The Burning of Cork exhibition

beer enigma

Was in there earlier, walked past and saw it by accident, it's in St Peters on North Main Street and well worth a visit if you're in town.

Oh and it's free !!

https://stpeterscork.ie/cork-1920-the-burning-of-a-city/

leahyl

beer enigma wrote: »

Was in there earlier, walked past and saw it by accident, it's in St Peters on North Main Street and well worth a visit if you're in town.

Oh and it's free !!

https://stpeterscork.ie/cork-1920-the-burning-of-a-city/

Have to get to this - sounds very interesting!

opus

Definitely agree it's worth a visit, called in their last week. Will probably go back as the video exhibits were in use & as it was lunchtime wasn't able to hang around.

two wheels good

Thanks. Glad to know the venue is exhibiting again. I've seen lots of good stuff there in the past ... and then it closed.

Gamb!t

Thanks op,I look forward to seeing that when I get back to Ireland.

Tom44

Brilliant book on the burning of Cork too

gourcuff

no commemoration of this? seems odd in this era of centenaries?

opus

I've come across loads of stuff about it online eg.

https://twitter.com/cllrkmac/status/1337332085774823424

https://twitter.com/corkcitycouncil/status/1337335827320463360

Heckler

Good article on RTE website. Some great photos. Seeing British troops in front of Roches Stores is scary. Some of the building damage wouldn't look out of place after a WW2 bombing raid.

I drive through Dillons Cross every day and never knew about what happened.

Itssoeasy

gourcuff wrote: »

no commemoration of this? seems odd in this era of centenaries?

There was a commemorations but due to Covid they were scaled back. There was a plaque put up at dillons cross. I’m from the area and I’ve passed dillons cross so many times and while I know where the ambush started at Harrington square, I don’t know where o Sullivan’s pub stood in relation to now and o Callaghan’s field I assume is somewhere near where the road to the glen is.

the beer revolu

Itssoeasy wrote: »

There was a commemorations but due to Covid they were scaled back. There was a plaque put up at dillons cross. I’m from the area and I’ve passed dillons cross so many times and while I know where the ambush started at Harrington square, I don’t know where o Sullivan’s pub stood in relation to now and o Callaghan’s field I assume is somewhere near where the road to the glen is.

I lived in Harrington Square at one point!
I didn't know it was historically significant!

Itssoeasy

the beer revolu wrote: »

I lived in Harrington Square at one point!
I didn't know it was historically significant!

Yeah Harrington square isn’t just a grotto and a dentists practice. It’s amazing to think one of/if not the biggest event of that time in Irish history started in Harrington square. Maybe it’s been covered but why didn’t the lads from the barracks go down military hill and into the city ?

Also, when I was younger I knew cork had burned in the war of Independence, I always assumed it was the savoy side that was burnt down because it looked shabby compared to the other side of the street. Such a shame the Carnegie library was destroyed. Imagine all the records and valuable documents that went up in flames.

whisky_galore

gourcuff wrote: »

no commemoration of this? seems odd in this era of centenaries?

Not much commemoration of anything due to some virus or other...

The only good thing about it is it stopped the black beret/bomber jacket/Easter Lily combo crowd "claiming" them.

Aglomerado

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Yeah Harrington square isn’t just a grotto and a dentists practice. It’s amazing to think one of/if not the biggest event of that time in Irish history started in Harrington square. Maybe it’s been covered but why didn’t the lads from the barracks go down military hill and into the city ?

Also, when I was younger I knew cork had burned in the war of Independence, I always assumed it was the savoy side that was burnt down because it looked shabby compared to the other side of the street. Such a shame the Carnegie library was destroyed. Imagine all the records and valuable documents that went up in flames.

One of the RTE Nationwide programmes from last week (Monday or Wednesday) was dedicated to the burning of Cork. Very interesting with lots of old photos, including the Carnegie Library, a beautiful building.