The Remembrance Day bombing occurred in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. A bomb placed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army at the town’s war memorial exploded during a Remembrance Sunday commemoration ceremony for those killed in all conflicts involving the British Army, resulting in 11 deaths.
The bomb was thought by British and Irish authorities to have been coordinated and organized by up to three units of the IRA from both sides of the border, and of such magnitude that it must have been sanctioned by IRA Northern Command. The IRA and Sinn Fein deny this. The IRA released a statement claiming that a “Crown Forces Patrol” had been the target, but it has been alleged that the bomb was intended to kill Ulster Defense Regiment Soldiers who were parading to the memorial.
The bomb was placed the evening before against the gable wall of the inside of the town’s Reading Rooms. The explosion destroyed the wall, blowing masonry towards the gathered crowd, many of whom were standing nearby. Eleven people were killed and 63 were injured. Of those killed, all except one were civilians. The bombing led to an outcry among politicians in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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