It was the single biggest loss of life in the troubles and the Dublin bombings of 1974 which killed a Ballymote woman on the way to catch the Sligo train is the subject of a new documentary to be screened in the hawk’s well theatre on Wednesday night. Gerry McLaughlin talks to its producer
May 17 1974 will be forever etched in the hearts of the relatives and friends of Ann Marren from Ballymote who was one of 27 people who died in the infamous Dublin bombings.
Ann (20) was a civil servant and was on her way to catch the train home to Sligo at Connolly Station when a bomb exploded in Talbot Street, one of three which exloded that fateful evening in the city centre killing a total of