~300 ~900 Result IRA victory | Date 3 November 1920 | |
Similar Clonfin Ambush, Selton Hill ambush, Burgery ambush, Irish War of Independence, Headford Ambush | ||
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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