A striking mural featuring Tomás MacCurtain and Terence MacSwiney has been unveiled at their former primary school.

The spirit of murdered Lord Mayor of Cork, Tomás MacCurtain, was honoured last night as Cork officially embarked on its programme of 1920 commemorations.

Fionnuala MacCurtain said she feels humbled and honoured that tomorrow night’s event also marks the start of the city’s 1920 centenary commemorative events.

The Indian Ambassador to Ireland, Sandeep Kumar, paid tribute to MacSwiney in City Hall as his embassy staged a showcase of his country’s food, dance and culture to mark India’s Republic Day.

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.

Details have been announced of a special local authority centenary commemorative meeting in Cork next month to mark a key moment in the birth of the nation.

A row has erupted over the branding of Cork’s MacCurtain St as part of the Victorian Quarter ahead of War of Independence centenary commemorations next year.

The property supplement to a recent issue of the Irish Examiner contained a piece by Tommy Barker about the sale of Monkstown Castle House — ‘House of the week’ (June 8) — home of the late Charlie Hennessey and Abby Scott.

A meeting will be held in UCC tomorrow to plan for special centenary commemorations of the War of Independence and Civil War.

He has walked in the footsteps of his legendary great granduncle one of the iconic figures to hold the office of Lord Mayor of Cork — now he’s all set to run through the city.

The worldwide game craze Pokémon Go should help teach people about important historic sites instead of disrespecting them, says a historian and councillor.

They marched in their hundreds, retracing the footsteps of the volunteers who took to the roads of Co Cork on Easter Sunday 1916.

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

As commander of the Cork Brigade, Tomás MacCurtain was responsible for the success of his mission. But he had been receiving conflicting orders from the Irish Volunteer HQ in Dublin, writes Gerry White

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

AFTER Macroom, the biggest numbers to mobilise in Cork on Easter Sunday gathered at Bweeng, between Blarney and Mallow.

SEÁN O’Hegarty had charge of 30 Volunteers who marched from different directions to Kealkill, where the plan had been to take control of the local Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) barracks.

Despite being cleared of any dereliction of duty, the failure of the Cork Brigade to take part in the rebellion weighed heavily on the minds of Tomás MacCurtain and Terence MacSwiney, writes Gerry White

Bagpipes owned by murdered Lord Mayor of Cork Tomás MacCurtain will be played for the first time in almost a century today during a ceremony to honour his role in the 1916 Rising.

Children in a community with strong links to the Irish Volunteers in Easter 1916 were among the first in Cork to receive the national flag from Defence Forces personnel.

Possibly the last letter written by Cork lord mayor Tomás MacCurtain before his death will go on display near his Blackpool home where he was murdered in 1920.

The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence

A CITY’S martyred lords mayor were remembered last night in the first of a series of civic events marking the 90th anniversary of their deaths.

IN his letter (April 14), Raymond Lloyd supposedly corrects me by suggesting Tomás MacCurtain was murdered, not executed.

WREATHS were laid on the graves of a city’s two martyred lord mayors yesterday to mark their immense contribution to the Irish state.

THERE was a great sense of pride in the achievements of the historian and Dominican sister Margaret MacCurtain at the launch of her collected essays in Dublin a few weeks ago on International Women’s Day.

A NEPHEW of executed 1916 hero Thomas Kent stepped behind the walls of Cork Prison yesterday to lay a wreath on his uncle’s grave — 90 years to the day after his death.

IT HAS come to my attention that Cork City Council intends to rededicate Terence McSwiney Quay after our martyred lord mayor who died on hunger strike in Brixton Prison.

STUDENTS at several schools will be granted a half day today to celebrate the visit of Cork's Lord Mayor defying Education Minister Noel Dempsey's ban on the tradition.