As all of Ireland prepared in June 1998 to vote
for peace in the Good Friday referendum,a small
group of dissident Provisional IRA members opposed
to the peace agreement set out to create a bomb
outrage so bloody and calamitous that London and
Dublin would be driven apart,unionist would
withdraw from the peace process and Northern
Ireland be driven back into violent conflict.
The called themselves the Real IRA and selected
their target carefully: Omagh, a small market town
where Catholics and Protestants had co-existed
remarkably peacefully throughout the thirty years
of The Troubles.The bomb claimed 31
lives,devastating a small town and leaving a
lasting legacy.
Languages: | English, French |
Runtime: | 101 min. |
Number of discs: | 1 |
Subtitles: | English, Spanish, French |