Some of the damage caused by the second car bomb on Talbot Street, Dublin
Location
Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland
Date
17 May 1974; 49 years ago (1974-05-17) 5.28 pm, 5.30 pm, 5.32 pm; 6.58 pm IST (UTC+01:00)
Attack type
4 car bombs
Weapons
ANFO car bombs
Deaths
34 (27 in Dublin, 7 in Monaghan)
Injured
about 300
Perpetrators
Ulster Volunteer Force[1]
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Map of central Dublin showing the three bomb sites
The Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 17 May 1974 were a series of co-ordinated bombings in counties Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland, carried out by the Ulster Volunteer Force. Three bombs exploded in Dublin during the evening rush hour and a fourth exploded in Monaghan almost ninety minutes later. They killed 33 civilians and injured almost 300. The bombings were among the deadliest attack of the conflict known as the Troubles,[2] and the deadliest attack in the Republic's history.[3] Most of the victims were young women, although the ages of the dead ranged from 19 up to 80 years.
The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary group from Northern Ireland, claimed responsibility for the bombings in 1993. It had launched a number of attacks in the Republic since 1969. The month before the bombings, the British government had lifted the UVF's status as a proscribed organisation.
The bombings happened during the Ulster Workers' Council strike. This was a general strike called by loyalists and unionists in Northern Ireland who opposed the Sunningdale Agreement. Specifically, they opposed the sharing of political power with Irish nationalists, and the proposed role of the Republic in the governance of Northern Ireland. The Republic's government had helped bring about the Agreement. The strike brought down the Agreement and the Northern Ireland Assembly on 28 May.
No one has ever been charged with the bombings. A campaign by the victims' families led to an Irish government inquiry under Mr. Justice Henry Barron. His 2003 report criticised the Garda Síochána's investigation and said the investigators stopped their work prematurely.[4] It also criticised the Fine Gael/Labour government of the time for its inaction and lack of interest in the bombings.[4] The report said it was likely that British security force personnel or MI5 intelligence was involved but had insufficient evidence of higher-level involvement. However, the inquiry was hindered by the British government's refusal to release key documents.[5] The victims' families and others are continuing to campaign to this day for the British government to release these documents.[6]
^"Call for probe of British link to 1974 bombs". RTÉ News. 17 May 2008.
^"UK urged to Release Dublin and Monaghan Bombing Files". The Irish Times. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^Oireachtas Sub-Committee report on the Barron Report (2004), p.25
^ abBarron Report (2003), pp.275–279
^Oireachtas Sub-Committee report on the Barron Report (2004), p.21
^Crowe, Seán. "Dublin/Monaghan bombings: 'We need to know extent of British state involvement with this loyalist gang'". TheJournal.ie.
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