RELIEF AS AGREEMENT REACHED ON OMAGH BOMB MEMORIAL NARRATIVE
Relief as agreement reached on Omagh bomb memorial narrative
The wording agreed for the various locations is as follows:
At the site of the bomb-
"A car bomb exploded at this site on Saturday 15 August 1998 at 3.10 pm. This act of terror killed thirty-one people, injured hundreds, and changed forever the lives of many".
On the street wall at the memorial garden-
"Saturday 15th August 1998 at 3.10 pm
"To honour and remember the 31 men, women and children who were killed, the hundreds injured and those whose lives were changed forever in the Omagh bomb."
'The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it' (John 1:5)
On the walls inside the memorial garden-
"Weather-wise it was one of the best days that summer had seen. Ordinary people were doing ordinary things on an ordinary day.
"In one fateful moment all this was changed forever. Time stood still, futures were obliterated, lives were shattered, hearts were broken.
"In the carnage, emergency personnel and many ordinary people reached out, helped the injured, gave hope to the dying and held the dead.
"That evening a great silence descended on the town".
Alphabetical listing of the names and ages of those killed along with the names of the townlands, towns or cities from which they came.
'Bear in mind these dead' (John Hewitt)
"In the week which followed, people walked with one another in the companionship of shared grief as funeral followed funeral.
"From all over the world came visitors, messages of sympathy, condemnation, solidarity, hope and practical support".
"The Omagh bomb was the largest single atrocity in over thirty years of violence in which over 3700 people were killed.
"The bomb took place four months after the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement of 10 April 1998, subsequently endorsed in referenda in both parts of Ireland on 22 May 1998."
"In the years that followed people in Omagh and elsewhere sought to rebuild their lives, their families, their community, and to create a new future. "Regardless of the past, every new day dawns as a gift laden with its own possibilities, as the morning sun banishes the darkness of night."
'To honour and remember 31 people murdered and hundreds injured from three nations by a dissident republican terrorist car bomb'. (Omagh Support and Self Help Group)
'What does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God'. (Micah: 6:8)
The wording agreed for the various locations is as follows:
At the site of the bomb-
"A car bomb exploded at this site on Saturday 15 August 1998 at 3.10 pm. This act of terror killed thirty-one people, injured hundreds, and changed forever the lives of many".
On the street wall at the memorial garden-
"Saturday 15th August 1998 at 3.10 pm
"To honour and remember the 31 men, women and children who were killed, the hundreds injured and those whose lives were changed forever in the Omagh bomb."
'The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it' (John 1:5)
On the walls inside the memorial garden-
"Weather-wise it was one of the best days that summer had seen. Ordinary people were doing ordinary things on an ordinary day.
"In one fateful moment all this was changed forever. Time stood still, futures were obliterated, lives were shattered, hearts were broken.
"In the carnage, emergency personnel and many ordinary people reached out, helped the injured, gave hope to the dying and held the dead.
"That evening a great silence descended on the town".
Alphabetical listing of the names and ages of those killed along with the names of the townlands, towns or cities from which they came.
'Bear in mind these dead' (John Hewitt)
"In the week which followed, people walked with one another in the companionship of shared grief as funeral followed funeral.
"From all over the world came visitors, messages of sympathy, condemnation, solidarity, hope and practical support".
"The Omagh bomb was the largest single atrocity in over thirty years of violence in which over 3700 people were killed.
"The bomb took place four months after the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement of 10 April 1998, subsequently endorsed in referenda in both parts of Ireland on 22 May 1998."
"In the years that followed people in Omagh and elsewhere sought to rebuild their lives, their families, their community, and to create a new future. "Regardless of the past, every new day dawns as a gift laden with its own possibilities, as the morning sun banishes the darkness of night."
'To honour and remember 31 people murdered and hundreds injured from three nations by a dissident republican terrorist car bomb'. (Omagh Support and Self Help Group)
'What does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God'. (Micah: 6:8)
Further Information
Publisher: TYRONE CONSTITUTION
Ref: TC/1927
Published Date: 13-Mar-08
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