Battles in Ireland
Irish Battles.




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Achadh Leithdheirg (331 Co Monaghan) Antrim (Co Antrim 7th June 1798)
Ardee 943 Co Louth Athenry (1316 Co Galway)
Aughrim (12th July 1691 Co Galway)



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Ballinamuck (Co Longford 8th September) Benburb (County Tyrone 1646)
Ballaghmoon (908) Flan King of Tara defeats and kills Cormac, King of Cashel.
Boyne (1690 Co Meath) Ballynahinch (Co Down 12-13th June 1798)



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Carlow (Carlow town 23rd May 1798) Clontarf (Co Dublin Good Friday 1014)
Clontarf Reprinted from PW Joyce's Book 'A Concise History of Ireland'  
Clontibret (Co Monaghan 1595) Culdremna (Co Sligo 561)



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The Diamond (21st September 1795) Derry (Siege of 18th April 1689)
Disert O'Dea (Ennis Co Clare 1318) Dollies Brae (July 1849)
Downpatrick (Co Down 16th May 1260) Dublin (919)
Downpatrick (Co Down 1203)



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Fanhart (Co Louth 14th October 1318) .



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Glen Mama (999)  
Glenmalure 25th August 1580  



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Jordans Castle
(1598-1601 Ardglass Co Down)
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Kinsale (21st December 1601) Knock-tuogh (19th August 1504 Co Galway)



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Leth Caim North eastern Ireland (827)  



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Maynooth (1535)  
Moneymore (563 Co Derry) The Cruthan were defeated by the Ui Neill's
  At the battle of Moin Mor Turlough O'Connor and Dermot MacMurrough defeat Turlough O'Brien, King of Munster. Sources report 7000 Munster men killed. 



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Battle of Orra 1558 Co Antrim MacDonnells defeat the MacQuillan's



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Races of Castlebar (Co Mayo 22nd August 1798) .
Rathlin Island massacre (1575) .



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Siege of Limerick (Co Limerick 1690) Battle of Solohead (Co Limerick 967)


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Yellow Ford. 1598 (Armagh) The combined forces of O'Neill, O'Donnell & Maguire overwhelmed an English army led by Sir Henry Bagnell at Yellow Ford on the River Blackwater in Co Armagh, this victory gave O'Neill and his allies control of a considerable part of the country.