The 1979 assassination of Lord Louis Mountbatten took place just off the coast of which country?

The IRA were terrorists.

He was not assassinated he was murdered , in a cowardly fashion .

one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. All those calling the IRA an terrorist organisation should remember this, if not for 'terrorist' action South Africa would still be living under apartheid. England invaded and oppressed the Irish especially Irish Catholic remember the potato famine. the Irish starved whilst the British

Lorraine , South Africa has been ruined by post apartheid terrorists

A dreadful cowardly act of murder of innocent people. Just like the pub bombings in Birmingham UK a few years before

sligo Mullaghmore

Tom, I think they were trying to get the English out of their country.

for "The Troubles" read "War of Independence ". calling it the Troubles demeans the situation which was the fight to liberate the nation from invaders who had removed all the rights of the inhabitants - even the right to speak their own language.

Lorraine , well said

Player #25874027, yesr it does