Battle of Clontibret

When

27 May 1595

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

54.35° N, 6.65° W

Description

1595 battle fought during the Nine Years War

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Battle fought during the Nine Years War

The Battle of Clontibret was fought in County Monaghan in May 1595, during the Nine Years' War in Ireland. A column of 1,750 English troops led by Henry Bagenal was ambushed near Clontibret by a larger Gaelic Irish army led by Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. The English column had been sent to relieve the besieged English garrison at Monaghan Castle.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Clontibret unterliegen im Neunjähriger Krieg erstmals die königlich-englischen Truppen Elisabeth I. den irischen Rebellen unter Hugh O’Neill”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Clontibret en Ulster”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Nine Years' WarMay 1593 · War