North Longford Flying Column

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, 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.

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.

References
  1. "County Longford - Heritage/Historical". countylongford.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. the North Longford Flying Column [..] was led by General Sean McEoin "The Blacksmith of Ballinalee"
  2. "Clonfin Ambush: North Longford Flying Column's finest hour as the elite British forces surrender to Seán Mac Eoin". longfordleader.ie. Longford Leader. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  3. The North Longford Flying Column: The Clonfin Twenty-one, Bernard Sexton 2023
  4. "MacEoin, General Seán". ucd.ie. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. His exploits with the North Longford Flying Column [..included..] engagements with the enemy at Ballinalee in November 1920 and Clonfin in February 1921
  5. "Longford Flying Column". 5thbattalionassociation.com. Retrieved 8 December 2021.


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