Rebel Streets of Cork 1919 - 1923

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Emmet Place/Lavitts Quay -June 28 1921

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William Horgan was a 29 year old from Dillons Cross who worked as a fireman with the Great Southern and Western Railway. Just shortly af...
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Friday, August 16, 2019

Emmet Place - November 16 1920

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On the afternoon of November 15th 1920 two plain clothes Auxiliaries arrived in a motorcar at the Johnson & Perrott garage on Emmet ...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Lower Glanmire Road - May 11 1920

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At 10:30pm RIC sergeant Denis Garvey and Constables Daniel Harrington and Patrick Doyle left their barracks on the Lower Glanmire Road ...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Lee Road - May 20 1919

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In the Spring of 1919 a brazen escape occurred from the asylum on the Lee Road. The escapee was Sean Moylan, North Cork IRA leader and f...
Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Gerald Griffin Street - August 18 1923

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On a warm August evening 33 year old Abina Murphy was walking down Gerald Griffin Street( formally Clarence Street) with her friend Ka...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Lower Glanmire Road - RIC Barracks

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The Royal Irish Constabulary Barracks at 127 Lower Glanmire Road fell victim to an arson attack on the night of July 12th 1920. Along wit...
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

General Post Office - December 21 1920

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It was 7:30pm on a dark December evening when three men held up the general post office on Oliver Plunkett Street in the name of the Re...
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