'Black & Tans murdered Cork Lord Mayor Tomás Mac Curtain,' claims historian

Historian belives he has identified key member of British forces who assasinated Cork's Lord Mayor in 1920

One of the official photos taken in January 1920 after the election of Tomás Mac Curtain as Cork's Lord Mayor. Three months later he lay dead in his home in Blackpool, having been shot by British forces. 

The Black and Tans assassinated the lord mayor of Cork Tomás MacCurtain, a historian has claimed, and he has named one of those he believes played a key role.

Jim Herlihy — who has written a book on the Black and Tans — believes there is compelling evidence that the Black and Tans murdered MacCurtain on his 36th birthday. MacCurtain was killed in front of his wife and children at their home in Blackpool.