GONE BUT THEIR NAMES WILL LIVE ON FOREVER
Gone - but their names will live on for ever
JAMES VICTOR BARKER (12), one of three Buncrana schoolboys to die on a visit to the town with Spanish exchange students. He had been brought to live in Co. Donegal by parents searching for a better way of life for their family just 12 months ago.
GERALDINE AGNES BRESLIN (35), nee McCrystal, who was married just over two-years ago. She was the mother of a one-year-old boy, and worked in Watterson's in Omagh, where she lived.
DEBRA-ANNE CARTWRIGHT (20), who was working in Caroline's Beauty Salon, Omagh. A past pupil of the town's High School and College of Further Education, she lived in Omagh, and was due to resume studies in Manchester in the autumn.
GARETH CONWAY (18), the fifth of seven children, who had just learned he had gained a place to study electronic engineering at the University of Ulster (Magee campus). He lived at Aghagogan, Carrickmore
BREDA CATHERINE DEVINE (20 months), a baby sister in a Donemana family of four, the eldest of whom, Aaron, is six, fought for her life after being born three months premature, only to have it snatched away by callous bombers.
ORAN MICHAEL DOHERTY (8), another of the Buncrana visitors to die horribly on a holiday visit to Tyrone's county town. His mother had not wanted him to make the trip.
ADRIAN GALLAGHER (21), a college graduate who had come into town from his Circular Road home by chance, when normally he would have worked at the car repair business he had striven so hard, with his father, Michael, to build.
ESTHER NORA GIBSON (36), an engaged Sunday School teacher, who was related to Omagh DUP councillor, Mr. Oliver Gibson. From Beragh, she worked at Desmonds Omagh factory.
MARY GRIMES (65), the grandmother of the tragic family which lost three generations in the bombing, she was killed on her 65th birthday, as her husband, Mick, waited to welcome her back to her Beragh home with flowers. A native of Co. Cork, she had been a maternity nurse.
OLIVE HAWKES (60), a Mountfield mother of two grown-up children, who would have celebrated her 61st birthday and ruby wedding anniversary this weekend.
JULIA VICTORIA HUGHES (21), who was working part-time at Image Express photograpic shop in High Street, while on summer holidays from Dundee University. She was unmarried and lived at Coneywarren with her family, one of whom was her twin brother, Justin.
BRENDA MARY LOGUE (17), a second parishioner of the Roman Catholic Termonmaguirc parish, and its second teenager to die in the bombing, along with Gareth Conway. From Loughmacrory, she was shopping in Omagh with her mother and grandmother.
BRIAN McCRORY (54), one of the large and popular McCrory family raised at "The Crossroads", in Omagh's Lisnamallard area, he was married with two sons and a daughter.
SAMANTHA MCFARLAND (17), a Strabane Grammar School pupil, who was to be bridesmaid at her brother, Jonathan's, wedding early next month. From the Hospital Road area of Omagh, Jonathan said his sister had been reluctant to leave Market Street because she had the keys of the Oxfam shop, where she worked as a volunteer, with her.
ANN McCOMBE (49), was killed while her husband, Stanley, was attending the weekend's World Pipe Band Championships in Scotland. She was the second of the three staff of Watterson's drapery business to die.
SEAN MCLAUGHLIN (12), an altar boy at his local Buncrana Church, he was another of the Co. Donegal children, who had come to Tyrone to visit the Ulster American Folk Park, and shop in Omagh.
JOLENE BREIGE MARLOW (17), a Loreto Grammar student, who was due to receive her A Level results today (Thursday). She was a keen sportswoman from Newtownsaville.
AVRIL MONAGHAN (30), pregnant with twins, and cut down with her mother and 18-month-old daughter, while shopping in Omagh, leaving a husband ro raise three other children, the eldest of whom is six, at the family's Augher home.
MAURA MONAGHAN (18 months), the terrorists' youngest victim, killed with her mother and grandmother.
