I was in Soloheadbeg last weekend, at the site of the attack reputed to mark the start the War of Independence. A few months ago I discovered the memorial to the event. Last weekend I found the actual site where two RIC men were shot dead in an IRA operation to commandeer gelignite as it was being transported to a local quarry.
Read more here:: Jim O’Brien: It’s time to move on from the Civil War divisions that have scarred our history
