Northern Ireland Timeline
Northern Ireland: from the Troubles to the present day
Watch the video
a) Describe what you see
b) Prepare 3 questions (= 3 things you’re wondering about this footage)
c) Share your questions with the class
Main information :
– Town : Omagh
– time : this afternoon Aug 15th, 1998 – 10 past 3
– Casualities : 26 people including a 18-month-old child / 5 of the victims died in hospital
– + dozens of injured at the hospital : 2 buses drove them to hospital
– a dissident Republican group called the Real IRA claimed responsibility for the bombing
– it supports the 32 country’s sovereignty committee
– they have less than 100 members
– a misleading telephone warning caused more casualties
– the bomb was said to be in the courthouse area but it was in the shopping area
– the people were evacuated from the courthouse area straight into the area where the bomb exploded
– Many people were shopping in the area
– it is the worst attack : it was like a battlefield with bodies lying on the road and shattered buildings
Essentiel vocabulary : Find in the recap the English words and their French translation corresponding to the definitions.
Reporting the words of the TV presenter
