Battle of Ballinalee

Battle of Ballinalee
	Part of the Irish War of Independence
Date	4 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
None	Unknown but many

The Battle of Ballinalee took place during the Irish War of Independence on 4 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]

The 100 British troops hoped to burn the town as a reprisal, but were defeated by about 25 IRA volunteers, of which about 5 were involved in the main battle. The village was the only one in all of Ireland to repel the British outright.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ 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.
^ 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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[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] 10 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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