A BORDER CLASH
FIGHT BETWEEN POLICE AND! I.R.A.
(Received May 30, 9 a.m.)
LONDON, 29th May.
Fierce and spasmodic fighting occurred oil the Donegal-Fermanagh border. Forty police went to Magheramena Castle, near Belleek, as reinforcements. While on their way they observed a party of the I.R.A. marching along the railway line, trying to reach a position dominating the castle. After prolonged shooting, the I.R.A.' force retired, leaving five killed. The police lost one killed and three wounded. .
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 125, 30 May 1922, Page 7
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77A BORDER CLASH Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 125, 30 May 1922, Page 7
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