VEDA ELIZABETH SHORT (56), a buyer for Watterson's lingerie and hosiery department, she had worked in the local drapery store for 20 years. From Gortaclare, she was the mother of four and grandmother of three.
ALAN RADFORD (16), the son of a father who had fled the Troubles after being targeted by terrorists. His GCSE results were due on Tuesday, after which he had hoped to see his father, Melvin, again for the first time in five years. Instead, Mr. Radford flew in from Yorkshire for his son's funeral service yesterday (Wednesday) at his Omagh home.
ELIZABETH (LIBBI) AMELDA RUSH (57), was the owner of the Pine Emporium, the former Libbi's Coffee Shop, at the bottom of Market Street. She stepped outside the shop front door to seek the cause of the commotion in the street, and was blasted to death.
PHILOMENA (MENA) SKELTON (39) , a Drumquin housewife, whose visit to Omagh would not have taken place had her husband, Kevin, a football referee, not had the fixture he was to take charge of postponed. Her daughter, Shauna, received a broken jaw in the blast, and will have to have plastic surgery for a neck wound.
FRED WHITE (60), a member of the West Tyrone Unionist Association, and, for 22 years, treasurer of Ballynahatty and Creevan Presbyterian Church. He was killed with his son, Bryan.
BRYAN WHITE (26), was a trained horticulturalist, who worked for Strabane District Council for several years, but who was to take up a new post with neighbouring Omagh District Council this week.
LORRAINE WILSON (15), one of a family of four from the Hospital Road area of Omagh, died along with her friend, Samantha McFarland, with whom she also worked part-time as an Oxfam volunteer.
FERNANDO BLASCO BASELGA (12), a Madrid schoolboy on an exchange trip to Buncrana. He died along with his teacher.
ROCIO ABAD RAMOS (23), the teacher, also from Madrid, who was on her fifth exchange visit to Buncrana, where she annually brought schoolchildren to improve their English.
JAMES VICTOR BARKER (12), one of three Buncrana schoolboys to die on a visit to the town with Spanish exchange students. He had been brought to live in Co. Donegal by parents searching for a better way of life for their family just 12 months ago.
GERALDINE AGNES BRESLIN (35), nee McCrystal, who was married just over two-years ago. She was the mother of a one-year-old boy, and worked in Watterson's in Omagh, where she lived.
DEBRA-ANNE CARTWRIGHT (20), who was working in Caroline's Beauty Salon, Omagh. A past pupil of the town's High School and College of Further Education, she lived in Omagh, and was due to resume studies in Manchester in the autumn.
GARETH CONWAY (18), the fifth of seven children, who had just learned he had gained a place to study electronic engineering at the University of Ulster (Magee campus). He lived at Aghagogan, Carrickmore
BREDA CATHERINE DEVINE (20 months), a baby sister in a Donemana family of four, the eldest of whom, Aaron, is six, fought for her life after being born three months premature, only to have it snatched away by callous bombers.
ORAN MICHAEL DOHERTY (8), another of the Buncrana visitors to die horribly on a holiday visit to Tyrone's county town. His mother had not wanted him to make the trip.
ADRIAN GALLAGHER (21), a college graduate who had come into town from his Circular Road home by chance, when normally he would have worked at the car repair business he had striven so hard, with his father, Michael, to build.
ESTHER NORA GIBSON (36), an engaged Sunday School teacher, who was related to Omagh DUP councillor, Mr. Oliver Gibson. From Beragh, she worked at Desmonds Omagh factory.
MARY GRIMES (65), the grandmother of the tragic family which lost three generations in the bombing, she was killed on her 65th birthday, as her husband, Mick, waited to welcome her back to her Beragh home with flowers. A native of Co. Cork, she had been a maternity nurse.
OLIVE HAWKES (60), a Mountfield mother of two grown-up children, who would have celebrated her 61st birthday and ruby wedding anniversary this weekend.
