Irish Volunteers Exhibition at the Cork Archives Centre

Photographed at the launch of the Irish Volunteers Exhibition at the Cork City and County Archives, Blackpool Cork were Brian McGee Archivist, SQMS. Gerry White and Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr. Ken O'Flynn. The exhibition is on loan from the Irish Defence Forces Military Archives in Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin and tells the story of the Irish Volunteers from their foundation in 1913 to the concription crisis of 1917-18, which set the scene for the outbreak of the War of Independence. Photo: Billy macGIll