Tomás MacCurtain honoured 100 years on from election

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.

Fionnuala MacCurtain was speaking last night as the city marked the centenary of her grandfather’s historic election as the first republican lord mayor of Cork on January 30, 1920, and officially began the city’s 1920 centenary commemorations.