IRA Terrorists Bomb Parliament Building
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Empires, Dynasties, British Empire, Parliament, House of Commons, House of Lords, Violence, Bombs, Bombings, Explosions
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
- Geographical Location: London
- Date: June 17, 1974
Article abstract: Irish Republican Army (IRA) terrorists bomb the Parliament building, attacking the symbol of English parliamentary law and government in its terrorist campaign to force British withdrawal from Northern Ireland.
Summary of Event
The genesis of England’s claim to Ireland lies in an agreement between King Henry II and Pope Adrian IV in the twelfth century, when the pope granted the king lordship of Ireland. Norman invasions followed and for several hundred years the English maintained and enforced their intermittently challenged...
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