This new documentary film, May-17-74: Anatomy of a Massacre, looks at the loyalist car bombings in Dublin and Monaghan on May 17, 1974, which led to the deaths of 34 civilians, including an unborn child, and injured almost 300. At around 5.30pm, without warning, three car bombs exploded in Dublin in Parnell Street, Talbot Street and South Leinster Street during rush hour. Almost 90 minutes later, a fourth car bomb exploded in the centre of Monaghan town. The Dublin and Monaghan bombings resulted in the greatest loss of life in any single day of the Troubles.
Fifty years after the bombings the families are still searching for the truth. Successive British administrations have refused access to files while the evidence from the original Irish investigation has either been permanently lost or destroyed.
This feature length documentary film follows the families and survivors as they talk about that tragic day and how they have fought for 50 years to try and find the truth and gives voice to members of the Justice for the Forgotten group, formed in 1996 by the bereaved families and survivors, tireless campaigners for truth and justice for their loved ones.
Post-screening Q&A:
Director Joe Lee (406 Days: The Debenhams Picket Line), Producer Fergus Dowd, Margaret Urwin, Chair of Justice for the Forgotten Group, and Bernie McNally, Survivor; will join us for a post-screening Q&A.
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