Tomás MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork Is Born in Ballyknockane, Co. Cork

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Tomás MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork is born in Ballyknockane, Co. Cork
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Tomás MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork Is Born in Ballyknockane, Co. Cork

March 20, 1884

Tomás Mac Curtain (20 March 1884 – 20 March 1920) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician who served as the Lord Mayor of Cork until he was assassinated by the Royal Irish Constabulary. He was elected in January 1920.

Tomás Mac Curtain was born at Ballyknockane, Mourne Abbey, County Cork, on 20 March 1884, the son of Patrick Curtin, a farmer, and Julia Sheehan. He attended Burnfort National School. In 1897 the family moved to Cork City, where he attended the North Monastery School.

Tomás MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork is born in Ballyknockane, Co. Cork
Tomás MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork is born in Ballyknockane, Co. Cork
March 20, 1884

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