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Irish battles
This page aims to give a list of and links to pages of battles in Irish history.
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Pre-Historic Era
See pre-historic Irish battles
Early Medieval Battles
- 457 - Ath Dara
- 464 - First Battle of Dumha Aichir
- 468 - Bri Ele
- 470 - First Battle of Dumha Aichir
- 476 - First Battle of Granard
- 478 - Ocha
- 480 - Second Battle of Granard
- 489 - Cell Osnadha
- 489 - Tailtin
- 492 - Sleamhain , in Meath
- 493 - Battle for the body of Patrick
- 494 - Ceann Ailbhe
- 496 - Druim Lochmaighe
- 497 - Inde Mor , in Crioch Ua nGabhla
- 499 - Seaghais
- 600 - Loch Semhedidhe
- 701 - Corann
- 800 - Ardrahan
Late Medieval Battles
- 1014 - battle of Clontarf; Brian Boru against King of Leinster.
- 1099 - Craebh Tulla
- 1101 - Grianan
- 1103 - Magh Cobha
- 1171 - Sack of Dublin ; Strongbow takes Dublin
- 1224 - Sack of Ard Abla , in Tethba
- 1225 - Sack of Loch Nen
- 1225 - Sack of Ardrahan
- 1230 - Bun Gallime
- 1230 - Findcairn
- 1247 - Sack of Bun Gallime
- 1249 - First Battle of Athenry
- 1257 - Creadran-Cille ; Normans driven out of Lower Connacht.
- 1257 - Sack of Sligo
- 1260 - battle of Down
- 1270 - Ath an Chip
Bruce Wars in Ireland
- 1316 - Second Battle of Athenry
- 1318 - battle of Dysert O'Dea
- 1318 - battle of Faughart
- 1406 - Cluain Immorrais ; King of Ui Falighe defeats the Galls of Meath.
Early Modern Era
- 1504 - battle of Knockdoe - Fitzgeralds of Kildare defeat the Clanricarde Burkes.
- 1565 - battle of Affane - Fitzgeralds of Desmond defeated by Butlers of Ormonde
- 1567 - battle of Farsetmore - Shane O'Neill defeated by O'Donnell clan.
- 1580 - battle of Glenmalure
- 1581 - sack of Smerwick castle
- 1595 - battle of Clontibret
- 1598 - battle of the Yellow Ford
- 1599 - battle of Curlews Pass
- 1600 - battle of Moyry Pass
- 1601 - battle of Kinsale
Irish Confederate Wars/Wars of the Three Kingdoms
- 1641 - battle of Julianstown
- 1642 - battle of Liscarroll
- 1642 - battle of Kilrush
- 1643 - battle of New Ross
- 1643 - siege of Forthill
- 1645 - siege of Duncannon
- 1646 - battle of Benburb
- 1647 - battle of Dungans Hill
- 1647 - battle of Knocknanauss
- 1649 - battle of Rathmines
- 1649 - siege of Drogheda
- 1649 - battle of Lisnagarvey
- 1649 - first siege of Derry
- 1650 - siege of Clonmel
- 1650 - battle of Scarrifholis
- 1650 - battle of Macroom
- 1651 - siege of Limerick (1651)
- 1652 - siege of Galway
- 1651 - battle of Knocknaclashy
Williamite war in Ireland/War of the Two Kings
- 1689 - siege of Derry
- 1689 - battle of Newtownbutler
- 1690 - capture of Sligo
- 1690 - battle of the Boyne
- 1691 - siege of Athlone
- 1691 - capture of Athenry
- 1691 - seige of Galway
- 1691 - siege of Limerick (1691)
- 1691 - battle of Aughrim
- 1795 - battle of the Diamond - a sectarian faction fight in Armagh, that led to the founding of the Orange Order
- 1798 - battle of New Ross (1798)
- 1798 - battle of Arklow
- 1798 - battle of Vinegar Hill
- 1798 - battle of Antrim
- 1798 - battle of Ballynahinch
- 1798 - Races of Castlebar
- 1798 - battle of Ballinamuck
Modern Times
The 20th century saw a great deal of political violence in Ireland, but very little set-piece warfare and no pitched battles. This page aims to provide a link to the the larger and more strategically significant military actions in this period.
- 1916 Easter Rising - urban insurrection in Dublin
- 1922 Dublin - a week's street fighting in Dublin, including the destruction of the Four Courts
- 1922-1923 Actions of the Irish Civil War
- 1969 "battle of the Bogside " - a period of extended civil unrest and rioting in Derry.
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