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One of three Roman Catholic priests to be shot dead during the War of Independence has been remembered at a special service in Dunmanway in Co Cork today. Seventy-one-year-old Canon TJ Magner and 19-year-old Tadgh Crowley were both murdered by Auxiliaries in the town on 15 December 1920. Their murders marked a low in the cycle of violence, bloodshed and reprisal in the aftermath of the Burning of Cork, according to Dr Mervyn O Driscoll, head of the School of History at UCC. K Company, who had been centrally involved in the rampage of looting and burning through Cork City centre on 11/12 December, were moved to Dunmanway to defuse tensions but the violence only continued with the double murder. ....
elaine@TheCork.ie The burning of Cork by Crown forces took place on the night of 11–12 December 1920, during the Irish War of Independence. |More than 40 business premises, and 300 homes were destroyed, across five acres of the City centre. Lots of events across Friday, Saturday, Sunday to mark the anniversary – involving Lord Mayor, Taoiseach and more. Programme of events for today, Friday (11 December 2020) A Covid-19 compliant ceremony, attended by the Lord Mayor of Cork, will be broadcast on the Cork City Council Facebook page at 10.30pm this evening to mark the centenary of the Burning of Cork. The webcast ceremony will begin at 10.30pm on https://www.facebook.com/corkcitycouncilofficial/, the time 100 years ago when calls in relation to the fires were first received by Cork City Fire Brigade. ....