The IRA continued to intensify their campaign of bombing , sniping and ambushes . Just one week after the end of the battles around Belfast the IRA carried out one its largest bombing operations ever , in what became known as Bloody Friday when the Provisional IRA planted and exploded 22 car bombs in Belfast City in the space of 75 minutes , killing 9 people which included civilians as well as members security forces and a UDA member while also seriously injuring approximately 130 others .
Bloody Friday
Bloody Friday (1972)
Battle of Lenadoon