SELTON, almost a century after that fateful March evening, ranks among Leitrim's most noted places of historical importance. Read about its history, the monument that was erected or purchase a copy of the 90th Anniversary commemorative poster

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On the evening of Friday, March 11th, 1921, eleven IRA volunteers, all members of a South Leitrim Flying Column were surprised by a superior British force of 27 troops of the Bedfordshire-Hertsfordshire Regiment at Selton, Gorvagh, Co. Leitrim. In a running fight the boys of the column, unfortunate victims of a traitorous informer, were subjected to a deadly hail of bullets from two Lewis machine guns set on the roadside overlooking their positions. Six of the Column lost their lives, two were severely wounded and only three succeeded in escaping uninjured.