Omagh Bomb Memorial - Omagh Co Tyrone
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N 54° 36.064 W 007° 17.933
29U E 609889 N 6051729
At 3.10 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, August 15, 1998, a car bomb exploded in a crowded shopping area of Omagh, Co Tyrone.
Waymark Code: WM5EHC
Location: Ireland
Date Posted: 12/28/2008
Views: 20
29 people killed and hundreds injured. Details of the impact of the explosion emerged throughout that afternoon and evening: that the dead included three generations of one family, a woman who was pregnant with twins, her baby, and her mother; that three children from Buncrana, Co Donegal, had died, as had a Spanish child and a Spanish group leader; and that a misleading warning had resulted in people converging in the area where the bomb was about to go off.
The winning design was submitted by a Dublin team, artist Sean Hillen and architect Desmond Fitzgerald and its theme is "Constant Light".
It includes a 4.5m tall glass obelisk with a heart inside which will mark the site of the explosion.
Because of its position, the pillar is almost constantly in the shade.
But the designers plan to get around this with the use of 31 mirrors placed in the Memorial Garden around the corner - each one mounted on top of a pole, representing those who died.
Light reflected from these will be beamed down the street and onto the heart inside the pillar.
Disaster Date: 08/15/1998
Date of dedication: 08/15/2008
Memorial Sponsors: Local Goverment
Disaster Type: Sociological
Relevant Website: [Web Link]
Parking Coordinates: Not Listed
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