Tributes paid to Irish Volunteers during 1916 Rising commemorations in Co Cork

Tributes were paid to more than 1,000 Irish Volunteers who marched in Co Cork on Easter Sunday 1916 as weekend events marked the centenary of their long marches around the county, writes Niall Murray of the Irish Examiner.

While no violence took place in Cork, owing to confused orders and the failure of German rifles to materialise, more than 400 marched to Macroom on that day 100 years ago.