Book Review: Ambush of RIC bicycle patrol came weeks before truce

"The book also offers an interesting account of the complexity of policing - a good job for a farmer's son, until this new burst for independence."

Historian and author Owen O’Shea outside the house where Volunteers hid, near the site of the Ballymacandy ambush.

• Ballymacandy: The Story of A Kerry Ambush 
• Owen O’Shea 
• Merrion Press €14.99