The British Army and Government never considered it possible that two sisters, Sheila and Nora Wallace, might hold such important roles in the Irish struggle for freedom in Cork City.
16 May 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork Harbour Festival returns this June with Cork’s largest celebration of maritime culture, heritage and harbour activities taking place across 10 days from Friday 2 to Sunday 11 June 2023. Highlighting Cork's greatest natural amenities, Cork Harbour and the River Lee, the festival programme includes events around, in…
Following last year's discovery of medieval skeletons beneath the former Nancy Spain pub in Cork city, archeologists have determined that the men "met a violent end". The skeletal remains also provide insight into the turbulent history and evolution of the city across two different periods of time.
On 10 April 1923, Irish Free State troops in search of hideouts of anti-Treaty IRA members, advanced over the countryside at the foot of Knockmealdown Mountains in South Tipperary. At one point they were fired upon.