Engagement with British forces at Lappanduff

British forces ambushed at Lappandine/Lappanbane/Lappanduff, County Cavan. Engagement lasted two hours. One soldier killed. One member of the IRA killed (John McCartney 1D65). Nine or eleven members of the [IRA] were taken prisoner.

Date
8 May 1921

Brigades Involved:
3 Cavan Brigade – 5 Northern Division

Units involved
Carrickallen Battalion, 3 Cavan Brigade; Cavan Battalion, 3 Cavan Brigade