Dromore Bombing Anniversary: Remembering the Herron Family

0:00On April 3, 50 years ago, on April 7, 1976, a provisional IRA bomb ripped through a family drapery shop in Dromor County, down, killing William Haren, 64, his wife Elizabeth, 58, and their daughter Noleen, 26. The family lived above the store, and the blast wiped out their lives in an instant, shocking a town that had mostly escaped the troubles up to that. The Haren's ran a thriving business selling fabrics, household goods, and uniforms, with William building it from the ground up. Elizabeth volunteered with meals on wheels, and Noeline helped run the shop as the youngest of five siblings. They were known as hardworking, kind neighbors with no enemies, targeted for no good reason in a wave of sectarian hate. The community reeled from the loss, as a man and two teenage sisters were convicted in 1981, though the women got out early via royal. Mercy, in 1985. The family calls out the real puppet masters, who ordered it, and notes others never faced justice,

1:02making the teen involvement even harder to stomach. Now, on this milestone anniversary, memorials are set a parade and wreath-ling in Dromor II's day evening, plus a service Sunday at Bainbridge Road. Presbyterian Church. The surviving relatives stress remembering the Haren's for their goodness in humanity, not the terror. Victims group SCF backs them, praising their resolve against letting terrorism win or divide the town. The family pushes for full answers and respect from authorities, standing firm that community solidarity indoors.