Donal Óg O Callaghan played vital role in garnering support for Irish independence
Micheál Martin urges view of the past with ‘the measured eye of the discipline of history’
Death of Joe Murphy in Cork ‘overshadowed’ by passing of Terence MacSwiney on same day
Taoiseach Micheál Martin visits Cork museum providing fresh insights on conflict
The summer of 1920 saw a period of intense political violence in the north against a background of a post-war economic slump
When the long-established RIC proved not up to the task of crushing the IRA, the British government made the fateful and fatal decision to draft in the Black and Tans and Auxiliaries
Decade of Centenaries programme adapted for Covid-19 restrictions
The year saw the War of Independence begins in earnest with an escalation of murder and violence by the British and IRA
The lord mayor of Cork’s feat of endurance and the drawn-out circumstances of his death magnified the cause of Irish independence in the international arena
Images of Tomas MacCurtain, Terence MacSwiney worn during hurling match against Limerick
Cork Corporation was first local authority in Cork to pledge allegiance to Dáil Éireann
Terence MacSwiney died on hunger strike for Irish freedom in 1920 in Brixton prison
Event will mark election of Sinn Féin lord mayors, MacCurtain and MacSwiney among others
Why was the commemoration so contentious and why was it really cancelled?
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