Derailment of train at Aghadavoyle

Derailing of troop train at Aghadavoyle/Avadoyle/Adavoyle – several British soldiers killed and wounded, also 100 horses killed while returning from the opening of the Belfast Parliament.

Date
1 June 1921

Brigades Involved:
1 North Louth Brigade - 4 Northern Division

Units involved
3 Battalion, 1 North Louth Brigade