N22 roadworks to 'disrupt' commemoration of War of Independence ambush 

Next month’s centenary commemoration of a War of Independence ambush will be marred by construction of the N22 bypass through the ambush site, historians claim.
N22 roadworks to 'disrupt' commemoration of War of Independence ambush 

A section of the new bypass will cross the N22 near the Republican memorial about 2km from Ballyvourney, Co Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

Next month’s centenary commemoration of a War of Independence ambush will be marred by construction of the N22 bypass through the ambush site, historians claim.

Work on the Macroom-Baile Mhúirne bypass has already begun near the site of the Coolnacaheragh (Cúil na Cathrach) ambush with took place on February 25, 1921, and involved an IRA attack on a convoy of RIC and auxiliaries.

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