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The Troubles    1960s-1990s

 

20 July 1982

 

Regent Park and Hyde Park bombings

 

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The scene in London’s Hyde Park July 20, 1982,

where four soldiers and seven horses died

when an IRA bomb was detonated.

 

Photograph: PA

 

From the archive 1982:

IRA terror bombs kill eight soldiers in London parks

21 July 1982:

Two explosions bring carnage to London’s Hyde Park and Regent’s ParkG

Fri 21 Jul 2017    05.30 BST

Last modified on Thu 27 Jun 2019    11.08 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/21/
ira-bombs-london-parks-kill-eight-soldiers-1982

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20 July 1982

 

Hyde Park bombing

 

four soldiers (...) die in the IRA blast

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/16/
daughter-of-hyde-park-bomb-victim-to-appeal-ruling-on-damages

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/dec/18/
ira-man-john-downey-participated-in-hyde-park-bombing-judge-rules

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/21/
ira-bombs-london-parks-kill-eight-soldiers-1982

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/may/22/
hyde-park-bomb-man-charged

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 20 July 1982

 

Regent Park bombing

 

The explosion killed seven bandsmen

of the Royal Green Jackets

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Hyde_Park_and_Regent%27s_Park_bombings

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/21/
ira-bombs-london-parks-kill-eight-soldiers-1982

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Reuters > Factbox: Fraught Anglo-Irish conflict goes back centuries

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/17/us-ireland-
queen-britain-relations-idUSTRE74G2UI20110517

 

 

 

 

 

Reuters > Timeline: Long road to Northern Irish settlement

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/17/us-ireland-
queen-north-idUSTRE74G2UJ20110517

 

 

 

 

 

Reuters > Timeline: Worst bomb attacks on mainland Britain        1974-2001

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/16/us-britain-
security-bombings-idUSTRE74F30T20110516

 

 

 

 

 

BBC > Timeline: Northern Ireland's road to peace        1987-2007

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4072261.stm

 

 

 

 

 

BBC > Ireland timeline        1914-2011

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1038669.stm

 

 

 

 

 

The Guardian > Northern Ireland timeline        1919-2009

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/mar/08/northern-ireland-timeline 

 

 

 

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