An tSeachtain le Máirín Ní Ghadhra

Tomás MacCurtain Image Name: Tomás MacCurtain Description: Tomás MacCurtain lying in state (1920) Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Tomás MacCurtain house and shop Image Name: Tomás MacCurtain house and shop Description: Tomás MacCurtains house and shop (1920) Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Tomás MacCurtain Image Name: Tomás MacCurtain Description: Tomás MacCurtain lying in state (1920) Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Funeral of Tomás MacCurtain Image Name: Funeral of Tomás MacCurtain Description: Funeral of Tomás MacCurtain (1920) Front row (from left) unknown, unknown, Paddy Meade, Laurence (Larry) O'Neill, Lord Mayor of Dublin, Arthur Griffith, journalist and politician. Alfie Byrne (Alfred Byrne), future Lord Mayor of Dublin (far left second row) is in the background. Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Cork Sinn Féin politicians 1919 Image Name: Cork Sinn Féin politicians 1919 Description: Cork Sinn Féin politicians (1919) From left to right (front row) Tadhg Barry, Tomas MacCurtain, P O'Higgins (back Row) David Cotter, Sean Murphy, Donal Barrett, Terence MacSwiney, unknown. Copyright: RTÉ Archives

Ar 20 Márta 1920 feallmharaíodh Ardmhéara Chorcaí Tomás Mac Curtáin.  An mhí chéanna, cuireadh na Dúchrónaigh go hÉirinn.  Pléifear an dá eachtra mhóra seo i gCogadh na Saoirse ar an gclár seo inniu, agus i measc na n-aíonna a bheidh i gcuideachta Mháirín Ní Ghadhra, beidh an t-údar Tomás Mac Conmara, a scríobh an leabhar The Time of the Tans.


On 20 March 1920, Tomás MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork, was assassinated by the RIC.  Later that month, the Black and Tans were sent to Ireland.  These two big events in the War of Independence will be discussed by Máirín Ní Ghadhra and panelists today, who will include Tomás Mac Conmara, author of the book The Time of the Tans.