Gallery Commemorative plaque unveiled to John Joe Reilly in Aughnasheelin
almost 4 years in Leitrim Observer
On Friday, 11th March 1921, the IRA’s Leitrim No 2 Flying Column was ambushed by British forces at Selton Hill, between Mohill and Ballinamore. 25-year old Captain in the South Leitrim brigade John Joe Reilly was killed in that ambush. Capt John Joe Reilly was reared in Miskawn, Aughnasheelin and wa