SET ABLAZE ON this day 100 years ago, the Custom House burned for a full ten days. That was in spite of being attended by a Fire Brigade that had already been proven to be competent and well-resourced and also in spite of being surrounded on two sides by large bodies of water and on the other by perfectly efficient fire hydrants. As we mark the centenary of the Custom House attack, much will be written about the significance of this seminal event in the Irish War of Independence.
