Close to where I live is the ambush site where Michael Collins was shot killed by the IRA on the 22 of August 1922. This was after the treaty of independence was signed (which he was part of) and he was part of the freestate army, he was a major figure in the IRA during the war of independence but was seen as a traitor as the IRA was fighting for a free Ireland and the treaty only included 28 counties as a free Ireland. 6 counties in the north of Ireland still belonged and carried on under British rule.
Before I show my pictures of the memorial at Beal Na Blath here is a short educational video from youtube about him.
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He was shot and killed in an IRA ambush at Beal Na Blath in West Cork on the 22 of August 1922.
Here is a short clip from the movie Michael Collins depicting the ambush.
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This is the most likely spot where Michael Collins died.
This is the direction the convoy was going and the site of where the road block was placed.
This is the direction they came from.