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Date August 15, 1998
Location Northern Ireland • Omagh
Participants Real Irish Republican Army
Context the Troubles

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British troops facing protesters on Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday
January 30, 1972
Destruction of the Mulberry Bush
Birmingham pub bombings
November 21, 1975
Omagh bombing
Omagh bombing
August 15, 1998