They will take to the field in black jerseys honouring Tomás Mac Curtain and Terence MacSwiney.

Another message sent to them said: “It is … trending on Twitter and the comments are not exactly favourable! Just type in ‘Black and Tans’ in the search box and you’ll see what I mean.”

The granddaughter of assassinated lord mayor of Cork Tomás MacCurtain said she hopes the sacrifices of all involved in the struggle for Irish independence — and not just the “famous names” — will be remembered this year.

Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae has posted a song set to the tune of Come Out You Black And Tans to promote his bid to hold onto his seat in the Kingdom.

“Two weeks earlier the same polling agency had Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael both on 27%, and for the last two years, Fine Gael has been in the high 20s/early 30s in terms of polls, so, of course we’re going to take note of this.”

The RIC's major role in exposing the Black and Tans has always been grossly underestimated.

Is the past ever behind us?

It comes after the Government was forced to postpone a commemoration ceremony for the Royal Irish Constabulary in Dublin Castle.

The school which has produced more Lords Mayor of Cork than any other is set to honour three iconic past-pupils - two of whom died in the struggle for Irish independence and the brave man who succeeded them.

It took generations for the contribution Irish people made to Allied world war victories to be recognised. Our past, and its undeniable horrors, made reaching that point difficult.

Gardaí had to work in potentially dangerous conditions in the station in Glanmire village for many years, in a building so old it once housed the RIC (Royal Irish Constabulary).

The family behind one of the country’s oldest independent bookshops, the iconic Liam Ruiséal’s in Cork City, has blamed increased competition and the recession for the decision to cease trading within months.

After suffering three days of ‘inhuman, dangerous and barbaric’ treatment, Easter Rising hero Thomas Ashe died in hospital, 100 years ago today, says Robert Hume.

In the theatre of war of the turbulent years from 1919 to 1921, Cork was the main act, writes John Borgonovo

Munster was one of the most strategically significant regions during the War of Independence, writes John O’Callaghan

Many people played a role in Henry Ford setting up the plant in his ancestral home in Cork, and one of the unsung heroes may well have been the Lord Mayor of Cork when the factory began production in 1919, William F. O’Connor.

A new history project is the first to attempt to identify and detail every individual killed in County Cork during the Irish War of Independence, writes Professor Emeritus James S. Donnelly, Jr.

US firefighter Greg MacCurtain will run the Cork City Marathon with his severely ill daughter, writes Áilín Quinlan

One of the most touching moments of the past year’s commemorations happened 100 years to the minute after the first fatality in the Easter 1916 Rising.

Ryle Dwyer reads the argument that the Irish uprisings of the first decades of the 20th century were a series of civil conflicts, not wars, and they were essentially between Irish people.

Arguably fewer cars troubled Cork this Easter Monday than was the case 100 years ago, as the city centre was taken over by pedestrians for the city’s state commemoration of the 1916 Rising.

How this week 100 years ago was spent by the main players behind the Rising, based largely on observations of their movements by police.

Treasure maps rarely yield results — but this one drawn by Roger Casement 100 years ago appear to have yielded gold for the British authorities.

IRISH exiles in the US knew about the Easter Rising before the news reached most of their relatives back home, writes Ray Ryan.

A Cumann na mBan courier was involved in a daring but unsuccessful attempt to deliver a key message to the local Irish Volunteers command on Easter weekend, writes Niall Murray

Irish Volunteers were trailed around Cork by Royal Irish Constabulary on a miserably wet Easter Sunday 1916, writes Niall Murray

IF THE August 1915 funeral of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa was a portent of the Irish Volunteers’ military strength, British authorities were given an even clearer picture just five weeks before the Easter Rising began.

A 17-year-old who was caught transporting an antique but fully-functioning handgun will be sentenced in May.

Captain Bowen Colthurst’s home Oakgrove, near Carrigadrohid, Co Cork, was burnt down by the IRA in June 1920, mainly in response to fears it was to be occupied by British military amid heightening War of Independence violence locally.

Details of what was being done this week 100 years ago by those planning the Rising, and how it was observed by British authorities in Ireland.

The general election offers a gorgeous insight into the importance of the county boundary in modern Irish life.

An ongoing and chronological look back at 1916 and some of the behind the scenes planning of the Rising which was certainly "NOT in the news" of the time.

Niall Murray pores over directories and the Examiner’s own archive to discover a country that is both very familiar and yet completely different to the Ireland of today

The final journey of 1916 rebel Thomas Kent will begin this evening when his remains lie in State close to where he lay buried in a prison yard for nearly a century.

The State funeral of executed 1916 rebel Thomas Kent will be shown live on RTÉ TV later this month but the public can pay their respects, on the evening before, just yards from his resting place of the last 99 years.

The Government is being urged to build homes for gardaí and other essential workers who cannot afford soaring rents.

An article in An Phoblacht stated that on August 1 Sinn Féin will re-enact the funeral of O’Donovan Rossa who was buried at Glasnevin in 1915.