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When an ageing apartment block collapsed in Cork city in 1903, one resident avoided death because he happened to be lying on a gravestone at the ...

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in our Echoes of the Past column.

Christmas Eve, 1920: Armed men attack Examiner offices One hundred years ago today, a number of men armed with explosives and weapons raided the Cork Examiner offices and attempted to blow up the printing presses. We reproduce the reporting of the incident from our archives Linotype machines and printing presses at the offices of the Cork Examiner were wrecked by Republican forces during the Irish Civil War on December 24th 1920.. This picture shows some of the damage. Thu, 24 Dec, 2020 - 08:00 One hundred years ago today, a number of men armed with explosives and weapons raided...

The atmosphere of Cork city in the winter of 1920 was tense. In March, Lord Mayor Tomás MacCurtain had been assassinated by the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC). Terence MacSwiney, his successor, was arrested in August on charges of sedition and died on hunger strike in a London prison in October. About 30 miles west of the city on November 28, the IRA killed 17 members of the Royal Irish Constabulary’s Auxiliary Division at Kilmichael. Unsanctioned reprisals against Irish civilians and their property were privately supported by British prime minister David Lloyd George. At a speech in Carna...

Terror in Cork: the burning of a city It was an act of revenge that destroyed a city and terrorised its inhabitants. Gerry White tells the story of the Burning of Cork • 10 Dec 2020 On the morning of 11 December 1920, a climate of fear and uncertainty hung over the city of Cork. Though Christmas was a mere two weeks away, the people of the city had little to be cheerful about. That morning, Cork was a city at war.  The previous eleven months had seen Cork No. 1 Brigade of the IRA intensify its campaign of guerrilla warfare against the forces of the Crown. In response, the British authoriti...