Ballykinlar to Follow Boyne as Site for Historic Centre?
Chris Donnelly on November 11, 2008, 11:39 pm | Readers 6
The Irish Government has pumped millions into preserving and developing the site of the Battle of the Boyne, as Ian Paisley was able to see first hand during his rendez-vous with outgoing Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, at the site of the new Interpretive Centre in May of this year.
Now, a Fianna Fail Senator, Cecilia Keaveney, has floated the idea of a former War of Independence internment camp and current British army base at Ballykinlar in County Down becoming the site for an Interpretive Centre in time for the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 2016.
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