Rebel Streets of Cork 1919 - 1923

Thursday, January 28, 2021

O'Connell Street - May 14 1921

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  Just after 5pm, on a bright Saturday evening in May, seven RIC men from Shandon Street Barracks went on a foot patrol towards Blackpool. T...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

White Street - November 17 1920

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Just after 6pm on the evening of November 17th 1920 Sergeant James O'Donoghue left his home on Tower Street and proceeded to walk to his...
Friday, October 16, 2020

Washington Street - October 18/22 1922

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  For a few days in October in 1922 Washington Street played host to scenes of mayhem and tragedy. On the 18th of October 13 year old Ellen ...
Thursday, September 24, 2020

5 Marina Terrace

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  Seamus Quirke lived with his family at Marina Terrace before moving to Galway where the 23 year old was killed in brutal fashion by the cr...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

3 Pembroke Street

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  Christopher Lucey lived at No. 3 Pembroke Street before he went west to Ballingeary where he was killed by crown forces on November 10th 1...
Friday, August 28, 2020

69 Shandon Street - November 23 1920

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  On the night of November 23rd 1920 the loyalist Anti-Sinn Fein Society with the aid of Auxiliaries/Tans/RIC torched the Sinn Fein club kno...
Wednesday, August 12, 2020

St Patrick Street - October 10 1920

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  It was a Sunday afternoon in October when the British military set up a corden on Patrick Street where they searched citizens walking on t...
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