Dublin and Monaghan bombings

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A series of co-ordinated bombings were carried out in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland, by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) on 17 May 1974. Three car bombs exploded in Dublin during the evening rush hour and a fourth exploded in Monaghan almost ninety minutes later. They killed 34 civilians, 32 in the original attack and 2 in the weeks following 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 were young women, although the ages of the dead ranged from 4½ months up to 80 years. The 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...

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