Sheemore ambush
| Sheemore ambush | |||||||
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| Part of the Irish War of Independence | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Irish Republican Army (South Leitrim Brigade) |
British Army Royal Irish Constabulary | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Seán Mitchel |
Lieutenant Eric Chilver Wilson | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 7 volunteers | 30–40 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None |
1 confirmed killed 6 wounded | ||||||
The Sheemore ambush was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 4 March 1921, during the Irish War of Independence. It took place at Sheemore near Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim.
The ambush was carried out by the IRA's South Leitrim Brigade on a British Army and Auxiliary Division convoy. The British force 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 undertook reprisals in Carrick-on-Shannon, including burning the Temperance Hall in Gowel.