| Assassination of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma | |||||
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| Part of The Troubles | |||||
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| Location | Mullaghmore Peninsula, Ireland | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°27′59″N 8°26′55″W / 54.4664°N 8.4486°W | ||||
| Date | 27 August 1979 | ||||
| Target | Lord Louis Mountbatten | ||||
| Weapon | Bomb | ||||
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| Perpetrator | Provisional IRA | ||||
| Assailant | Thomas McMahon | ||||
| Motive | Irish republicanism | ||||
| Convicted | Thomas McMahon | ||||
| Charges | Murder | ||||
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Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, a relative of the British royal family, was assassinated on 27 August 1979 by Thomas McMahon, an Irish republican and a volunteer for the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).