Council unveils plans for revamp of Michael Collins assassination site at Béal na Bláth

Those behind the project say it will allow visitors to the location 'the chance to experience the landscape and feel what it was like in 1922 when the ambush took place'

The annual Michael Collins commemoration ceremony is held at Béal na Bláth every August. Picture: Daragh McSweeney/Provision

Plans for a new commemorative project at the site of Michael Collins’s assassination at Béal na Bláth have been unveiled by Cork County Council.

In advance of the centenary of the revolutionary’s death on August 22, the roadway at Béal na Bláth will be revamped and the memorial cross at the site elevated to allow for greater accessibility.