The Clogheen Massacre, Cork 1921

#OnThisDay 1921 Six members of IRA Cork No. 1 Brigade were killed by Black and Tans at Clogheen outside of Cork City. The post-mortem found that the bodies of the six men were badly shot up at close range indicating that they were killed after surrendering.

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