North Longford Flying Column

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The North Longford Flying Column was a unit of the Irish Republican Army in the Irish War of Independence. Drawing its membership from three North Longford Battalions of the Irish Volunteers,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". it was led by Seán Mac Eoin.[1]

Membership and activities

Formed by Seán Mac Eoin in 1920,[2] membership of the unit was local to the parishes of Clonbroney, Drumlish, Killoe, Colmcille, Granard, Mullinaghta and Abbeylara. Later, some men from the South Cavan area joined its ranks.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Its most notable engagements[3] included the Battle of Ballinalee (November 1920) and the Clonfin Ambush (February 1921).[4][5] There were further engagements at Terlicken, Ballybrein, Fyhora and Streete, County Westmeath.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

References

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  3. The North Longford Flying Column: The Clonfin Twenty-one, Bernard Sexton 2023
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