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Cork dates back to the 7th century, surviving Cromwell's visit only to fall to King William in 1690. In the 18th century it was an important commercial centre with a major butter market but a century later the Potato Famine reduced Cork to a sorry place, where many disillusioned and dispossessed people bid farewell to their homeland to travel overseas.
The port of Cobh remained the major departure point for Irish emigrants right up to 1970; between 1815 and 1970 over three million people are thought to have emigrated from here.
Cork played a key role in Ireland's independance struggle. Thomas MacCurtain, a mayor of the city, was killed by the Black & Tans in 1920. His successor, Terence MacSwiney, died in London's Brixton Prison after 75 days of hunger strike. The Black & Tans were at their most brutal in Cork and much of the town was burnt down during the Anglo-Irish War. Cork was also a centre for the Civil War that followed independance, and Irish leader Michael Colinns was ambushed and killed nearby. More information
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