Historical place archive

Cork in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Cork in Ireland. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

18 records9 event labels5 people1918โ€“1922

Historical events in Cork

1918

1918
Easter Rising
Michael Collins ยท Government of Ireland

Irish Nationalist from Cork, wins a Parliamentary seat during the Easter rising

1918
Election
Michael John "Mick" Collins ยท Sinn Fein

Collins is elected Member of Parliament for Cork South, Sinn Fein do not take their seats in Westminster, but instead set up an Irish Parliament in Dublin

1918
Member of Parliament
Michael Collins ยท Government of Ireland

Irish Nationalist from Cork, wins a Parliamentary seat during the Easter rising

1921

22 August 1921
Anglo-Irish Agreement
Michael John "Mick" Collins ยท Irish War of Independence

Collins crushes opposition to the Free State Treaty in Dublin & is ambushed in Cork

22 August 1921
Assassination of Michael John "Mick" Collins
Michael John "Mick" Collins ยท Irish War of Independence

Collins crushes opposition to the Free State Treaty in Dublin & is ambushed in Cork

22 August 1921
Death of Michael John Mick Collins
Michael John "Mick" Collins ยท Irish War of Independence

Death of Michael Collins

22 August 1921
Free State
Michael John "Mick" Collins ยท Irish War of Independence

Collins crushes opposition to the Free State Treaty in Dublin & is ambushed in Cork

1922

August 1922
Assassination of Michael John "Mick" Collins
Florrie ODonoghue ยท Civil War

In Cork city, Collins meets neutral IRA men Sean Hegarty and Florrie ODonoghue, with a view to contacting Anti-Treaty IRA leaders Tom Barry and Tom Hales to propose a truce

August 1922
Assassination of Michael John "Mick" Collins
Michael John "Mick" Collins ยท Civil War

In Cork city, Collins meets neutral IRA men Sean Hegarty and Florrie ODonoghue, with a view to contacting Anti-Treaty IRA leaders Tom Barry and Tom Hales to propose a truce. Collins travels to his native Cork, against the advice of his companions, despite suffering from stomach ache and depression, Collins reputedly told his comrades that "They wouldnt shoot me in my own county"

August 1922
Assassination of Michael John "Mick" Collins
Sean Hegarty ยท Civil War

In Cork city, Collins meets neutral IRA men Sean Hegarty and Florrie ODonoghue, with a view to contacting Anti-Treaty IRA leaders Tom Barry and Tom Hales to propose a truce

August 1922
IRA
Florrie ODonoghue ยท Civil War

In Cork city, Collins meets neutral IRA men Sean Hegarty and Florrie ODonoghue, with a view to contacting Anti-Treaty IRA leaders Tom Barry and Tom Hales to propose a truce

August 1922
IRA
Michael John "Mick" Collins ยท Civil War

In Cork city, Collins meets neutral IRA men Sean Hegarty and Florrie ODonoghue, with a view to contacting Anti-Treaty IRA leaders Tom Barry and Tom Hales to propose a truce

August 1922
IRA
Sean Hegarty ยท Civil War

In Cork city, Collins meets neutral IRA men Sean Hegarty and Florrie ODonoghue, with a view to contacting Anti-Treaty IRA leaders Tom Barry and Tom Hales to propose a truce

August 1922
Neutrality
Florrie ODonoghue ยท Civil War

In Cork city, Collins meets neutral IRA men Sean Hegarty and Florrie ODonoghue, with a view to contacting Anti-Treaty IRA leaders Tom Barry and Tom Hales to propose a truce

August 1922
Neutrality
Michael John "Mick" Collins ยท Civil War

In Cork city, Collins meets neutral IRA men Sean Hegarty and Florrie ODonoghue, with a view to contacting Anti-Treaty IRA leaders Tom Barry and Tom Hales to propose a truce

August 1922
Neutrality
Sean Hegarty ยท Civil War

In Cork city, Collins meets neutral IRA men Sean Hegarty and Florrie ODonoghue, with a view to contacting Anti-Treaty IRA leaders Tom Barry and Tom Hales to propose a truce

22 August 1922
Assassination of Michael John "Mick" Collins
Liam Deasy ยท Civil War

The ambush party, allegedly commanded by Liam Deasy, had mostly dispersed to a nearby pub by 8pm, when Collins and his men returned to Beal na mBlath but the remaining five ambushers open fire on the convoy

22 August 1922
Assassination of Michael John "Mick" Collins
Michael John "Mick" Collins ยท Civil War

The ambush party, allegedly commanded by Liam Deasy, had mostly dispersed to a nearby pub by 8pm, when Collins and his men returned to Beal na mBlath but the remaining five ambushers open fire on the convoy

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