What the records say
- When
- 1462
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 52.35° N, 7.33° W
- Description
- battle in the War of the Roses
Battle of Piltown
Battle in the War of the Roses
The Battle of Piltown took place near Piltown, County Kilkenny in 1462 as part of the Wars of the Roses. It was fought between the supporters of the two leading Irish magnates Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond, head of the government in Dublin and a committed Yorkist, and John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormond who backed the Lancastrian cause.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “War of the Roses – Battle of Piltown: The Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians, in the Lordship of Ireland”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Лето — битва при Пилтауне”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page