At approximately 10. 30pm on the night of December 11 1920, Cork City Fire Brigade began to receive the first of the devastating calls alerting them to the fact that much of the city centre was up in flames.

TIMOTHY DE BARRA, of Cork, did his final year project at The London School of Journalism on the Burning of Cork and in this extract, he explains the origins of that infamous night, using eyewitness accounts of the mayhem

A NEW exhibition on the burning of Cork by the British forces in 1920 which was officially launched just over a week ago is being well received by initial visitors.

THE Lord Mayor of Cork is asking descendants of councillors in the 1920 Cork Corporation to contact City Hall if they would like to attend this month’s historic commemorative meeting.