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The Year of Disappearances: Political Killings in Cork, 1921-1922
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The Year of Disappearances: Political Killings in Cork, 1921-1922 Hardcover - 2010

by Gerard Murphy


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The Year of Disapperances uncovers a web of suspicion and paranoia that led to scores of men and boys being abducted from their homes before being executed as 'enemies of the Republic' and their bodies buried. While some of this took place during the War of Independence, most of it happened the following year, during the so-called 'Cork Republic'. The net result was to change the demographic of the south-eastern corner of the city for ever, with hundreds of families fleeing and up to fifty individuals buried in unmarked graves in surrounding areas.

Using a wide range of previously untapped sources, Murphy shines new light on one of the darker episodes of twentieth-century Irish history. The Year of Disappearances is a ground-breaking book that deepens our knowledge and understanding of the War of Independence. It subverts many myths, and examines realities long hidden.

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  • Title The Year of Disappearances: Political Killings in Cork, 1921-1922
  • Author Gerard Murphy
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Gill
  • Date 2010-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780717147489 / 0717147487
  • Library of Congress subjects Ireland - History - Civil War, 1922-1923, Ireland - History - War of Independence,
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010530551
  • Dewey Decimal Code 941.508

About the author

Gerard Murphy was born in Cork in 1956. Educated at Sacred Heart College, Carrignavar, and later at UCC, he graduated with a PhD. in 1983. He subsequently worked in industry and academia and currently lectures at the Institute of Technology, Carlow. He is the author of two critically acclaimed novels. This is his first work of non-fiction.

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