Omagh 1998

[ailbhe]

A bomb! a bomb! and they turned and ran.
Mothers took their daughters by their tiny sticky hands,
Fathers scooped their sons up in their big strong arms,
And they ran towards the bomb
And they ran towards the bomb
And they ran
             towards
                     the bomb.

Comments

[ailbhe]

Reading the (admittedly short) list of the dead is heartbreaking. What were the family from Madrid doing there?

[iuil.livejournal.com]

There was a school group from Madrid visiting Buncrana who'd gone on a day trip to Tyrone with some local kids tagging along, stopping off in Omagh for some shopping. Two of the Spanish children and one of their group leaders were killed along with 2 of the children from Buncrana :-(.

[iuil.livejournal.com]

My error - one Spanish child and 3 children from Buncrana plus the Spanish group leader were killed.

Heartbreaking, sickening, unforgiveable. All in the name of "the cause" :-(.