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LEO BILL AS GERRY WHITE | MESSIAH S1 E1

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Burning of Cork by Gerry White - A review

Dates - May 2015

Book Number of 2015 - 37 of 60

Synposis -

Looking at the newly refurbished Saint Patrick's Street it is difficult to believe that shortly before dawn, on 12 December 1920, Cork city with its many historic buildings, was destroyed by flames.

My thoughts -

Reading this book was a massive reminder to me as to how history is viewed through a lens of prejudice.

I only ever saw or heard about the Irish War of independence from the British perspective and that was a sketchy history that often focused on the end of the war and very little on the actions during it. I had a vague idea about the role of the Black and Tans, but it wasn’t until reading this book about the Burning of Cork in 1920, written by Irish historians did I come to realise the full impact of the actions of the Blank and Tans and am endless suprised that there is now limited anti-English/anti-British feeling in the Republic given what happen in what is still living memory for some.

What I took away from this book at the end was the important of reading widely on historical matters and not from just one source, which will however good the author be biased.

Would I recommend it -Yes

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28 May 2015, Cork City Library:  Jean Prendergast and Gerry White delivering a presentation on Corkmen who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915, during World War I.