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Cork History Matters - Battle for Cork with Gerry White and John Borgonovo

In this Cork History Matters podcast Dave chats to historians John Borgonovo & Gerry White. John from UCC and military historian Gerry are both authors of ‘The Battle for Cork’ and ‘The Burning of Cork’ respectively and both were involved in assisting the presenting of The Battle for Cork, through the Lens of William D. Hogan, a new exhibition newly opened at St Peters Cork. The Battle for Cork, fought between the National Army and Anti-Treaty IRA in August 1922, one of the most significant military operations in the Irish Civil War, it saw the free state army drive the anti-treaty IRA out of Cork following an amphibious landing at Passage West and a fierce series of gun battles through Rochestown and Garyduff woods. Photographer William David Hogan, born in Quartertown, Mallow, was a commercial and press photographer who had a studio in Henry Street in Dublin. During the Civil War he became what today would be known as an ‘embedded’ photographer with the National Army and he accompanied that force during the Battle for Cork. The photographs he took during that time were subsequently arranged by National Army Chaplain, Fr. Denis J. Wilson. Today they are known as the Hogan-Wilson Collection and are held in the National Library of Ireland. To visit the exhibit visit: https://stpeterscork.ie/whats-on/?e=11139213&rand=75027 see more