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

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