Burning of the British Embassy in Dublin
The building pictured on the morning after the fire | |
| Date | 2 February 1972 |
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| Time | 16:00–19:00 (GMT) |
| Venue | 39 Merrion Square |
| Location | Dublin, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°20′21″N 6°14′48″W / 53.33910°N 6.24655°W |
| Motive | Bloody Sunday (1972) |
| Non-fatal injuries | 30 |
The British Embassy in Dublin at 39 Merrion Square was destroyed by arson on 2 February 1972. This occurred during demonstrations outside the chancery by a large crowd (estimates vary between 20,000 and 100,000 people), due to their outrage and animosity against the British government following the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry on 30 January 1972, when the British Army's Parachute Regiment shot dead 14 unarmed Catholic civilians during a civil rights demonstration.