1974 Houses of Parliament bombing

1974 IRA attack in London, England January 2022 January 2022 Houses of Parliament bombing Houses of Parliament in 2022 (cropped).jpg Houses of Parliament in 2022 the Troubles Houses of Parliament, London, United Kingdom Houses of Parliament 17 June 1974 08:30 GMT Time Bomb 0 11 Provisional IRA Provisional IRA Provisional IRA collapsed On 17 June 1974 the Provisional IRA bombed the British Houses of Parliament causing extensive damage and injuring eleven people.http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch74.htm#Jun CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1974 Dr Martin Melaughhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/17/newsid_2514000/2514827.stm BBC ON THIS DAY - 17 - 1974: IRA bombs parliament BBC News 17 June 1974 http://www.thejournal.ie/on-this-day-1972-ira-bomb-houses-of-parliament-1520010-Jun2014/ On this day in 1974 the IRA bombed the Houses of Parliament in London Christina Finn TheJournal.ie Background The Provisional IRA began a bombing campaign in England in March 1973 when they bombed the Old Bailey court house, injuring over 200 people.http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=8&month=03&year=1973 CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths Malcolm Sutton 25 November 2016 1 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180601144902/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=8&month=03&year=1973 dead The following year was the worst year of the Troubles outside of Northern Ireland: at the beginning of 1974 the IRA exploded a bomb on a coach carrying soldiers and some family members on the M62, killing 12 people including four civilians.http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=4&month=02&year=1974 CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths Malcolm Sutton A month before the Houses of Parliament bombing, 34 people were killed in the Republic of Ireland in the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of May 1974 carried out by the Ulster Volunteer Force, the worst single incident of the conflict.http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=17&month=05&year=1974 CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths Malcolm Sutton Bombing A man with an Irish accent telephoned the Press Association with a warning given six minutes before the device exploded. London police said a recognised IRA codeword was given. The bomb exploded in a corner of Westminster Hall at about 08:30 am on 17 June 1974. The IRA in a telephoned warning said it planted the bomb that weighed around 20 lb (9.1 kg). The explosion is suspected to have damaged a gas main and a fire spread fast through the main hall. An annex housing a canteen and a number of offices was destroyed, while the main hall itself received only light damage. Alvin Shuster 1974-06-18 Bomb in London Damages Oldest Hall of Parliament en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/18/archives/bomb-in-london-damages-oldest-hall-of-parliament-londons.html 2021-01-22 0362-4331 The attack signaled the start of a renewed IRA bombing campaign in England that was to last until late 1975. Aftermath The year 1974 ended with the IRA killing 28 people (23 civilians and 5 British soldiers) in bombing operations in England. 21 people were killed in the Birmingham pub bombings and a further 7 were killed in the Guildford and Woolwich Pub bombings.http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=7&month=11&year=1974 CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths Malcolm Sutton Nearly 300 people were injured from these bombings alone. The IRA called off their bombing campaign in February 1975 but restarted it in August 1975 with a bombing in a Caterham pub which injured over 30 people. A week later the IRA carried out the London Hilton bombing which killed 2 and injured over 60.http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch75.htm#Aug CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1975 Dr Martin Melaugh See also 1974 Tower of London bombing Old Bailey bombing Brook's bombing List of attacks on legislatures References London Houses of Parliament bombing Category:Provisional IRA bombings in London Category:1970s crimes in London Houses of Parliament bombing Category:1974 building bombings Category:Crime in Westminster Category:Parliament of the United Kingdom Houses of Parliament bombing Category:1970s in the City of Westminster Category:Building bombings in London Houses of Parliament bombing Category:Palace of Westminster Category:Building and structure fires in London Category:1974 fires Category:1970s fires in the United Kingdom