Burning of Cork
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The burning of Cork by British forces took place during the Irish War of Independence on the night of 11–12 December 1920. It followed an Irish Republican Army ambush of a British Auxiliary patrol in
Workers clearing rubble on St Patrick's Street in Cork after the fires
A group of "Black and Tans" and Auxiliaries in Dublin, April 1921
St Patrick's Street, Cork, c. 1900
Cork City Hall in the 1870s. The building was destroyed during the burning of Cork.
Cork (city)
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Cork is the second-largest city in the Republic of Ireland, the county town of County Cork, the largest city in the province of Munster and the third-largest on the island of Ireland. At the 2022 cens
Burning of Cork
…the Auxiliaries, Black and Tans and British soldiers burned homes near the ambush site, before looting and burning numerous buildings in the centre of Cork, Ireland's third-biggest city. Many Irish civilians reported being beaten, shot at, and robbed by British forces. Firefighters testified that British…
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Princes Street Indoor Market, Cork geograph.org.uk 595331
University College Cork Quad during Eclipse 2015
Port of Cork, view into the northern part of the river Lee