City marks burning of Cork

THE burning of Cork, one of the worst atrocities of the War of Independence, will be remembered in the city this weekend.

Lord Mayor Michael O’Connell will lead a symbolic procession through the city centre to mark the culmination of civic events commemorating the tumultuous events of 1920 — a year when one lord mayor was murdered and another died on hunger strike.

On the night of December 11, 1920, British forces deliberately set fire to several blocks of buildings along the east and south sides of Saint Patrick’s Street.