The Burning of Cork - Softcover

Gerry White; Brendan O'Shea

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ISBN 10: 1856355225 ISBN 13: 9781856355223

Publisher: The Mercier Press Ltd, 2006

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The burning of Cork by the British Army on 11th December 1920 during the Irish War of Independence.

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Synopsis:

On the night of 11 December 1920 Cork City was to experience an unprecedented night of terror and destruction at the hands of the British forces of law and order. The Irish War of Independence was raging out of control and Cork was in the eye of the storm. It was a guerrilla war fuelled by reprisal and counter reprisal - the city streets became the battleground of a bloody and personalised war of attrition. With over five acres of the city destroyed and an estimated 20 million pounds worth of damage, the burning of Cork is recognised as the most extensive single act of vandalism in the entire period of the nationalist struggle. The burning of Cork cannot be regarded as an isolated incident. In the nine months leading up to the night, Cork city witnessed an ever escalating cycle of violence as attacks by the Volunteers were answered by the predictable reprisal by the crown forces. With two lord mayors dead and various high profile officers of the British authority kidnapped or assassinated, the fuse had been lit for the events that would unfold on the night Cork City was burnt.

About the Author:

Gerry White was born in New York City in 1957 but now lives in west Cork and is quartermaster sergeant in the Irish Defence Forces. His previous book, The Barracks, a History of Collins Barracks, was published in 1998. Brendan O'Shea is also a member of the Irish Defence Forces. He is author of Crisis at Bihac and the editor of In the Service of Peace. Last year they co-wrote Baptised in Blood: Illustrated History of the Cork Brigade

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