Unique project to highlight Midleton's extensive War of Independence history 

Above from left: Tony Harpur, historian in residence, Cork County Council; Sara Nylund,  Abarta Heritage; Damian Shiels, Abarta Heritage and Landscapes of Revolution Project, and Liam Quaide, Green Party councillor, with a draught interpretive panel of the 1920 Midleton Ambush for display in the town. Picture: Denis Minihane

A unique project will be launched soon in a Co Cork town highlighting its extensive War of Independence history and the fact it was the first place in the country to suffer British reprisals as a result of the IRA ambush.

Also, uniquely, Pathé News, recorded the aftermath of the British burning of buildings in Midleton — believed to be the first moving pictures ever taken in the town.