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Remembering:
“Petals of Hope”
Artistic responses to the Omagh Bomb
Conversations with Carole Kane and Malachi O’Doherty
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�Evelyn Johns
“It will be the next generation before we get the
families into the Omagh Bomb Archive.”
Different people react in different ways. Researchers are very much matter of fact about it
and they are delighted with the material in the archive. It will be the next generation before
we get the families in. Some of the families have come and you can see it is very emotional
for them. Groups are brought in by various organisations and you can see they are very
touched by it. Everybody looks at it and thinks, why didn’t we know this was here? They can’t
understand how so much material has been gathered and they didn’t know about it.
Apart from the books of condolence, there’s video material from RTE, UTV and the BBC,
news reports, documentaries, things like the Late Late Show; they’re all being put onto dvd
at the moment.
Then there’s emails. In 1998 the email was still in its infancy and it’s impossible to say but
I think on the home page we’ve something like fifteen thousand. I’m sure there’s thirty
thousand. One girl from a software company in County Cork sent an email to all her
contacts on the Monday morning calling on Bertie Ahern, the Taoiseach, to declare a
national day of mourning. About 8,000 emails followed from that one email.
Apart from that, there are some from RTE and they are massive. It’s hard to tell how many
are there. That was a huge part of the collection.
Then there were poems. People wanted to respond in whatever way they could. Letters,
sympathy cards, mass cards, absolutely huge. There’s another wee collection of
Christmas cards made by kids in primary schools.
Quilts. Quilters from around the world sent patches and quilters from Northern Ireland
made them up.
There’s also a lot of odd stuff.
There’s a crown of thorns.
I would just say it is a
spontaneous collection and it
is just put together by people
who wanted to say how they
felt. It hit so many people
throughout the world and it
was just their way of doing
something, of sending their
sympathy to us. That’s what
the archive grew out of.
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�This publication has received support from the Victims Support Programme for Groups
Working with Victims and Survivors, which is administered by VSS on behalf of the Office of
the First and Deputy First Minister. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of
the Victims and Survivors Service.
�
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Remembering 'Petals of Hope' (<em>collection</em>)
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Some of the recorded stories can be found at the 'Petals of Hope Revisited' blog: <a href="http://www.omaghpetals.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.omaghpetals.blogspot.co.uk/</a><br /><strong>See also:</strong><br /> Information about the original Petals of Hope project on Carole Kane's website: <a href="http://www.carolekane.com/index.php?/petals-of-hope/" target="_blank">www.carolekane.com/</a>
Stories Collected
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15 video; 23 text
Stories Deposited
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11 video; 15 text
Collection Permission Form
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Yes (signed 29 March 2014)
Description
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The Remembering 'Petals of Hope' project (2013-14) produced a collection of 15 audio visual and 23 written stories related to the Omagh Bomb (15 August 1998). The work involved in conducting the interviews and producing the recordings was carried out by Carole Kane and Malachi O'Doherty.<br /> Carole Kane, a freelance artist / community arts facilitator, was involved in the original 'Petals of Hope' project (1998-99) in association with Omagh District Council, which, with the assistance of children from Omagh, transformed floral tributes left at the scene of the bomb into handmade paper and art work. This resulted in an exhibition in the spring and summer of 1999 and the publication of the exhibition catalogue entitled 'Petals of Hope' (1999).
Creator
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Carole Kane, and Malachi O'Doherty
Date
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2014
Language
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English
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See also:<br /><em>The booklet:</em> <br /><strong>Kane, Carole., and O'Doherty, Malachi.</strong> (2014). Remembering: "Petals of Hope" - Artistic responses to the Omagh Bomb. Omagh: VSS and Omagh District Council.<br /><em>Web sites:</em><br /><a href="http://www.carolekane.com" target="_blank">www.carolekane.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.omagh.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.omagh.gov.uk</a><br /><a href="http://www.omagh.gov.uk/district_of_omagh/omagh_remembers/petals_of_hope/" target="_blank">www.omagh.gov.uk/district_of_omagh/omagh_remembers/petals_of_hope/</a><br /> The original exhibition catalogue:<br /><strong>Kane, Carole.</strong> (1999). Petals of Hope. Omagh: Omagh District Council.<br />The catalogue is available to purchase at this Web page:<br /><a href="http://www.omagh.gov.uk/culture_leisure_and_tourism/visitor_services/online_book_store/?bookID=31" target="_blank">www.omagh.gov.uk/culture_leisure_and_tourism/visitor_services/online_book_store/?bookID=31</a>
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Yes
Delayed Access
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No
Availability Online
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deposited
Contact
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Carole Kane (carolekane@btinternet.com)<br />Jean Brennan, Arts Manager, Omagh District Council (jean.brennan@omagh.gov.uk)
Publication
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Johns, Evelyn
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2014
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<em>'It will be the next generation ...'</em>, in, <strong>Kane, Carole., and O'Doherty, Malachi.</strong> (2014). Remebering: "Petals of Hope" - Artistic responses to the Omagh Bomb. Omagh: VSS and Omagh District Council.
Publisher Location
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Omagh
Publisher
VSS and Omagh District Council.
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Booklet
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Published, in Press, Unpublished, etc.
Published
ISBN
978-1-86-991922-1
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<em>'It will be the next generation ...'</em><span>, by Evely Johns (<em>story text</em>)</span>
Description
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The text, in PDF (Portable Document Format), of one of 20 personal accounts related to the Omagh Bomb (15 August 1998). The accounts were published in the booklet Remembering: "Petals of Hope".
Creator
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Kane, Carole., and O'Doherty, Malachi.
Publisher
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VSS and Omagh District Council.
Date
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2014
Format
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Text; PDF; 237KB
Availability Online
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deposited
Catalogue ID
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2287
Collection ID
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155
Organisation ID
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154
Remembering 'Petals of Hope'
Workers' Educational Association (WEA)