IRA campaign in Co Cork during War of Independence not sectarian, UCC historian argues
Dr Andy Bielenberg says new evidence does not support thesis that Protestants were targeted in county
New evidence from Cork does not support the thesis the IRA engaged in a sectarian campaign during the War of Independence, a history conference has heard.
Dr Andy Bielenberg of the School of History at University College Cork told the inaugural West Cork History Festival that his research with Prof James Donnelly of the University of Wisconsin on the IRA killing of suspected spies and informers in Cork did not suggest sectarianism was a factor.