Colm Murphy
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Colm Murphy was an Irish republican who was the first person to be convicted in connection with the Omagh bombing, but whose conviction was overturned on appeal. While awaiting a retrial on criminal c
Murphy appears on the Republican Network for Unity memorial in Milltown Cemetery, Belfast
Omagh bombing
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A car bombing took place in the town of Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland on 15 August 1998. It was carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army, a Provisional Irish Republican Army splinter g
Colm Murphy
…Colm Murphy (18 August 1952 – 18 April 2023) was an Irish republican who was the first person to be convicted in connection with the Omagh bombing, but whose conviction was overturned on appeal. While awaiting a retrial on criminal charges, Murphy was found liable for the bombing in a civil trial…
The red Vauxhall Cavalier containing the bomb. This photograph was taken shortly before the explosion; the camera was found in the rubble.
Lower Market Street, site of the bombing, 2001. The courthouse is in the background
The scene in Market Street minutes after the bomb went off
Tyrone County Hospital, where many of the bomb victims were taken