Battle of Knocknanuss

When

13 Nov 1647

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

52.52° N, 7.89° W

Description

1647 battle

1647 battle of the Irish Confederate Wars

The Battle of Knocknanauss was fought in 1647, during the Irish Confederate Wars, part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, between Confederate Ireland’s Munster army and an English Parliamentarian army under Murrough O’Brien. The battle resulted in a crushing defeat for the Irish Confederates.

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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 “Battle of Knocknanuss: An Irish confederate force is destroyed by the army of Parliament; Alasdair MacColla is killed”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Englische Revolutionsarmee besiegt die Truppen der Konföderation Irland in der Schlacht von Knocknanauss”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire des Parlementaires du comte d'Inchiquin sur les confédérés irlandais du Munster à la bataille de Knocknanuss”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Irish Confederate WarsOct 1641 · War