The Blog
Dispatches, reflections, and deep dives into the rebel history of Ireland's great harbour town.
America 2020 – Ireland 1920. The weeks leading up to November 3rd, 2020 will go down in American and World history, but a century earlier Cobh was living through its own upheaval.
I'm asking readers to consider visiting the Irish southern coastal town this summer. Cobh has so much more to offer than many realise.
Today I would like to talk about five of the Cobh Flying Column members — the four who lost their lives at Clonmult, and their commander on that fateful day.