The scene of the 1974 bombing on South Leinster Street near the center of Dublin.
By Mairead Carey and Louise Carroll, Contributors
The bombs went off during the Dublin rush-hour, at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 17, 1974. Three car bombs exploded on Parnell Street, Talbot Street and South Leinster Street in the center of Dublin. An hour and a half later another bomb exploded on North Road, in the border town of Monaghan.
There had been no warnings. In all, 33 people, including a pregnant woman, were killed and hundreds were injured.
It was the greatest loss of life in any one day of The Troubles and the worst atrocity ever committed in the Republic. Yet no one was arrested, charged, or prosecuted.