Selton Hill ambush

Selton Hill ambush
	Part of the Irish War of Independence
Date	11 March 1921
Location	between Mohill and Fenagh, County Leitrim53°59′24″N 7°51′07″W / 53.990°N 7.852°W
Result	British victory
Belligerents
Royal Irish Constabulary; (Auxiliary Division); British Army; (Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment)	Irish Republican Army; (Leitrim Brigade)
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Gore-Hickman (RIC)	Seán Connolly (IRA)
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
None	6 killed
	1 informer later executed by IRA
	class=notpageimage\| Location within island of Ireland

The Selton Hill ambush took place on 11 March 1921, during the Irish War of Independence. An Irish Republican Army (IRA) flying column was ambushed by members of the RIC Auxiliary Division at Selton Hill (a.k.a. Seltan Hill), County Leitrim. Six IRA members of the South Leitrim Brigade were killed, which effectively destroyed the IRA in South Leitrim.^[2]

^ O'Malley, Ernie; O'Malley, Cormac K. H. (2007). Rising out: Seán Connolly of Longford (1890-1921). p. 161. ISBN 978-1-904558-89-7.
^ O'Halpin, Eunan; Ó Corráin, Daithí (2020). The Dead of the Irish Revolution. Yale University Press. p. 331.