The Dunmurry Bombing: A Dark Chapter in Northern Ireland’s Troubles
The 1988 bombing in Dunmurry, a quiet suburb of Belfast, remains one of the most devastating incidents of Northern Ireland’s Troubles. On December 15, 1988, a Provisional IRA (PIRA) unit detonated a massive car bomb outside a local shopping center, killing two civilians and injuring dozens. The attack, which came just days after a PIRA…
