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| Brighton hotel bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Troubles | |
 The Grand Hotel on the morning after the bombing | |
| Location | Grand Hotel, Brighton, East Sussex, England |
| Date | 12 October 1984 2:54 am (BST) |
| Target | Margaret Thatcher[a] |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Weapons | Time bomb |
| Deaths | 5 |
| Injured | 31 |
| Perpetrator | Provisional IRA |
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Background[edit]
The Troubles in the 1980s[edit]
Thatcher's Northern Ireland policy, 1979-1984[edit]
Patrick Magee and the England unit[edit]
Build-up[edit]
Planning[edit]
Planting the bomb[edit]
Explosion, 12 October 1984[edit]
Immediate aftermath[edit]
Casualties[edit]
Investigation[edit]
Arrest and trial[edit]
Repercussions[edit]
Northern Ireland policy[edit]
Mcgee's release[edit]
Gallery[edit]
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Notes and references[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ The assassination attempt targeted the entire Thatcher Cabinet at the Grand Hotel (including the Prime Minister).[1]
References[edit]
Sources[edit]
Books[edit]
- Bell, J. Bowyer (2000). The IRA, 1968-2000: Analysis of a Secret Army. London: Frank Cass. ISBN 978-1-1363-3308-8.
- Berry, Jo (2017). "'I'd find a way to contribute to peace'". In Dawson, Graham; Dover, Jo; Hopkins, Stephen (eds.). The Northern Ireland Troubles in Britain: Impacts, Engagements, Legacies and Memories. Manchester: Manchester University Press. pp. 334–341. ISBN 978-0-7190-9631-0.
- Carroll, Rory (2023). Killing Thatcher. London: HarperCollins Publishers Limited. ISBN 978-0-0084-7666-3.
- Coogan, Tim Pat (1994). The IRA: A History. Niwot, Colorado: Roberts Rinehart Publishers. ISBN 978-1-8793-7399-0.
- Coogan, Tim Pat (2002). The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal, 1966-1996 and the Search for Peace. New York: Palgrave for St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-3122-9418-2.
- English, Richard (2003). Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1951-6605-7.
- Gaffikin, Frank; Morrissey, Mike (1990). Northern Ireland: The Thatcher Years. London: Zed Books. ISBN 978-0-8623-2906-8.
- Kelly, Stephen (2021). Margaret Thatcher, the Conservative Party and the Northern Ireland Conflict, 1975-1990. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-3501-1537-8.
- Magee, Patrick; Berry, Jo (2021). Where Grieving Begins: Building Bridges After the Brighton Bomb. London: Pluto Press. ISBN 978-0-7453-4177-4.
- McGladdery, Gary (2006). The Provisional IRA in England: The Bombing Campaign, 1973-1997. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-7165-3373-3.
- Moore, Charles (2013). Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography. Vol. Two: Everything She Wants. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-3079-5894-5.
- Oppenheimer, A. R. (2009). IRA, the Bombs and the Bullets: A History of Deadly Ingenuity. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-7165-2894-4.
- Ramsey, Steve A. (2018). Something Has Gone Wrong: Dealing with the Brighton Bomb. London: Biteback Publishing. ISBN 978-1-7859-0336-6.
- Revill, James (2016). Improvised Explosive Devices: The Paradigmatic Weapon of New Wars. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-3193-3833-0.
- Tebbit, Norman (1989). Upwardly Mobile. London: Futura. ISBN 978-0-7088-4392-5.
- Thatcher, Margaret (1993). The Downing Street Years. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-0025-5049-9.