Lord mayor of Cork in South Korea to attend major conference on historical revolutionaries

Organisers said they believed that Cork's history of resistance during the War of Independence and the city's commemoration programmes would “broaden their horizons”.

Fine Gael councillor Deirdre Forde, the mayor of Cork City said she is looking forward to showcasing the city’s Decade of Centenaries programme to an international audience. Picture : Domnick Walsh / Eye Focus LTD

The lord mayor of Cork has travelled to South Korea to attend a conference that will highlight the key roles of the former lord mayor, Terence MacSwiney, and Michael Collins, in Ireland’s struggle for independence.

Their stories will be told alongside those of Cuban revolutionary leader Che Guevara, and Thomas Müntzer, the leader of the German Peasant Revolution in 1525, at the major international conference in the city of Jeongeup in South Korea, examining the role of revolutionaries in cities around the world.