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Christmas Eve, 1920: Armed men attack Examiner offices


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 Cork Examiner offices and attempted to blow up the printing presses.  ....

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20|20 Centenary: The Burning of Cork left a city in devastation as arson followed ambush


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 Carnarvon in October 1920, he made his support of this approach public when he excused the conduct of the British forces in Ireland. General Macready, the British commander-in-chief in Ireland, declared martial law in counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary on December 10, 1920. Under martial law, a curfew of 10pm was imposed each night. The military was allowed to carry out ‘official’ ....

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