Battle of Ballinalee

The Battle of Ballinalee took place during the Irish War of Independence on 3 November 1920. The Irish Republican Army (IRA), led by Seán Mac Eoin, drove a force of British Army and Royal Irish Constabulary from the village of Ballinalee in County Longford.[2]

Battle of Ballinalee
Part of the Irish War of Independence
Date3 November 1920
Location
Ballinalee, County Longford
Result IRA victory
Belligerents
Irish Republican Army British Army
Royal Irish Constabulary
Commanders and leaders
Seán Mac Eoin ?
Strength
~5 ~100
Casualties and losses
1 dead 15-20 killed, several times that wounded'[1]

The 100 British troops hoped to burn the town as a reprisal, but were defeated by about 5 IRA volunteers. The village was the only one in all of Ireland to repel the British outright.

References
  1. Coogan, Tim Pat (2002). Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-312-29511-0. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  2. p10 Ruairí Ó Brádaigh: the life and politics of an Irish revolutionary By Robert William White, Ed Moloney (2006) ISBN 978-0-253-34708-4

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