25th anniversary of Mountbatten murder

Today is the 25th anniversary of one of the bloodiest days of the Northern Troubles.

25th anniversary of Mountbatten murder
Fri, 27 Aug, 2004 - 09:31

Today is the 25th anniversary of one of the bloodiest days of the Northern Troubles.

Lord Louis Mountbatten died when an IRA bomb ripped through his boat, Shadow V, while he was fishing off Mullaghmore on the sunny Monday morning, of August 27, 1979.

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