Sheemore ambush
The ambush was carried out by the IRA's South Leitrim Brigade on a force of Black and Tans. The British suffered casualties and admitted one fatality, a captain in the Bedfordshire Regiment, although some local sources claimed several more were killed. The Black and Tans later ran amok in Carrick-on-Shannon, burning the Temperance Hall in Gowel.
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Sheemore ambush
The ambush was carried out by the IRA's South Leitrim Brigade on a force of Black and Tans. The British suffered casualties and admitted one fatality, a captain in the Bedfordshire Regiment, although some local sources claimed several more were killed. The Black and Tans later ran amok in Carrick-on-Shannon, burning the Temperance Hall in Gowel.
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The ambush was carried out by ...... the Temperance Hall in Gowel.
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(South Leitrim Brigade)
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Royal Irish Constabulary
border|22pxIrish Republican Army
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1921-03-04
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IRA victory
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30–40 (although many RIC fled the scene)
7 volunteers
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border|22px Seán Mitchel
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island of Ireland
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53.992 -7.998
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The ambush was carried out by ...... the Temperance Hall in Gowel.
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