Even as Britain battened down the hatches of its island redoubt, cross-border passenger rail traffic picked up in Ireland and Clones became a Mecca for bargain-hunters.

A gun battle known as the Clones Affray took place at a railway station in the border town of Clones, Co Monaghan on February 11 1922. irishmirror Load mobile navigation. News. Latest News; ...

Clones railway station (Monaghan County Museum/PA) That day, a gun battle took place at a railway station in the border town of Clones that claimed the lives of a hero of the War of Independence ...