A series of co-ordinated bombings were carried out in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland, by the Ulster Volunteer Force on 17 May 1974. Three car bombs exploded in Dublin during the evening rush hour and a
Fireman and police walk through the aftermath of the bombing on Talbot Street
A hijacked green 1970 Hillman Avenger was used in the Parnell Street explosion which killed 10 people
A 2017 view of Talbot Street where a further 14 people died
Memorial on Parnell Street
The Troubles were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it began in
Dublin and Monaghan bombings
…the following weeks of the Monaghan bombing. Almost 300 people were injured. Together, the bombings were the deadliest attack of the conflict known as the Troubles (although the deadliest single incident would be the Omagh bombing in 1998), and the deadliest attack in the Republic's history. Most of the victims…
The Battle of the Boyne (12 July 1690) by Jan van Huchtenburg
Protestant demonstrators burning an effigy of Daniel O’Connell, an incident that sparked the Belfast riots of 1864[self-published source?]
The Ulster Covenant was issued in protest against the Third Home Rule Bill in September 1912.
Sir James Craig, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, who said, "All I boast is that we are a Protestant Parliament and Protestant State"