On this day: 1974 Car Bombings

On this day in 1974, a paramilitary loyalist group in Northern Ireland known as the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), detonated a number of Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (Car Bombs) in the cities of Dublin and Monaghan. The attacks resulted in ~33 fatalities and ~258 casualties. The goal of the UVF was to maintain Northern Ireland's union with Great Britain. 

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