Battle of Ardnaree in County Mayo

متى

23 سبتمبر 1586

النوع

حدث

إحداثيات

53.90° N, 9.25° W

الموضع: district its text puts it in, County Mayo.

Battle of Ardnaree in County Mayo: English troops under Sir Richard Bingham, governor of Connacht, defeat an Irish-Scottish mercenary army – led by the brothers Donald Gorm MacDonald of Carey and Alexander Carragh MacDonald of Glenarm (both of whom are killed) – fighting on behalf of the rebel Mac Philbins and Burkes.

The Battle of Ardnaree took place during the Tudor conquest of Ireland at Ardnaree on 23 September 1586. The result was a victory for the English over the MacPhillips' and Burkes. The conflict was a part of the political and military struggle, involving the English and occasionally the Scots, for control of northern Ireland. Ardnaree is the anglicised version of Árd na Ríogh, which can be translated as meaning 'Heigh…

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