Personally I think that Lord Mountbatton was being arrogant in his assumption that he could holiday among the republicans

Thats correct. Thats why he was such an easy target!


Did you grow up in London or somewhere?!! I dont know about Sligo, I remember Mountbatton being murdered and the celebrations at the time!(it was unbelievable!)I also remember IRA meetings and 'festivals' designed to fund the IRA in the area where I grew up (Wicklow and Wexford), they werent few and far between to my recollection Loosey.


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Of course he was an old man, and retired!, but given his link to the Royal family and his career, and the warnings he was given. Dont you think, given the very nature of the 'war' (as believed by the perpetrators), that he was irresponsible, even if you take into account the child in his care?

I think it is well and good to be moralistic here, but if I had inside information that I was considered a legitimate target in this area, I would not have been there (regardless of how 'morally wrong' or disempowering that was), and I certainly would not have been there with people who may not have been aware of this or a child. Dont you think that was a bit of a risk? Given the low levels of terrorism that the IRA were known for!

Did you grow up in London or somewhere?!! I dont know about Sligo, I remember Mountbatton being murdered and the celebrations at the time!

I think it is well and good to be moralistic here, but if I had inside information that I was considered a legitimate target in this area, I would not have been there (regardless of how 'morally wrong' or disempowering that was), and I certainly would not have been there with people who may not have been aware of this or a child. Dont you think that was a bit of a risk?

im origionally from an area close to mullaghmore,, i know a lot of people from there.. just ordinary decent people who were and still are appauled with what happened there.. the i. r. a at the time made a big deal about the fact that mountbatten survived burma, etc, etc but that that he didnt survive the might of the i. r. a....[the brave i.r.a] he was an old man on holiday, well liked in the area... why shouldnt he have had the right to holiday anywhere he wanted... in thoose years there was a judge gibson who used to holiday in the north west aswell.. but he was killed in a car bomb in crossmaglen coming back from a foreign holiday... i resent the term "republican stronghold" donegal / sligo were no more or no less republican than anywhere else in the country, given their close proximity to the six counties... the i.r.a like othe r paramilitary groups north and south of the border were nothing better than animals,, just murdering thugs......

Yet despite being deemed a 'legitimate target', he chose to be there.

About the same amount of risk that a woman runs of being raped when she walks down a dark street at night on her own, or a gay man runs of being queer-bashed coming out of the side entrance of the George at 2am with a few drinks on him.

C'mon Skyline - out with it: it was his own fault he was murdered, wasn't it? You can tell us.

You're implying strongly that it was Mountbatten's own fault because he chose to moor his yacht in what you see as a risky location. I'm just wondering if you believe that it's also the victim's fault in other circumstances.