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1. www.theirishstory.com › 2017/12/13 › the-burning-ofThe Burning of Cork: December 11-12, 1920 – The Irish Story

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   Dec 13, 2017 · The ruins of Patrick’s Street, Cork, December 12, 1920. The Auxiliaries burn out the centre of Cork city in reprisal for an IRA ambush. By John Dorney. On the morning of December 12, 1920, the Sinn Fein activist Liam de Roiste walked through his native city of Cork. What he saw left him horror struck;

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3. www.museum.ie › en-IE › Collections-ResearchThe Burning of Cork, December 1920 | National Museum of Ireland

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   The Burning of Cork, 1920. Photograph shows the devastation of Patrick Street. The city centre was destroyed in the Black and Tan reprisal burnings on 11 & 12 December 1920, after an IRA ambush on an Auxiliary patrol.

4. www.ucc.ie › en › theirishrevolutionMapping the Burning of Cork, 11-12 December 1920

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   While there was no loss of life as a result of the fires, some £2.5m worth of damage was caused and over 2,000 people lost their jobs. This first of three interactive maps provides a visual overview of the buildings destroyed, damaged and looted on 11-12 December 1920.

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6. rip.ie › death-notice › sDeath Notices for Cork | rip.ie

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   1 day ago · A list of recent death notices for Cork, Ireland. Click on any entry to view the full death notice and add your condolences.

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cork_City_FCork City F.C. - Wikipedia

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   Cork City Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Chathair Chorcaí) is an Irish association football club based in Cork. The club was founded and elected to the League of Ireland in 1984. It was one of the first clubs in Ireland (and the first in Cork) to field a team of professional footballers.

8. corkheritage.ie8b. The Burning of Cork City, 1920 | Cork Heritage

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   Dec 11, 2020 · City Hall and Carnegie Library destroyed. Five acres of property had been destroyed, over 2,000 people had lost their jobs, and an estimated 3 million pounds of damage – or circa e100m in today’s world. Streets ran with sooty water, strewn with broken glass, strong sense of burning.

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   What happened at St Patrick's Street after the burning of Cork?

   • St Patrick’s Street, Cork, post Burning of Cork 1920 (source: Cork City Library) Throughout Sunday 12 December 1920, many willing helpers rendered assistance to the firemen in their challenging duties as fires smouldered after the Burning of Cork the previous night.

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   What happened in Cork in 1920?

   • In what the Cork Examiner called ‘a night of horror’, the burning of Cork on 11-12 December 1920 was the most devastating of the Crown force reprisals during the Irish War of Independence. Fifty-seven premises at the heart of the southern capital were destroyed by fire, twenty were badly damaged and twelve were wrecked and looted.

   Mapping the Burning of Cork, 11-12 December 1920

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   What happened last night in Cork?

   • Last night in Cork was such a night of destruction and terror as we have not yet had. An orgy of destruction and ruin: the calm sky frosty red – red as blood with the burning city, and the pale cold stars looking down on the scene of desolation and frightfulness. The finest premises in the city are destroyed, the City Hall and the Free Library.

   The Burning of Cork: December 11-12, 1920 | The Irish Story

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   What happened in Cork on December 10?

   • The previous night, while Cork city was under military curfew, imposed on December 10, the supposed forces of order – the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) Auxiliary Division to be precise – had set fire to the centre of Cork with petrol and grenades.

   The Burning of Cork: December 11-12, 1920 | The Irish Story

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10. www.rte.ie › 2020/1211/1183865-burning-of-cork100 years since burning of Cork by British forces - RTÉ

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    Dec 11, 2020 · One hundred years ago an ambush on an Auxiliary patrol at Dillon's Cross in Cork city on the night of 11 December 1920 preceded the destruction of the commercial heart of the city by British...