`."System- "System gl-"System--@Times New Roman--- /2 q`cSelton Hill, Co. Leitrim      2 qc  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- h2 `>cTen IRA volunteers from the ASU of the South Leitrim Brigade,                "2 Pcstaying at the      --------- 72 `cFlynn and McCullagh homes at       --- 2 \ cSelton Hill  --- ,2 c, Glasdrumman between         w2 `HcBallinamore and Mohill in Co Leitrim, are surrounded by 27 men from the                  @Times New Roman--------- ^2 `7cBAs Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment and RIC.                ---  2 +c  --- X2 `3cSix IRA men are killed. They are Seamus Wrynne V/C                 2 c   2 c(from Tarmon,      |2 3`KcBallinamore); Joseph OBeirne or Beirne (from Rooskynamona, Mohill); John                  q2 I`DcJoseph OReilly (from Miskawn or Miskuan, Ballinamore); John Joseph                  s2 ^`EcOReilly (from Derrinkeher, Ballinamore) and Michael E. Baxter (from                72 t`cBawnboy, Cavan) . Their leade      O2 tU-cr, Sean Connolly (from Ballinalee, Longford)             j2 `?cdies that night or the next day in or on his way to the Carrick                    2 4c- 2 :con   2 Nc- 2 T cShannon BA    )2 `cmilitary barracks.        2 c  --- 2 ` cMore Detail    2 c  --- }2 `LcThe British had placed two Lewis machine guns on the gate piers overlooking                      /2 `cboth houses before appro        2 *caching.     2 gc   k2 ,`@cAmong those who escaped were Paddy Guckian, Pee McDermott, Andy               |2 B`KcMcPartland and Bernie Sweeney (who was badly injured). O'Malley says that                      z2 W`Jc"Men from Bedfordshire Regiment were seen by a badly wounded IRA officer,                      >2 m`"cwho survived, to use rifle butts o          =2 mW!cn the skulls of two wounded men."         2 m\c   2 mdc  2 mh cThis badly     |2 `Kcwounded officer was Bernie Sweeney. Along with Sean Connolly, another IRA                     }2 `Lcman, John or Jack Hunt, was wounded and captured. There were no casualties                    12 `camong the Crown Forces.        =2 ,!cOHalpin and Corrin note that           "2 4cThe ASU South      ------ F2 `'cLeitrim Brigade did not fight again.         ---  2 c  --- h2 `>cThe location of the column was given to the local RIC D/I Gore                      2 Fc- 2 L cHickman by a       t2 `Fclocal doctor, Dr Charles J. Pentland who had been in the British Army.                   2 c   2 c  2 cThe   U2 `1cdoctor had been given the information by a Protes                  52 ctant (Methodist) man called        2 +`NcWilliam Latimer who had been told of the location of the IRA men by his son.                       2 A`Qc(William Latimers mother had died earlier in the day and he had sent his son to                     L2 V`+cthe McCullaghs to tell them of her demise           2 Vc   2 Vc  /2 Vcthe McCullaghs were Prot      2 V cestant.    t2 l`FcWhen the son came back, he told his father about the men with guns at                      }2 `LcMcCullaghs and Flynns.) William Latimer was later killed by the IRA (see                 2 `cMar   2 c- 2 c30   2 c- 2 c21/8   q2 Dc) but the doctor escaped to England (where he was killed in a motor                    ------ ,2 `ctraffic accident on De      )2 ccember 21st 1924).    ---  2 c  --- )2 `cSelton Hill Memorial      2 c  "Arial--ccbbaa