Dublin Nuclear Accident of 1945

Context

The war was lost and Hitler gave to order to drop the atomic bomb on London but the plane flew off course towards the city of Dublin.

The Bombing

The bomb was dropped at 11:40 AM on the 23rd April 1945 near the Spire of Dublin. Several notable locations were destroyed by the bomb these include: Trinity College, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin Castle, Spire of Dublin and many more. The animals in Dublin Zoo died from radiation poisoning. 60,690 people died in the initial blast and 112,630 were injured by the blast. Many more later died of radiation poisoning and cancer, the remainder of the Dublin population and those from nearby towns and cities fled to cities like Cork and Limerick.