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Rose & Crown Bar bombing
Part of the Troubles
BERJAYA
Rose & Crown Memorial of the bombing
LocationOrmeau Road, Belfast,
Northern Ireland
Date2 May 1974
22:00 (GMT)
TargetIrish Catholics,
Irish Nationalists
Attack type
Time bomb
Weaponsbomb
Deaths6
Injured18[1]
PerpetratorUlster Volunteer Force (UVF)

The Rose & Crown Bar bombing was a bomb attack carried out against a Catholic-owned pub in Belfast. The attack was carried out by the loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).

The Bombing

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On 2 May 1974 members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) (Ulster Volunteer Force) threw a bomb, laden with 200lb of high explosives, through the front door of the Rose & Crown bar on the Ormeau Road.[2] The bomb exploded immediately once inside. The explosion brought the front of the entrance crashing down, making it impossible for people to escape. Five Catholics were killed outright with another injured Catholic man dying several days later.[2] Eighteeen people were injured, including a 75-year-old man who lost a leg and another man who lost his arm.[1][2]

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The Rose and Crown pub on the Lower Ormeau Road

Aftermath

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Two teenagers were eventually arrested and jailed for the bombing.[2] In 2014, for the 40th anniversary of the bombing, a monument near the bomb site was dedicated to the victims of bombing.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 Melaugh, Martin. "A Chronology of the Conflict - 1974". cain.ulst.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Monument to mark UVF atrocity at Rose and Crown bar on Belfast's Ormeau Road - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk". Belfasttelegraph. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2017.

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