The Dublin and Monaghan Bombings

by MULLAN DON

• ISBN13: 9780863277191
• ISBN10: 0863277195
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc

Summary

The Dublin Monaghan Bombings is based on interviews with the families of those who were murdered on May 17th, 1974, when three bombs exploded in Dublin, wrecking the capital and innocent lives. The suspects are known, but, 27 years later, the biggest mass murder in the history of the Republic of Ireland, remains unsolved.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	11	(4)
Prologue	15	(4)
Introduction	19	(6)
From Troubles to Tranquillity	25	(12)
The Day of the Bombings Eyewitness and Survivor Accounts	37	(47)
The Dead: Personal Stories of the Bereaved	84	(48)
Government and Police Reaction	132	(14)
Hidden Hand: The Forgotten Massacre	146	(26)
The Media Response to Hidden Hand: The Forgotten Massacre	172	(7)
The Political Response to Hidden Hand: The Forgotten Massacre	179	(23)
UVF -- Ourselves Alone	202	(17)
RTE Prime Time	219	(10)
Forensics	229	(19)
The Garda Siochana and British Intelligence	248	(23)
The Holroyd Notebooks	271	(14)
The Victims' Commission Report	285	(8)
Conclusion	293	(10)
Afterword: History of the Campaign	303	(8)
Appendix I: Extracts from Interview with Dr James Donovan, Director of the Forensic Science Laboratory, Dublin, 24 March 1999	311	(6)
Appendix II: Extracts from Interview with John McCoy, 27 April 1999	317	(11)
Appendix III: Telephone Conversations, 2 July 2000, with Suspected Parnell Street Bomber, and Owner of Farm Suspected of being Launch Base for the Dublin Bombings	328	(2)
Appendix IV: Statement of Dublin/Monaghan Bombing Families and Wounded	330	(1)
Bibliography	331	(2)
Index of Statements	333	(3)
Picture and Text Acknowledgements	336