The Battle of Ballinalee took place during the Irish War of Independence on 4 November 1920. Members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), led by Seán Mac Eoin, drove a mixed group of Crown forces consisting of Black and Tans and Auxiliary Division personnel from the village of Ballinalee in County Longford. The battle was the only one of its kind during the entire conflict.
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| - Troideadh Cath Bhéal Átha na Lao le linn Chogadh na Saoirse ar an 3 Samhain 1920 i mBéal Átha na Lao, Contae an Longfoirt. Chuir scuaid d'Arm Phoblacht na hÉireann faoi cheannas Sheáin Mhic Eoin an ruaig ar fhórsa céad duine de chuid Arm na Breataine agus Constáblacht Ríoga na hÉireann. (ga)
- The Battle of Ballinalee took place during the Irish War of Independence on 4 November 1920. Members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), led by Seán Mac Eoin, drove a mixed group of Crown forces consisting of Black and Tans and Auxiliary Division personnel from the village of Ballinalee in County Longford. The battle was the only one of its kind during the entire conflict. (en)
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| - The Battle of Ballinalee took place during the Irish War of Independence on 4 November 1920. Members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), led by Seán Mac Eoin, drove a mixed group of Crown forces consisting of Black and Tans and Auxiliary Division personnel from the village of Ballinalee in County Longford. Crown forces hoped to burn the town as a reprisal for the deaths of several RIC personnel in the preceding days. This included the killing of an RIC inspector, Philip St Johnstone Howlett Kelleher, the previous week and an RIC Constable, Peter Cooney, the previous day. Cooney had been suspected of being a spy and his execution was reputedly ordered by Michael Collins. At the time of his killing, Cooney was allegedly carrying coded dispatches with the names of Longford IRA men. The Crown forces (numbering 100 men in 11 trucks) were defeated by about 25 IRA members, of which 4 were involved in the main battle. Mac Eoin had placed several groups at the roads leading into the village, including one at a house, Rose Cottage, on the approach to the village centre. This group, referred to in some sources as the "Rose Cottage Four", engaged the much larger RIC force using rifle fire and grenades, and forced their retreat. The battle was the only one of its kind during the entire conflict. (en)
- Troideadh Cath Bhéal Átha na Lao le linn Chogadh na Saoirse ar an 3 Samhain 1920 i mBéal Átha na Lao, Contae an Longfoirt. Chuir scuaid d'Arm Phoblacht na hÉireann faoi cheannas Sheáin Mhic Eoin an ruaig ar fhórsa céad duine de chuid Arm na Breataine agus Constáblacht Ríoga na hÉireann. (ga)
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