Historians to revisit 1922 massacre of Protestants

Several leading historians will be in Cork this weekend to discuss one of the bloodiest sectarian massacres of the War of Independence.

The killing of 18 people in West Cork — all Protestant but one — at the end of Apr 1922 remains one of the most contentious events of the time.

Since then, various interpretations of the so-called Bandon Massacre have polarised opinion.