What the records say
- When
- 5 Jun 1646
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 54.41° N, 6.75° W
- Description
- 1646 battle
Battle of Benburb
5 June 1646 battle of the Irish Confederate Wars
The Battle of Benburb took place on 5 June 1646 during the Irish Confederate Wars, the Irish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It was fought between the Irish Confederates under Owen Roe O'Neill, and an army of Scottish Covenanters and Scottish/English settlers under Robert Monro.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “the Battle of Benburb, part of the Irish Confederate Wars, takes place in County Tyrone”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht von Benburb während der Irischen Konföderationskriege zwischen der konföderierten irischen Armee unter Owen Roe O’Neill und einer großteils…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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