Mountbatten retaliation

JeffreyEpspeen

Lord Mountbatten was assassinated by the IRA in 1979. Around this time, the UVF had carried out bomb attacks in Cavan, Monaghan and Dublin and attempted lesser known attacks in Donegal. Cross border operations were also regularly carried out by both loyalist terrorists and British Army primarily in Louth.

My question is, were people in Sligo worried about retaliatory attacks for this considering the profile of the victim and the (relative) proximity to the North?

I have never heard anything Troubles related re: Sligo, save for this one instance.

Was Sligo just too insulated, being separated from the North by Leitrim and Donegal? Was it logistically unsound? Would they just continue to focus any potential attacks on the capital?

Enniskillen is less than an hour from Mullaghmore. Hardly the most circuitous route for a retaliatory attack in a sizeable town.

Granted, UVF's stronghold was Portadown which is the other side of NI and more accessible to Dublin etc.

waywill1966

That was a disgusting and despicable act! Ok, maybe Mountbatten would have expected it with him being a military man but the innocent ones who were on that boat didnt deserve that!