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Burning of the British Embassy
Date2 February 1972 (1972-02-02)
Time16:00–19:00 (GMT)
Venue39 Merrion Square
LocationDublin, Ireland
Coordinates53°20′21″N 6°14′48″W / 53.33910°N 6.24655°W / 53.33910; -6.24655
Non-fatal injuries30
Merrion Square, Dublin

The burning of the British Embassy in Dublin happened on 2 February 1972 at 39 Merrion Square.[1][2] This occurred during demonstrations outside the chancery by a very large and angry crowd (estimates vary between 20,000 and 100,000 people), following the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry on 30 January 1972, when the British Army's Parachute Regiment shot dead 14 unarmed Catholic civilians during a civil rights demonstration.[3]

  1. ^ "British Embassy Burnt Down". RTÉ Archives. RTE. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ^ Quinlan, Ronald (16 October 2019). "ESB's Merrion Square period portfolio for €15m". Irish Times. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  3. ^ "1972: British embassy in Dublin destroyed". BBC On This Day. 2 February 1972. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

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