What the records say
- When
- 2 Aug 1649
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 53.33° N, 6.26° W
- Description
- 1649 battle
Battle of Rathmines
1649 battle
The Battle of Rathmines, 2 August 1649, took place outside Dublin, in the suburb of Rathmines. Part of the Irish Confederate Wars and 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, it has been described as the 'decisive battle of the Engagement in Ireland.'
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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 Rathmines – a combined Irish Confederate and English Royalist force trying to besiege Dublin is routed by the English Parliamentarians with heavy…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Rathmines überrascht die zahlenmäßig kleinere New Model Army bei Dublin ein gemeinsames Heer von irischen Konföderierten und englischen…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page