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Irish War of Independence: Following an Irish Republican Army ambush of an Auxiliary patrol, British forces burned and looted numerous buildings in Cork.
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Irish War of Independence
1919–1921 war between Irish and British forces
The Irish War of Independence, also known as the Anglo-Irish War, was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
Irish paramilitary organisation
The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary paramilitary organisation who waged a guerrilla campaign against the British occupation of Ireland in the 1919–1921 Irish War of Independence. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Auxiliary Division
Paramilitary unit of the Royal Irish Constabulary during the Irish War of Independence
The Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary (ADRIC), generally known as the Auxiliaries or Auxies, was a paramilitary unit of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) during the Irish War of Independence. It was founded in July 1920 by Major-General Henry Hugh Tudor and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Burning of Cork
1920 British act in the Irish War of Independence
The burning of Cork by British forces took place during the Irish War of Independence on the night of 11–12 December 1920. It followed an Irish Republican Army (IRA) ambush of a British Auxiliary patrol in the city, which wounded twelve Auxiliaries, one fatally. In retaliation,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cork (city)
City in County Cork, Munster, Ireland
Cork is the second-largest city in Ireland, the county town of County Cork, the largest city in the province of Munster and the third largest on the island of Ireland. At the 2022 census, it had a population of 224,004.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)