[Leading Cork to take its place as a World Class City] __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Under the guidance of Brian McGee, Senior Archivist, Cork City and County Archive Services and curated by historian Dr. Luke Dineen, the exhibition places Tadhg’s life in context, with themes covering the many areas of Cork life in which he was centrally involved: Home Rule politics; the creation of the Irish Volunteers; Republican politics and armed struggle; the labour and trade union movements; local government; journalism and literature; and Gaelic games and cultural activism. Original letters, documents and artefacts relating to Barry will also be on display.
Engagement & Endurance: Cork City Women in the 1920s Cork City Council was delighted to fund St. Peter’s Cork in the production of a short film called “Engagement & Endurance: Cork City Women in the 1920s ”. The film evolved around the women who played an extremely important role during the turbulent years of the 1920s and particularly here in Cork City and focused on themes of loss, political engagement, social justice, conflicting loyalties along with many of the challenging conditions endured by women during those dramatic times. The women to be featured in the film were among the forgotten and unsung heroines of Irish history and their story deserves to be told. The short film was screened at the 2021 Cork International Film Festival. By Every Means at our Command Cork City and County witnessed some of the bloodiest and fiercest fighting during the War of Independence. Many of the military engagements in Cork had a significant impact on both the nature and outcome of the conflict. Cork Public Museum opened an exhibition on the war, entitled 'BY EVERY MEANS AT OUR COMMAND' under Cork City Council’s Decade of Centenaries Programme. The aim of the exhibition is to give a broad and informative overview of how the war progressed in Cork from January 1919 until the truce on 11th July 1921. The war started slowly in Cork with little direct engagement during the first year, but the action and violence ramped up considerably throughout 1920 and into 1921. This was bitter war that brought fear, terror and reprisals onto the urban streets and rural roadways. The exhibition brings to life the stories of some individual men and women who took part to the fight in Cork, as well as the events that made the county an arena in which ruthlessness, ingenuity, violence, and bravery combined to devastating effect.
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