The Royal Irish Constabulary Barracks at 127 Lower Glanmire Road fell victim to an arson attack on the night of July 12th 1920. Along with King Street (MacCurtain Street) and St. Luke's, it was attacked by members of the First Cork Brigade and rendered useless thereafter.
The RIC barracks today.
Although it sat in a convenient location across the road from the train station it did not deter Volunteers who raided the railway yard for supplies! But, this was an area of the city which proved dangerous for those who pledged to fight for a Republic, because it was an area populated with many unionists.
When the Lower Glanmire Road Barracks was fire bombed on that 12th of July night in 1920 it sent a message to those in the area that the streets of Cork were no longer Royal, they were Republican streets in a Rebel city.
Auxies from the dreaded K Company standing outside the train station on the Lower Glanmire Road.
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