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 War of Independence project is a partnership between RTÉ History, ...

Cork City Council honored the centenary of the Burning of Cork with a series of commemorative events on Friday night and Saturday morning. More than 40 businesses and 300 homes were destroyed on the ...

The Burning of Cork is the name commonly given to a devastating series of fires that swept through the centre of Cork City on the night of December 11th 1920. The burning and the subsequent ...

On this day 100 years ago, British forces burned parts of Cork City in retaliation to an IRA ambush with initial reports from the attack blaming Irish republicans in an early example of fake news. So ...

Bandon born historian and author Meda Ryan is one of the people interviewed for this programme. The night of 11 December 1920 flames lit up the sky over Cork city, as building after building was set ...