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Ambush At Dooney Rock
Anti Treaty IRA forces captured “The Ballinalee” armoured car, and it saw action against the Free State Army in future engagements before being burned out when recapture was beyond prevention. It was renamed “The Wild Rose of Lough Gill”
When we come at the end of time,
To Peter sitting in state,
He will smile on the three old spirits,
– “The Fiddler of Dooney” (W.B. Yeats)
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Sunday 6th November 2016 4:42 am
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