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Readers' blog: Unmarked history on the streets of Cork

Over the next few years, we will find ourselves in a whirlwind of War of Independence centenary commemorations. It was a nationwide fight for freedom and here the rebel streets of Cork city heaved with revolution.

Readers' blog: Unmarked history on the streets of Cork

Tue, 19 Feb, 2019 - 13:47

Over the next few years, we will find ourselves in a whirlwind of War of Independence centenary commemorations. It was a nationwide fight for freedom and here the rebel streets of Cork city heaved with revolution.

Today as you walk around the city you may pass places which played an important role in the War of Independence but they have been left unmarked by a plaque or information sign.

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