Battle of Ballinalee
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battle-of-ballinalee-229-1986836
title:
Battle of Ballinalee
text:
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 Kell
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Gun battle between British forces and the IRA
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ballinalee
date created:
2007-08-08T21:59:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T09:27:15Z
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