Back Loscadh na hAmbasáide Briotanaí, BÁC 1972 Irish Нападение на посольство Великобритании в Ирландии (1972) Russian
 The building pictured on the morning after the fire | |
| Date | 2 February 1972 |
|---|---|
| Time | 16:00–19:00 (GMT) |
| Venue | 39 Merrion Square |
| Location | Dublin, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°20′21″N 6°14′48″W / 53.33910°N 6.24655°W |
| Motive | Bloody Sunday (1972) |
| Non-fatal injuries | 30 |
The British Embassy in Dublin was burned on 2 February 1972 at 39 Merrion Square.[1][2] This occurred during demonstrations outside the chancery by a very large and angry crowd (estimates vary between 20,000 and 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.[3]
- ^ "British Embassy Burnt Down". RTÉ Archives. RTE. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ Quinlan, Ronald (16 October 2019). "ESB's Merrion Square period portfolio for €15m". Irish Times. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "1972: British embassy in Dublin destroyed". BBC On This Day. 2 February 1972. Retrieved 15 March 2015.