The Year of Disappearances: Political Killings in Cork, 1920-1921
- ISBN-10
- 0717147487
- ISBN-13
- 9780717147489
- Category
- Extrajudicial executions
- Pages
- 408
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Gill & MacMillan
- Author
- Gerard Murphy
Description
'Every spy who was shot in Cork was buried so that nothing was known about them. They just disappeared.' These are the words of an IRA commander recalling the War of Independence in Cork city. The Year of Disappearances examines this claim and others like it.
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- 2010-10-29
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