To mark the War of Independence, the Irish Examiner today launches episode one in a four-part podcast series focussing on some of the events from those turbulent times. Part 1 - 'A Tale of Two mayors' with Gabriel DohertyTomas MacCurtain and Terence MacSwiney both served as lord mayors of Cork in 1920. Part 2 - 'The Burning of Cork' with Kieran McCarthyThe burning of Cork in December 1920 was one of the seminal events of the War of Independence. Part 3 - 'The War of Independence' with John BorgonovoThe War of Independence was an early example of guerrilla warfare, fought with the co-operation and consent of the native population. The bodies of British officers killed in Dublin during the Irish War of Independence are taken back to England for burial on the destroyer 'HMS Seawolf.

Source: Irish Examiner December 01, 2020 09:00 UTC