The book not only focuses on particular events and personlaitoes from the period, but also captures and maps every memorial in Cork from 1912-23. It reveals a physical imprint from the War of Independence, a bitter divide between Republicans and Free Staters, a massive under-representation of female participants, and a whitewashing of civilian deaths.
The book also examines modern attutides to Cork's role in 1916, during WW1 and to those from the county who served in the ewar, as well as controvery surrounding commemoration of RIC forces .
EACH LOCATION IS MAPPED AND PHOTOGRAPHED, with notes on context, what event or death is commemorated, how the monument is erected and in what medium etc. Each has exact geo co-ordinates also. All memorials - erected by family members, by state or military organisations are included, either at locations of deaths, or those located in graveyards.
