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20-months-old toddler was to be flowergirl

Baby Breda Catherine Devine, a 21-month-old toddler from Donemana, was one of the youngest victims of the Omagh bomb.
On Saturday afternoon she was in town with her mother, shopping for a wedding gift for her uncle Garry McGillion and his fiancee Donna Marie Keyes, who were also in town.
Breda was to have been a flower girl at her uncle's wedding this Saturday, and it is understood that she had been brought into town to get a new pair of shoes for the occasion.
She died at the Tyrone County Hospital, and is survived by her mother, who suffered 60 per cent burns and is still in hospital, her lather, Paul, brothers Aaron (6) and Shay (2), and sister Niamh (3).
Little Breda's aunt, Marina Devine, confirmed that the child's mother, was still in the Royal Victoria Hospital, along with her Uncle Gary and his fiancée.
It is understood that Pat McGillion, Breda's grandfather, a fireman from Newtownstewart, assisted at the scene, without realising that his family was involved.