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Burning of the British Embassy in Dublin

1972 in the Republic of IrelandAttacks on diplomatic missions of the United KingdomUse Hiberno-English from February 2022
Merrion Square, Dublin geograph.org.uk 943551
Merrion Square, Dublin geograph.org.uk 943551

The burning of the British Embassy in Dublin happened on 2 February 1972 at 39 Merrion Square. This occurred during demonstrations by a very large and angry crowd (estimates vary between 20,000-100,000 people), following the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry on 30 January 1972, when the British Army's Parachute Regiment shot dead 14 unarmed Catholic civilians during a civil rights demonstration.

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Burning of the British Embassy in Dublin
Merrion Square East, Dublin

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N 53.3391 ° E -6.24655 °
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Merrion Square East 39
D01 VY60 Dublin (South Dock ED)
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