For instance, the County Longford IRA under Seán Mac Eoin carried out a number of well planned ambushes and successfully defended the village of Ballinalee against Black and Tan reprisals in a three-hour gun battle.
Na primjer, u pokrajni Longford, IRA pod vodstvom Seána Mac Eoina je izvela velik broj dobro planiranih zasjeda i uspješno branila selo Ballinalee protiv napada "Black and Tan" jedinica.