in the local Ulster Unionist Association in Omagh. His son, Bryan, was also killed. Mr White had just returned from holiday abroad on Saturday morning. According to his friend and party colleague, Mr Willie Thompson, he had gone into town on Saturday afternoon to buy provisions for his home after returning from holiday
Bryan White
Son of Fred White
Julie Hughes (21)
A student at Dundee University in Scotland, she was working for the summer in Image Xpress, a photo shop in High Street. It was one of the shops which caught the full force of the blast. Her parents live on the outskirts of the town.
Samantha McFarland (17)
A student at Strabane College of Further Education.
Esther Gibson
In her 30s, she was engaged to be married next July. From nearby Beragh, she worked in a local clothing factory and was a Sunday school teacher with the Rev Ian Paisley's Free Presbyterian Church. It is understood she is a cousin of Mr Oliver Gibson, the Democratic Unionist Party Assembly member for West Tyrone.
AlanRadford(17)
A student who had been due to get his GCSE results tomorrow.
Lorraine Wilson (16)
Believed to have been working in a shop near the blast site.
Sources: PA, Guardian Service, AFP, Reuter
Twenty-six of the 28 people killed in the bombing had been positively identified by last night, but the RUC said it would not formally release their names until today. However, the names of some of the dead were confirmed yesterday by either their families or members of the clergy.
Philomena Skelton (39)
Married to prominent Co Tyrone GAA referee, Kevin Skelton, she was shopping with her three daughters, Paula (18), Tracey (15) and Shauna (13) for school uniforms for the new term. Shauna received facial injuries, Tracey and Paula were uninjured.
Brenda Logue (17)
She took the full force of the blast when she left her mother and grandmother inside a shop and went out to see what was happening after she "heard all the commotion", her family said yesterday. From Omagh, she played with her local women's GAA football team, St Theresa's. Survived by her parents and three brothers, one of whom is her twin. She recently asked a local Sinn Fein councillor, Sean McAnespie, for a job on his mushroom farm.
Elizabeth Rush
Owner of a shop next to the Cosy Corner Bar in Omagh town centre.
Geraldine Breslin (35)
A married woman from Omagh with a 14-year-old son, died in hospital early yesterday at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.
Mary Grimes (67)
Mother of 12, she was originally from Lismire-Kanturk area of north Cork Married Omagh farmer Mick Grimes almost 40 years ago and lived in Beragh outside Omagh. Her daughter, Avril, and grand-daughter, Maura, were also killed.
Avril Monaghan (30)
A daughter of Mary Grimes, she was expecting twins soon. She is survived by her husband, Michael, and three children, two daughters and a son, the oldest of whom is six. The family lives seven miles outside Omagh. She was involved in community work, youth clubs and charity fund-raising
Maura Monaghan (1 1/2)
Daughter of Avril Monaghan.
Rocio Abad Ramos (29)
Spanish teacher from Madrid who was in charge of a group of 28 school children from Spain on an exchange visit with families in Buncrana, Co Donegal. The town has been hosting exchange students from Madrid for the last 10 years. The group has visited the Ulster American Folk park nearby and stopped in Omagh to do some shopping.
Fernando Brasco Bacelga (11)
From Madrid, he was one of Ms Ramos's group. His sister, Lucrecia, suffered severe face injuries. The Spanish foreign minister and deputy prime minister are expected to travel to the North today to accompany the two bodies home. At least 10 others from the party are among victims being treated in hospital.
Sean McLaughlin (11)
From Buncrana, Co Donegal. The local priest, Father Shane Bradley, who comes from Omagh, confirmed Sean's death, and that of the two other Buncrana victims and the two Spaniards, at Mass yesterday morning at St Mary's Oratory
Oran Doherty (8)
From Buncrana, Co Donegal, neighbour of Sean McLaughlin
James Barker (12)
From Buncrana, Co Donegal. Son of a solicitor whose family moved from England to live in the town about a year ago
Fred White (60)
An office-holder in the local Ulster Unionist Association in Omagh. His son, Bryan, was also killed. Mr White had just returned from holiday abroad on Saturday morning. According to his friend and party colleague, Mr Willie Thompson, he had gone into town on Saturday afternoon to buy provisions for his home after returning from holiday
Bryan White
Son of Fred White
Julie Hughes (21)
A student at Dundee University in Scotland, she was working for the summer in Image Xpress, a photo shop in High Street. It was one of the shops which caught the full force of the blast. Her parents live on the outskirts of the town.
Samantha McFarland (17)
A student at Strabane College of Further Education.
Esther Gibson
In her 30s, she was engaged to be married next July. From nearby Beragh, she worked in a local clothing factory and was a Sunday school teacher with the Rev Ian Paisley's Free Presbyterian Church. It is understood she is a cousin of Mr Oliver Gibson, the Democratic Unionist Party Assembly member for West Tyrone.
AlanRadford(17)
A student who had been due to get his GCSE results tomorrow.
Lorraine Wilson (16)
Believed to have been working in a shop near the blast site.
Sources: PA, Guardian Service, AFP, Reuter
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Publisher: THE IRISH TIMES
Ref: IT/013
Published Date: 17-Aug-98
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