The Road to Independence by Barry Lacey and Michael Fortune

The Road to Independence is the title of a new film produced by Barry Lacey and Michael Fortune on the War of Independence in Co. Wexford. Scenes from the film were recorded in Gorey, Bunclody, Ferns, Enniscorthy, Ballindaggin, Ballycarney, Clonroche and Kilanne and recall important incidents in the year 1920 including the formation of the Flying Columns, attacks on RIC Barracks, intelligence gathering, assassinations, civilian casualties and more. The twenty-five minute film has been produced as a labour of love in many ways and both claim that if they didn’t do it, it was never going to be done. The people they met and interviewed on this journey shared accounts of this period which they grew up with first hand from grandparents, neighbours and family. This film was part supported by Wexford County Council Public Library Service and the Commemorations Unit of Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries 2012-2023 initiative.