Clones railway station was on the

Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Irish North Western Railway (INW) was an Irish gauge () railway company in Ireland. Development The company was founded as the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway (D&ER) and opened the first section of its line, from to , in 1849. In Dundalk t ...

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opened the station on 26 June 1858. On 11 February 1922 at the station a group of

Irish Republican Army The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various paramilitary organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dedicated to irredentism through Irish republicanism, the belief tha ...

volunteers attempted to ambush a party of

Ulster Special Constabulary The Ulster Special Constabulary (USC; commonly called the "B-Specials" or "B Men") was a quasi-military reserve special constable police force in what would later become Northern Ireland. It was set up in October 1920, shortly before the par ...

policemen travelling on a train through Clones. The volunteers entered a carriage of a train and ordered the Specials to put their hand up. IRA. Commandant Matthew Fitzpatrick was shot and in the ensuing fight, 4 Specials lost their lives.The Northern IRA and the early years of partition, 1920-1922. Robert John Lynch, Irish Academic Press, 2006 It closed on 1 October 1957.

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Clones, County Monaghan Disused railway stations in County Monaghan Railway stations opened in 1858 Railway stations closed in 1957 {{Ireland-railstation-stub