CORK 1920 – “ENDURING THE MOST”
A Programme of Civic Events to Commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Deaths of Former Lord Mayors MacCurtain and McSwiney and of the Burning of Cork
This year marks the 90th Anniversary of the deaths of former Lord Mayors Tomás MacCurtain and Terence McSwiney. It is also the 90th Anniversary of the Burning of Cork. The events of 1920 are important in a national context, but carry even greater significance in terms of the civic and political history of Cork.
To commemorate this Anniversary, a Programme of Events has been scheduled to run next week –“CORK 1920: ENDURING THE MOST”. Details of the programme are given hereunder. All the individual elements of the Programme are open to the public.
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
Monday 8th November:
5.30 p.m. To formally launch the Programme, at the Ordinary Meeting of Council the Lord Mayor will read minutes from Corporation Meetings of the Time at which Lord Mayors McSwiney and MacCurtain officiated.
Tuesday 9th November:
11.00 a.m. Lord Mayor to formally launch a Public Exhibition by the City Archives and Cork Museum in Millennium Hall.
11.00 – 3.00 City Archives and Cork Museum Exhibition open to the public & Continuous Screening of films by Scoil Oilibhéir in Millennium Hall Foyer.
Wednesday 10th November:
11.00 – 3.00 City Archives and Cork Museum Exhibition open to the public & Continuous Screening of films by Scoil Oilibhéir in Millennium Hall Foyer.
Thursday 11th November:
11.00 – 15.00 City Archives and Cork Museum Exhibition open to the public & Continuous Screening of films by Scoil Oilibhéir in Millennium Hall Foyer.
12.30 – 13.30 Talk by Gerry White, Historian: “McCurtain and McSwiney and The Formation of the Cork Brigade of the Irish Volunteers.”
Friday 12th November:
11.00 – 15.00 City Archives and Cork Museum Exhibition open to the public & Continuous Screening of films by Scoil Oilibhéir in Millennium Hall Foyer.
12.00 – 13.00 Talk By John Borgonovo, Historian: “Tans, Terror and the Burning of Cork”
13.00 – 14.00 Talk By Pat Poland, Historian: “The Fire Services and the Burning of Cork”
14th November:
10.30 a.m. Bishop Buckley to celebrate Mass in North Cathedral, from where Lord Mayors McSwiney and MacCurtain were buried.
17th November:
7.00 p.m. The Lord Mayor is to launch an exhibition “Rising from the Ashes: the burning of Cork’s Carnegie Library and the rebuilding of its Collections”, in the Central Library and is to launch a book of the same name by Thomas McCarthy.
Footnote regarding Programme Title: The programme title derives from a now infamous line from a Terence McSwiney speech “Triumph is not to those who can inflict most, but to those who can endure most.”
