Why honour such a bloodthirsty tyrant?

AS part of the Cork Capital of Culture someone has chosen to honour one of the worst mass murderers of the 16th century, in the name of the Irish people, in Carrigaline.

Thu, 14 Jul, 2005 - 01:00

I refer, of course, to the sail sculpture with a plaque inscribed in commemoration of Sir Francis Drake's arrival in Cork Harbour in 1589.

Drake was responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent Irish people in Ulster and in Munster. In one instance, the total population of one of our northern islands was completely wiped out, men, women and children.

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