Dublin and Monaghan bombings

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The Dublin and Monaghan bombings were a series of coordinated car bomb attacks in the Republic of Ireland in May 1974 that killed 33 people and became one of the deadliest incidents of the Troubles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf car bombing ⓘ
event of the Troubles ⓘ
mass killing ⓘ
terrorist attack ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings ⓘ
cityBombed Dublin ⓘ
commemoratedBy annual memorial ceremonies in Dublin ⓘ
annual memorial ceremonies in Monaghan ⓘ
conflict The Troubles ⓘ
country Republic of Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Ireland
date 1974-05-17 ⓘ
deadliestIncidentOf The Troubles in the Republic of Ireland ⓘ
linked to: The Troubles
deadliestTerroristAttackIn history of the Republic of Ireland ⓘ
governmentResponse Irish government declared a national day of mourning ⓘ
impact increased tension between Irish government and British government ⓘ
public controversy over alleged collusion ⓘ
inquiry Barron Report ⓘ
investigatedBy Barron Inquiry ⓘ
Irish parliamentary sub-committee ⓘ
legalOutcome no one convicted in the Republic of Ireland for the bombings ⓘ
location Dublin ⓘ
Monaghan ⓘ
memorial Dublin and Monaghan bombings memorial on Talbot Street ⓘ
method car bomb ⓘ
motive to undermine power-sharing and the Sunningdale Agreement ⓘ
notableLocationAffected Monaghan town centre ⓘ
notableStreetAffected Parnell Street, Dublin ⓘ
linked to: Parnell Street

South Leinster Street, Dublin ⓘ
Talbot Street, Dublin ⓘ
numberOfAttacks 4 ⓘ
numberOfFatalities 33 ⓘ
34 ⓘ
numberOfInjured approximately 300 ⓘ
partOf The Troubles ⓘ
perpetrator Ulster Volunteer Force ⓘ
politicalContext Sunningdale Agreement period ⓘ
relatedTo Northern Ireland conflict ⓘ
linked to: The Troubles

Ulster loyalism ⓘ
suspectedCollusionWith British security forces ⓘ
suspectedPerpetrator Ulster Volunteer Force ⓘ
target civilian population ⓘ
timeOfFirstDublinExplosion around 17:28 local time ⓘ
timeOfMonaghanExplosion around 18:58 local time ⓘ
timeOfSecondDublinExplosion around 17:30 local time ⓘ
timeOfThirdDublinExplosion around 17:32 local time ⓘ
townBombed Monaghan ⓘ
victimDemographics mostly Irish civilians ⓘ
year 1974 ⓘ

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Ulster Volunteer Force → notableOperation → Dublin and Monaghan bombings ⓘ
Dublin and Monaghan bombings → alsoKnownAs → 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings ⓘ
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Barron Report → subject → Dublin and Monaghan bombings ⓘ
Barron Report → topic → 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings ⓘ
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Barron Inquiry → subject → Dublin and Monaghan bombings ⓘ
Barron Inquiry → focus → 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings ⓘ
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Barron Inquiry → investigatedEvent → 1974 Dublin bombings ⓘ
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Barron Inquiry → investigatedEvent → 1974 Monaghan bombing ⓘ
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Barron Inquiry → producedDocument → Barron Report on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings ⓘ
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Barron Inquiry → relatedTo → Dublin and Monaghan bombings ⓘ
Dublin and Monaghan bombings memorial on Talbot Street → associatedWith → Dublin bombing of 17 May 1974 ⓘ
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Dublin and Monaghan bombings memorial on Talbot Street → associatedWith → Monaghan bombing of 17 May 1974 ⓘ
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Talbot Street, Dublin → event → Dublin and Monaghan bombings ⓘ
Talbot Street, Dublin → wasOneOfLocationsDevastatedIn → 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings ⓘ
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South Leinster Street, Dublin → hasHistoricalEvent → 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings ⓘ
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South Leinster Street, Dublin → wasAffectedBy → 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings ⓘ
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