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Published 10:03 27 Aug 2018 BST
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"A lot what said before the All-Ireland final in 1998 that it would be great lift for the people of Omagh if we could go on and win the Tom Markham so there was a lot of pressure on us," said McGuigan on Tyrone: The Unbreakable Bond. "There was a lot of doom and gloom around that time and we were probably the only bright spark after the Omagh bombing."Former teammate Mark Harte added that the relationship between the team and the community only strengthened after the atrocity.
"There was a close bond between the players and Tyrone fans after the bombing," said Harte. "The entire county was heartbroken by what had happened."Tyrone would go onto win the semi-final against Leitrim and then would avenge their loss to Laois in the previous year's final with a win over the O'Moore county in Croke Park.
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