What the records say
- When
- 9 Jun 1798
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 54.46° N, 5.83° W
- Description
- battle during the Irish Rebellion of 1798
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Saintfield
Battle during the Irish Rebellion of 1798
The Battle of Saintfield was a short but bloody clash in County Down, Northern Ireland. The battle was the first major conflict of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 in Down. The battle took place on Saturday, 9 June 1798.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Saintfield: troops of the British Army are ambushed by rebels in Saintfield County Down”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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