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"Wattlebridge Football Team"

Date

1921

Artist/Maker

McCabe, John

Technique

Photographed

Dimensions

Height: 11cm
Width: 15cm

Caption

This photograph includes IRA leader, Matt Fitzpatrick (middle row second from left). Matt Fitzpatrick was killed during the Clones Ambush, 11 February 1922. A group of Fermanagh Specials, returning by train to Enniskillen, passed over the border during their journey. When the IRA went to arrest the Specials at Clones Station, shots were fired, resulting in loss of life on both sides.
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This 5 minute film/animation below about the Clones Affray has been created through Monaghan County Museum's Bordering Realities Project.

Credit

Kindly donated by Mr Pat Cassidy

Object number

FCM_1981_677