JULIA VICTORIA HUGHES (21), who was working part-time at Image Express photograpic shop in High Street, while on summer holidays from Dundee University. She was unmarried and lived at Coneywarren with her family, one of whom was her twin brother, Justin.
BRENDA MARY LOGUE (17), a second parishioner of the Roman Catholic Termonmaguirc parish, and its second teenager to die in the bombing, along with Gareth Conway. From Loughmacrory, she was shopping in Omagh with her mother and grandmother.
BRIAN McCRORY (54), one of the large and popular McCrory family raised at "The Crossroads", in Omagh's Lisnamallard area, he was married with two sons and a daughter.
SAMANTHA MCFARLAND (17), a Strabane Grammar School pupil, who was to be bridesmaid at her brother, Jonathan's, wedding early next month. From the Hospital Road area of Omagh, Jonathan said his sister had been reluctant to leave Market Street because she had the keys of the Oxfam shop, where she worked as a volunteer, with her.
ANN McCOMBE (49), was killed while her husband, Stanley, was attending the weekend's World Pipe Band Championships in Scotland. She was the second of the three staff of Watterson's drapery business to die.
SEAN MCLAUGHLIN (12), an altar boy at his local Buncrana Church, he was another of the Co. Donegal children, who had come to Tyrone to visit the Ulster American Folk Park, and shop in Omagh.
JOLENE BREIGE MARLOW (17), a Loreto Grammar student, who was due to receive her A Level results today (Thursday). She was a keen sportswoman from Newtownsaville.
AVRIL MONAGHAN (30), pregnant with twins, and cut down with her mother and 18-month-old daughter, while shopping in Omagh, leaving a husband ro raise three other children, the eldest of whom is six, at the family's Augher home.
MAURA MONAGHAN (18 months), the terrorists' youngest victim, killed with her mother and grandmother.
VEDA ELIZABETH SHORT (56), a buyer for Watterson's lingerie and hosiery department, she had worked in the local drapery store for 20 years. From Gortaclare, she was the mother of four and grandmother of three.
ALAN RADFORD (16), the son of a father who had fled the Troubles after being targeted by terrorists. His GCSE results were due on Tuesday, after which he had hoped to see his father, Melvin, again for the first time in five years. Instead, Mr. Radford flew in from Yorkshire for his son's funeral service yesterday (Wednesday) at his Omagh home.
ELIZABETH (LIBBI) AMELDA RUSH (57), was the owner of the Pine Emporium, the former Libbi's Coffee Shop, at the bottom of Market Street. She stepped outside the shop front door to seek the cause of the commotion in the street, and was blasted to death.
PHILOMENA (MENA) SKELTON (39) , a Drumquin housewife, whose visit to Omagh would not have taken place had her husband, Kevin, a football referee, not had the fixture he was to take charge of postponed. Her daughter, Shauna, received a broken jaw in the blast, and will have to have plastic surgery for a neck wound.
FRED WHITE (60), a member of the West Tyrone Unionist Association, and, for 22 years, treasurer of Ballynahatty and Creevan Presbyterian Church. He was killed with his son, Bryan.
BRYAN WHITE (26), was a trained horticulturalist, who worked for Strabane District Council for several years, but who was to take up a new post with neighbouring Omagh District Council this week.
LORRAINE WILSON (15), one of a family of four from the Hospital Road area of Omagh, died along with her friend, Samantha McFarland, with whom she also worked part-time as an Oxfam volunteer.
FERNANDO BLASCO BASELGA (12), a Madrid schoolboy on an exchange trip to Buncrana. He died along with his teacher.
ROCIO ABAD RAMOS (23), the teacher, also from Madrid, who was on her fifth exchange visit to Buncrana, where she annually brought schoolchildren to improve their English.
Further Information
Publisher: TYRONE CONSTITUTION
Ref: TC/0004
Published Date: 20-Aug-98
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