On 8 November 1987 , a Provisional IRA bomb exploded at a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in nearby Enniskillen , killing 11 people and injuring 63 . A few hours after the blast , the IRA called a radio station and said it had abandoned a bomb in Tullyhommon after it failed to detonate . That morning , a Remembrance Sunday parade ( which included many members of the Boys ' and Girls ' Brigades ) had unwittingly gathered near the bomb , which was larger and had the capacity to inflict more casualties than those at Enniskillen . British soldiers and RUC officers had also been there , and the IRA said it triggered the bomb when soldiers were standing beside it . It was defused by security forces and was found to have a command wire leading to a " firing point " across the border
exploded at a Remembrance Sunday ceremony
Remembrance Day bombing
Tullyhommon