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Terror in Cork: the burning of a city

Burning of Cork

It was an act of revenge that destroyed a city and terrorised its inhabitants. Gerry White tells the story of the Burning of Cork

The smouldering ruins of Cork

The Burning of Cork: an interactive map

Burning of Cork

Ballykinlar Players theatre programme, August 1921. Image courtesy of the National Museum of Ireland

Guns, books and life masks: material culture of the War

Doc on One: listen to a 1960 documentary on the Burning of Cork

Doc on One: listen to a 1960 documentary on the Burning of Cork

Burning of Cork

People cleaning up the destruction from the burning of Cork by British forces in December 1920. Photo:
George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images

How the 1920 burning of Cork was covered abroad

Martial Law

Colourised image of a civilian being searched in Drumcondra, Dublin, circa 1921. Image: RTE Photographic Archive.

Martial Law: powers with 'practically no limitation'

Black and tans in Dublin

Who were the Black and Tans and the Auxiliaries?

A member of the Auxiliary Division remembers

A member of the Auxiliary Division remembers

Burning of Cork

Black and Tans in Dublin

The History Show on the Dirty War

Burning of Cork

About the War of Independence project

The War of Independence project is a partnership between RTÉ History, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media and The Atlas of the Irish Revolution

The partners of the War of Independence project

Century Ireland: Cork burns, martial law and 'murder most foul'

Edition 193 of Century Ireland with all the news from 100 years ago.

Century Ireland: Cork burns, martial law and 'murder most foul'