50 years ago today the British embassy was burnt to the ground in Merrion Square following the murder of 13 innocent demonstrators by the British army on Bloody Sunday. A 14th victim would die months later from injuries sustained.
50 years ago today the British embassy was burnt to the ground in Merrion Square following the murder of 13 innocent demonstrators by the British army on Bloody Sunday. A 14th victim would die months later from injuries sustained.
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There were [regrets on the day](https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40795554.html):
“I went home, I just got tired. By the time I got home the reports were coming through on the radio and the television that it had gone up in flames, and I started kicking myself that I didn’t stay around. … And I take pride in the burning down of the embassy, frankly, and brought some of my British friends subsequently across to see the site.”
Our finest hour.
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I always found this funny. Burning down an embassy is like an act of war in any other context.
Occasionally, the people of Dublin come through