Battle of Ballyellis

Battle of Ballyellis
Part of the Irish Rebellion
Date30 June 1798
Location
Result Irish victory
Belligerents
United Irishmen

Kingdom of Great Britain British Army

Commanders and leaders
Joseph Holt Colonel Puleston[1]
Strength
~1,000 (including civilians) ~200
Casualties and losses
None 62 killed

The Battle of Ballyellis on 30 June 1798 was a clash during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Éirí Amach 1798 in Irish), between a surviving column of the dispersed Wexford rebel army and pursuing British forces which resulted in a victory for the rebels.

  1. ^ Maxwell, William Hamilton (1881). History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798: With Memoirs of the Union, and Emmetts Insurrection in 1803. G.Bell and sons. p. 173.