What the records say
- When
- 29 Nov 1975
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 53.42° N, 6.27° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Dublin Airport bombing.
Summary
Dublin Airport bombing: The arrivals terminal at Dublin Airport was bombed by the terrorist Ulster Defence Association, killing one person and injuring nine others. After the airport was evacuated, a second bomb exploded but no-one was hurt. Later, a suitcase was found that was destroyed in a controlled explosion by a bomb disposal team.
Dublin Airport bombing
1975 bombing in Ireland
On 29 November 1975, a bomb exploded in the arrivals terminal of Dublin Airport, killing a man and injuring nine other people. The Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group from Northern Ireland, claimed responsibility for the bombing. It was one of a series of loyalist bomb attacks in the Republic of Ireland between the late 1960s and mid-1970s.
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