It has been claimed that the Irish War of Independence from Britain in Cork turned into an ethnic pogrom driven by fear of mostly Protestant outsiders.

This site shows that the story is far more complex and nuanced that this simplistic view.

The Population declined by 14470 in 15 years, but 10,714 non Irish born Protestants lived in Cork in 1911.

Most were military, or government. Has this story been told properly?

Barry Keane is a History and Geography teacher from Cork

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If anyone wishes to query any of the articles, or the sources please click on the contact button in the navigation bar, and I will do my best to answer it.

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My new book on the Dunmnaway and Ballygroman killings which re-examines these controversial murders will present a wealth of new evidence about what happened and more importantly why. Many of these new pieces of evidence have only been uncovered in the last year as documents become declassified in the archives and shine new light on these appalling events.

ALSO BY BARRY KEANE

The Bard

Seán Riobaird O Súilleabháin

North Cork’s Leader in the

Land War 1881-1891

Published 2012