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| Battle of Dungan's Hill | |||||||
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| Part of the Irish Confederate Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| English Parliamentarians | Irish Confederates | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Michael Jones | Thomas Preston | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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5,000 foot 1,500 horse[1] |
7,000 foot 1,000 horse[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Low | Over 3,000 killed | ||||||
Dungan's Hill
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Ireland and Dungan's Hill
The Battle of Dungan's Hill took place in County Meath, in eastern Ireland on 8 August 1647. It was fought between the armies of Confederate Ireland and the English Parliament during the Irish Confederate Wars. The Irish army was intercepted on a march towards Dublin and destroyed. Although it is a little-known event, even in Ireland, the battle was very bloody (with over 3000 deaths) and had important political repercussions. The Parliamentarian victory there destroyed the Confederate Leinster Army and contributed to the collapse of the Confederate cause and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649.[1]