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The Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum is playing host to a very special exhibition of a quit created in memory of those who lost their lives during The Troubles.

The quilt is made up of patches that pay tribute to people who were killed, including brothers Tony and Myles O'Reilly murdered by The UVF in The Golden Pheasant restaurant attack, the Herron family from Dromore and Thomas Niedermayer OBE murdered by The Provisional IRA, and many others.

The Lives that Mattered Memorial Quilt was created by the South East Fermanagh Foundation (SEFF) was founded on August 15, 1998 to provide practical and emotional supports for a large number of individuals who had been through traumatic experiences as a consequence of ‘The Troubles.’

SEFF's Director Kenny Donaldson explained: "We are pleased that that the Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum have agreed to work collaboratively with us in facilitating the display of our seven Memorial Quilts and Organisational Tapestry within the Museum over the period. "SEFF has an office presence in Lisburn, based at Graham Gardens and we are open to providing supports for innocents of 'The Troubles.'

At the launch of the exhibition is Cllr Jonathan Craig, Chair of LCCC’S Leisure & Community Wellbeing Committee, with Kenny Donaldson (SEFF), Paul Allison (Lisburn Museum) and Michael Bingham, QGM who spoke about the murder of his family in Dromore, 1976. Pic credit: LCCC

"Across the memorial quilts displayed, men, women and children from across the community and who were murdered/killed in Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Great Britain and mainland Europe will be remembered.

"The quilts were developed by a team of special volunteers within SEFF under the guidance of a project facilitator. The quilts humanise those being remembered who may be said to be ordinary people but who were actually extraordinary to those who they were known to best.”

Michael Bingham, whose Grandparents and Aunt were murdered in Dromore in 1976, spoke at the launch of the exhibition, sharing memories of his family and the devastation caused when two sisters planted an incendiary device in their Dromore business. The Provisional IRA claimed responsibility for the attack.

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Local students paid a visit to Lisburn Museum to view the memorial quilt. Pic credit: SEFF

The Herron family is just one of many that are remembered with the quilt:

Baby Colin Nicholl, aged just 17-months-old, was one of four innocents to be murdered as a result of the Balmoral Furniture bomb attack.

On December 27, 1973 Thomas Niedermayer, the German chief of the Grundig plant in Dunmurry, was abducted from his home by the Provisional IRA. He was murdered and his body secretly buried. It would be seven years before his remains were discovered.

Brothers Anthony and Myles O’Reilly were murdered in 1976 in Lisburn by the UVF. Anthony, known as Tony to his family and friends (43) and Myles (41) were joint owners of the bar/restaurant ‘The Golden Pheasant Inn,’ Bailies Mills.

The La Mon massacre is also remembered in the quilt. La Mon was one of the most heinous crimes against humanity carried out

by Provisional IRA terrorists over the course of ‘the Troubles.’ Twelve innocents perished when burnt to death in a savage and barbaric

act of premeditated terror.

The quilt, honouring local people who were killed, as well as many others throughout Northern Ireland, will be on display until October 24.

Memorial quilt on display at Lisburn Museum pays tribute to those killed during The Troubles