Michael D Higgins attends public screening of The Irish Revolution in Cork

President Michael D Higgins was among the crowd at Cork Opera House last night for the first public screening of an episode of The Irish Revolution, a major documentary collaboration between UCC and RTÉ. Narrated by Cillian Murphy, the three-part adaptation of the hugely successful book, The Atlas of the Irish Revolution, begins on RTÉ One next Monday.

After the screening, President Higgins took to the stage as part of a panel discussion chaired by John Bowman. The President recalled his own father's involvement in the War of Independence as part of the IRA in north Cork, and praised the documentary for its approach to the period of 1916-22.