munsterLord mayor of Cork in South Korea to attend major conference on historical revolutionariesOrganisers said they believed that Cork's history of resistance during the War of Independence and the city's commemoration programmes would “broaden their horizons”.
comment-analysisBook casts fresh light on ideas that shaped Terence MacSwineyThe writings of Cork's martyred lord mayor give new insight into the realities of revolutionary struggle
spotlightMacSwiney’s body was sent straight to Cork despite protests from Lord Mayor’s familyMartyred after a 74-day hunger strike in London, Terence MacSwiney was supposed to have a funeral commemoration in Dublin before being brought by train to Cork for burial. The British authorities had other ideas and scuppered these plans.