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The Ballybay Ambush of 1921 is being remembered today

Dec 31, 2020 10:23 By News Northern Sound
The Ballybay Ambush of 1921 is being remembered today
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The Ballybay ambush which took place exactly one hundred years ago is being remembered today. The event which took place on New Year Eve and

The Ballybay ambush which took place exactly one hundred years ago is being remembered today.

The event which took place on New Year Eve and into New Years Day, involved an ambush of four members of a local RIC footpatrol by the Ballybay IRA battalion.

It was hoped to mark the ambush with a commemoration but with restrictions in place this has been postponed.

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Details of the event have been posted online through the local heritage group.

Rory McAtavie from the group explains what happened when the battalion carried out the attack on the RIC officers:

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