What the records say
- When
- 10 May 1650
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.90° N, 8.96° W
- Description
- 1650 battle
Battle of Macroom
Battle during Cromwell's conquest of Ireland in 1650
The Battle of Macroom was a skirmish fought on 10 May 1650, near Macroom, County Cork, in southern Ireland, during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. An English Parliamentarian force under Roger Boyle,, defeated an Irish Confederate force under David Roche.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Macroom: Irish force defeated by English Parliamentarians”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei der Rückeroberung Irlands besiegt die englische Parlamentsarmee unter Roger Boyle irische Truppen in der Schlacht von Macroom”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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