Ballinalee, formerly St Johnstown (Irish: Béal Átha na Lao), is a village in northern County Longford, in the province of Leinster, Ireland. It is situated on the river Camlin. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... County Longford (Irish: Longphort) is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in northwest Leinster. ... Leinster (IPA: ; Irish: Laighin or Laigin, IPA: ), one of the Provinces of Ireland, lies in the east of Ireland and comprises the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow. ...

Today, Ballinalee is a thriving little village, it is expanding within an acceptable rate due to settlement of returning emigrants, immigration from abroad and resettlement from Dublin, the latter two of which is giving rise to a surgence of support for soccer in the village. Emigration is the action and the phenomenon of leaving ones native country to settle abroad. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...

In 1798, the town was the scene of a massacre of Irish prisoners of war after the Battle of Ballinamuck in a field now called Bully's Acre. During the Irish War of Independence, the town was also the scene of the Battle of Ballinalee, where local leader Sean Mac Eoin (sometimes known as the Blacksmith of Ballinalee) was leader of a badly equipped battalion of 300 men who held 900 Black and Tans for three days. It was the first and only successful defence of an Irish town against the English forces. Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... The Battle of Ballinamuck was the last land battle of the 1798 Rebellion in Ireland. ... Combatants Irish Republican Army United Kingdom Strength 15,000 British Army c. ... Symbol of the Austrian 14th Armoured Battalion in NATO code In military terminology, a battalion consists of two to six companies typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel. ... Black and Tans The Black and Tans, more properly known as the Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force, was one of two paramilitary forces employed by the Royal Irish Constabulary from 1920 to 1921, to suppress revolution in Ireland and the IRA. Following the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916, when... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my [birth]right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked...

Ballinalee was a rotten borough in the old Protestant Ascendancy days, like Banagher in Offaly. It returned two members of parliament, voted for by the tenantry as directed by their landlords. The term rotten borough refers to a parliamentary borough or constituency in the Kingdom of England (pre-1707), the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707-1801), the Kingdom of Ireland (1536-1801) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (from 1801 until their final abolition in 1867) which due... Protestant Ascendancy refers to the political, economic and social domination of Ireland by the class of Protestant landowners, Church of Ireland clergy and professionals during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. ... Banagher (Beannchar in Irish) is a town in County Offaly, Republic of Ireland, located on the western edge of the county in the midlands of Ireland. ... County Offaly (Irish: Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Leinster, Ireland, bordered by seven other counties: Galway, Roscommon, Westmeath, Meath, Kildare, Laois, and Tipperary. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...

The village has a strong tradition in the G.A.A. sport of Gaelic football. The name of the local team is "Sean Connelly's." ... Gaelic Football action Gaelic football (Irish: peil ghaelach) is a form of football played mainly in Ireland where it is the most popular sport. ...

The village's name in Irish means Mouth of the Ford of the Calves. The name St Johnstown came from the name of the Church of Ireland Church of St. John. In common speech the town is often called "Bal".