THE KILLING OF A LORD MAYOR

On 20 March 1920 a number of RIC men entered the home of Cork’s Lord Mayor Tomas McCurtain and shot him to death in front of his family. The killing was the first of a number of traumatic events in the city that year, including the death of hunger strike of McCurtain’s successor, Terence McSwiney and culminating with the burning of the city centre in December. The 100th anniversary of McCurtain’s death is being commemorated this week and the scheduled events – postponed due to the coronavirus – were to have been led by the current Lord Mayor, John Sheehan. He spoke to Mick about McCurtain’s life and legacy and the view of history a century down the line.

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