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Today in History: Real IRA car bomb kills 29 in Omagh

8/15/2026

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On 15 August 1998, the Real Irish Republican Army detonated a car bomb in Omagh, County Tyrone, killing 29 people and wounding about 220. The attack, intended to oppose the IRA ceasefire and the Good Friday Agreement, became the deadliest single incident of the Troubles.

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On 15 August 1998, the Real Irish Republican Army detonated a car bomb in Omagh, County Tyrone, killing 29 people and wounding about 220. The attack, intended to oppose the IRA ceasefire and the Good Friday Agreement, became the deadliest single incident of the Troubles.