Battle of Ballinalee
| Battle of Ballinalee | |||||||
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| Part of the Irish War of Independence | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Irish Republican Army(North Longford Flying Column) |
 British Army Royal Irish Constabulary
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Seán Mac Eoin
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| Strength | |||||||
| ~300 | ~900 | ||||||
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| ? | Unreported, estimated up to 20 fatalities, several times that wounded' | ||||||
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.
The 900 British troops hoped to burn the town as a reprisal, but were defeated by about 300 IRA volunteers. The village was the only one in all of Ireland to repel the British outright.
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