40 years on from the Dublin and Monaghan bombings: The past in the present in Northern Ireland by Caoimhe Nic Dhaibheid on May 17, 2014 share 0 Today is the fortieth anniversary of the bloodiest single day of the Northern Irish Troubles. On 17 May 1974, four bombs exploded without warning in central Dublin and Monaghan town, killing thirty-three people and leaving many read more