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€132,385 allocated to support Longford groups to re-open their facilities post Covid-19 Community Enhancement Programme will provide small grants for repairs and renovations, new equipment and safety upgrades Reporter: newsroom@longfordleader.ie ); €132,385 has been allocated to support Longford groups to re-open their facilities post Covid-19. Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, and Minister of State with responsibility for Community Development and Chariti...

Commemorating Selton Hill Ambush Thursday, March 11 marks the 100th anniversary of the Selton Hill Ambush. This was one of the most significant events in the War of Independence in Leitrim and resulted in the largest loss of life on the IRA side in Leitrim during the war. To commemorate this tragic event, the Selton Hill committee with the support of Leitrim County Council have repaired and upgraded the Selton Hill Monument. The Selton Hill Centenary Committee have organised a number of events ...

Longford Decade of Centenaries: Event commemorating the death of Seán Connolly Reporter: );  ); To mark the centenary of the death of Seán Connolly, Longford County Library, Heritage and Archives Services will host a lecture online by Dr Eileen Reilly on Thursday, March 11 at 7.30 pm. The event is being organised as part of the Decade of Centenaries Programme. Dr Reilly is a native of Ballinalee. She graduated with a BA and MA from Maynooth before going to Hertford College, Oxford, where sh...

To mark the centenary of the death of Seán Connolly, Longford County Library, Heritage and Archives Services will host a lecture online by Dr Eileen Reil...

100th Anniversary commemoration of Clonfin Ambush will be broadcast online on Sunday, February 7 at 3pm Reporter: newsroom@longfordleader.ie 2020:Willie Monaghan, Ciaran MacEoin, Bernard Sexton, Gretty Devaney, PJ Reilly, Mark Murphy, Bridgie Burns, Fr Simon Cadam, Sr Maeve Brady, Carmel Gormley, Séan Kilbride, Laura Smith and John Connell );  ); A virtual Commemoration Ceremony is being held to mark the  100th Anniversary of the famous Battle of Clonfin (February 2) and it will be broadc...

);  ); The launch of a unique project entitled ‘A Time to Remember: A Journey of Reconciliation’, by Sr Maeve Brady RSM, will take place online on Wednesday evening, 10 February at 7.30. The event will be hosted by Longford County Library, Heritage and Archives Services and is supported by the Decade of Centenaries Programme. The Clonfin ambush involved the biggest loss of life of any action in Longford during the War of Independence. Four Auxiliaries died. Francis Worthington Craven, thei...