THE BANSHEE’S KISS—THE ALL-FOR-IRELAND LEAGUE, 1910–18
By Patrick Murphy Late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Cork had a reputation for political dissent and street protest. Elections were rumbunctious affairs, often descending into physical conflict. The by-election following the death of Charles Stewart Parnell (MP for Cork City) in 1891, for example, saw widespread rioting. The North and South Infirmaries were inundated with … Read more