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How the 1920 burning of Cork was covered abroad
Updated / Friday, 11 Dec 2020
09:34
People cleaning up the destruction from the burning of Cork by British forces in December 1920. Photo:
George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images
Cork was the scene of much death and destruction during the War of Independence. According to the
Atlas of the Irish Revolution, County Cork was the most violent county in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 and it also suffered a disproportionate share of Crown forces reprisals .
The burning of Cork occured a hundred years ago tonight. Five acres of property in the city centre were destroyed in a reprisal attack by Crown forces. A total of 57 premises, including shops on St Patrick s Street, City Hall and the Carnegie Library, all went up in flames. A further 20 premises were badly damaged, while 12 were wrecked and looted. The cost of the destruction was estimated at £2.5 million and over 2,000 people lost their jobs.