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1972
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7.21.1972
Bloody Friday (1972)|Bloody Friday bombings by the Provisional Irish Republican Army|Provisional IRA around Belfast, Northern Ireland
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7.31.1972
Three car bombs are detonated in Claudy, Northern Ireland, killing nine in what is believed to be a Provisional Irish Republican Army attack.
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1973
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10.31.1973
Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, Republic of Ireland aboard a hijacked helicopter that lands in the exercise yard. |
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1974
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10.5.1974
Guildford pub bombings: bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
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1975
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12.6.1975
Balcombe Street Siege: An IRA Active Service Unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London. |
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1978
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2.17.1978
The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30.
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1979
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11.23.1979
In Dublin, Ireland, Provisional Irish Republican Army member Thomas McMahon is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of Lord Mountbatten. |
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1981
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3.1.1981
Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze. |
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5.12.1981
Francis Hughes starves to death in the Maze Prison in a Republican campaign for political prisoner status to be granted to Provisional IRA prisoners. |
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1983
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12.17.1983
The IRA bombs Harrods Department Store in London, killing six people. |
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1984
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10.12.1984
Brighton hotel bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. Thatcher escapes but the bomb kills five people and wounds 31. |
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1985
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2.28.1985
The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day. |
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1987
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11.8.1987
Remembrance Day Bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded. |
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1988
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3.6.1988
Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are killed by Special Air Service on the territory of Gibraltar in the conclusion of Operation Flavius. |
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1989
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12.13.1989
Attack on Derryard checkpoint: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launch an attack on a British Army permanent vehicle checkpoint near Rosslea, Northern Ireland. Two British soldiers are killed and one badly wounded. |
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1991
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2.18.1991
The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London. |
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1992
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9.23.1992
A large Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb destroys forensic laboratories in Belfast. |
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1993
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3.20.1993
An IRA bomb explodes, killing two children in Warrington, Northwest England. |
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4.24.1993
An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London. |
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10.23.1993
Shankill Road bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in the Shankill area of Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians. |
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1994
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8.31.1994
The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares a ceasefire.
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1996
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2.9.1996
The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by the explosion of a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf. |
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6.15.1996
The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England. |
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2005
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7.28.2005
The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland. |
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