In 2007 the road from Bandon was improved, cutting through a field and bypassing the Crossbarry Ambush memorial.
In March 1921 at Crossbarry in County Cork, the Essex regiment encircled the IRAs "West Cork Flying Column" with 1,200 troops and soon managed to expose a company sized element of the IRA.
Innishannon Steam and Vintage Rally is held between Crossbarry and Innishannon (Irish: Inis Eonáin), a village on the main Cork–Bandon road (N71) in County Cork, Province of Munster, Ireland.