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Clonfin, a documentary film about the North Longford Flying Column and the Clonfin ambush of 1921, will be released online on Wednesday, October 26. The film wi...

A pivotal moment in South Longfords military campaign during the War of Independence was market at a solemn ceremony in Ballymahon last Friday, August 19. The ...

Picture caption: Military representatives, from left, Seán Mac Eoin (pro-Treaty), Seán Moylan (anti), Eoin O’Duffy (pro), Liam Lynch (anti), Gearói...

A good crowd turned out for the annual commemoration on the Green in Freshford on Easter Sunday. MC John Maher started proceedings: “We gather this mornin...

President Higgins officially opened a centenary monument at the site of the Clonmult ambush, on the 101st anniversary of the event

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This was republicanism with jazz hands and glitter balls as delegates assembled for Sinn Féin’s ardfheis

This was republicanism with jazz hands and glitter balls as delegates assembled for Sinn Féin’s ardfheis

This month sees the publication of ‘Old Ireland in Colour 2’ - which like its best selling predecessor features amazing historical images painstakin...

Longford County Council, in partnership with the Clonfin Commemoration Committee marked the centenary of the ambush at Clonfin at the weekend, with two memorabl...