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IRA

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

17Records
1971–1996Date range
7Named people
7Places

Chronological records

1971

Edward Richard George Heath11 March 1971

Belfast · Government / Conservative Party Government

Demonstrators demand the arrest of IRA leaders

1972

Edward Richard George HeathJuly 1972

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Heath permits his Secretary of State for Northern Ireland William Whitelaw to hold unofficial talks in London with a Provisional IRA delegation by Se n Mac Stiof in

William WhitelawJuly 1972

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Heath permits his Secretary of State for Northern Ireland William Whitelaw to hold unofficial talks in London with a Provisional IRA delegation by Se n Mac Stiof in

1973

Edward Richard George Heath1973

Aldershot · Government / Conservative Party Government

An IRA bomb kills 5 women, a gardener & a priest

1974

Edward Richard George HeathMay 1974

Sunningdale · Government / Conservative Party Government

Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement

1984

Norman Tebbit12 October 1984

Brighton · Government / Conservative Party Government

Injured by an IRA bomb at the Grand Hotel during the Conservative Party Conference

Margaret Hilda Thatcher12 October 1984

Brighton · Government / Conservative Party Government

An IRA bomb explodes at the Grand Hotel during the Conservative Party conference

John Wakenham1984

Brighton · Government / Conservative Party Government

An IRA bomb at the party conference hotel kills Wakenhams wife & injures his legs

1987

Maurice Neave25 April 1987

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Killed with his wife by an IRA bomb

1990

Margaret Hilda Thatcher25 June 1990

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

The IRA bomb the Carlton Club

Margaret Hilda Thatcher20 July 1990

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

An IRA bomb explodes at the Stock Exchange

Margaret Hilda Thatcher30 July 1990

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Ian Gow is killed by an IRA car bomb

1991

John Roy Major7 February 1991

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

IRA mortar bombs cause damage at 10 Downing St where a Cabinet meeting is in progress

1993

John Roy Major24 April 1993

Bishopsgate · Government / Conservative Party Government

The IRA bomb Bishopsgate, 1 killed & 40 injured, 300 million pounds worth of damage

1994

John Roy MajorAugust 1994

Government / Conservative Party Government

The IRA announce a ceasefire

1996

John Roy Major18 February 1996

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

The explosion comes just nine days after the IRA ended its ceasefire with a bombing in the Docklands area of London, which killed two people

John Roy MajorFebruary 1996

Docklands · Government / Conservative Party Government

The IRA bombing of the Docklands ends their ceasefire

Names involved

Edward Richard George HeathJohn Roy MajorJohn WakenhamMargaret Hilda ThatcherMaurice NeaveNorman TebbitWilliam Whitelaw

Provenance

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