SERVICE BRINGS SOLACE TO OMAGH FAMILIES
Service brings solace to Omagh families
FAMILIES bereaved by the Omagh bomb atrocity found solace in a short service held at the town's Garden of Remembrance on Sunday afternoon, after it was ripped apart by vandalism just days earlier.
Members of the local cross-community Churches Forum group organised the service, which was attended by around 50 relatives of those who died in the bomb.
Flowerpots were vandalised, small trees and flowers uprooted, and seats overturned during the attack in the early hours of Friday.
Local priest, Fr. Kevin Mullan, who helped organise the service, said he hoped it would provide some comfort for the families.
"The memorial plot is sacred to those affected by the tragedy and a place where sad and lonely memories rest.
"I hope this service will bring solace to the people of the town following the damage which was caused," said Fr. Mullan.
The minister of Trinity and Gillygooley Presbyterian Churches, Rev. Robert Herron, praised the families for helping each other through another
difficult time. "The garden of remembrance is a special place set aside in memory of those who died", he said. "That memory can be a source of help to those affected."
Also taking part in the service were the superintendent minister of the Omagh Methodist circuit, Rev. Harold Agnew and Church of Ireland rector of Cappagh and Lislimnaghan, Rev. Derek Quinn.
Stanley McCombe, whose wife Ann died in the bomb, said the ceremony had helped the families cope with the vandalism attack.
"Within the past few days we have had many words of encouragement and comfort from people," he said.
FAMILIES bereaved by the Omagh bomb atrocity found solace in a short service held at the town's Garden of Remembrance on Sunday afternoon, after it was ripped apart by vandalism just days earlier.
Members of the local cross-community Churches Forum group organised the service, which was attended by around 50 relatives of those who died in the bomb.
Flowerpots were vandalised, small trees and flowers uprooted, and seats overturned during the attack in the early hours of Friday.
Local priest, Fr. Kevin Mullan, who helped organise the service, said he hoped it would provide some comfort for the families.
"The memorial plot is sacred to those affected by the tragedy and a place where sad and lonely memories rest.
"I hope this service will bring solace to the people of the town following the damage which was caused," said Fr. Mullan.
The minister of Trinity and Gillygooley Presbyterian Churches, Rev. Robert Herron, praised the families for helping each other through another
difficult time. "The garden of remembrance is a special place set aside in memory of those who died", he said. "That memory can be a source of help to those affected."
Also taking part in the service were the superintendent minister of the Omagh Methodist circuit, Rev. Harold Agnew and Church of Ireland rector of Cappagh and Lislimnaghan, Rev. Derek Quinn.
Stanley McCombe, whose wife Ann died in the bomb, said the ceremony had helped the families cope with the vandalism attack.
"Within the past few days we have had many words of encouragement and comfort from people," he said.
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Publisher: TYRONE CONSTITUTION
Ref: TC/0873
Published Date: 03-May-01
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