Editing Omagh bombing (section)

=== Media memorials ===
The bombing inspired the song "[[Paper Sun (Def Leppard song)|Paper Sun]]" by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[hard rock]] band [[Def Leppard]].<ref name="def">{{cite web|url=http://www.antiwarsongs.org/canzone.php?id=40475|title=Paper Sun by Def Leppard|publisher=antiwarsongs.org|access-date=11 April 2014}}</ref>

Another song inspired by the bombings was "[[Peace on Earth (U2 song)|Peace on Earth]]" by rock group [[U2]].<ref name="u2" /> It includes the line, "They're reading names out over the radio. All the folks the rest of us won't get to know. Sean and Julia, Gareth, Ann, and Breda."<ref name="u2">{{cite web|url=http://www.u2faqs.com/songs/#23|title=Who are the people listed in "Peace On Earth"?|publisher=u2faqs.com|access-date=11 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509191226/http://www.u2faqs.com/songs/#23|archive-date=9 May 2014}}</ref> The five names mentioned are five of the victims from this attack.<ref name="u2" /> Another line, "She never got to say goodbye, To see the colour in his eyes, now he's in the dirt" was about how James Barker, a victim, was remembered by his mother Donna Barker in an article in the ''[[Irish Times]]'' after the bombing in Omagh.<ref name="u2" /> U2 guitarist [[The Edge]] has described the song as "the most bitter song U2 has ever written".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.atu2.com/news/closer-to-the-edge.html|title=Closer to the Edge|work=Irish Times|date=21 October 2000|access-date=18 February 2009}}</ref> The names of all 29 people killed during the bombing were recited at the conclusion of the group's anti-violence anthem "[[Sunday Bloody Sunday]]" during the [[Elevation Tour]]; one performance is captured on the concert video ''[[U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland]]''.<ref>{{cite video|people=U2 |medium=Concert DVD|title=U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle|location=Slane Castle, Ireland|year=2003}}</ref>

[[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] state broadcaster [[RTÉ]] and [[United Kingdom|UK]] network [[Channel 4]] co-produced the 2004 film ''[[Omagh (film)|Omagh]]'' dramatising the events surrounding the bombing and its aftermath. It was directed by [[Pete Travis]] and was first shown on television in both countries in May 2004.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Press Association |title=Families praise film about Omagh bombing |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/families-praise-film-about-omagh-bombing-1.978839 |website=irishtimes.com |publisher=The Irish Times |access-date=21 August 2020}}</ref>