30 years may have passed but the hurt and torment caused by one of the darkest days in Irish history is still fresh in the minds of so many.

The bomb in Mullaghmore, Co Sligo, shocked the world. On 27 August 1979 at 11.15am, the IRA detonated a bomb killing 79-year-old Lord Louis Mountbatten, cousin of the Queen, together with his 14-year-old grandson Nicholas and 15-year-old Fermanagh teenager Paul Maxwell.

The 83-year-old Dowager Baroness Brabourne died later from her injuries after the bomb exploded on board Mountbatten’s ‘Shadow V’.

Last Thursday, a special 30th anniversary memorial service took place in the Star of the Sea church in Mullaghmore, as relatives of the deceased, former employees of Lord Mountbatten and visitors gathered to reflect on the day that defined history. Read more here.

By Rodney Edwards for fermanagh.tv and The Impartial Reporter

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