Reference code
IE CA CP/3/16/3/65
Title
The Smith of Ballinalee (Seán Mac Eoin)
Date(s)
- c.1921 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
1 p.; Printed
Name of creator
(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
A flier with the text of a ballad celebrating ‘The Smith of Ballinalee by ‘“Sean”, East Limerick’. Seán Mac Eoin's exploits as commander of the IRA's north Longford flying column, which carried out successful attacks on British forces at Ballinalee (November 1920) and Clonfin, near Granard (February 1921), earned him the sobriquet ‘the Blacksmith of Ballinalee’.