Dublin and Monaghan bombings

 Dublin and Monaghan bombings (bombing)

Date	17 May 1974
Location	Dublin,  Monaghan,  Ireland
Perpetrators	MI5, Ulster Volunteer Force
Interest of	Nigel Wylde

The Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 17 May 1974 were a series of co-ordinated bombings in counties Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland. 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 a full-term unborn child, and injured almost 300.

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.

Elements of the British state security forces helped the UVF carry out the bombings, including members of the Glenanne gang.

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