Battle of Arklow (1649)

52°47′39″N 6°09′54″W / 52.7941°N 6.1649°W / 52.7941; -6.1649

Battle of Arklow (1649)
Part of the Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland
Date1 November 1649
Location
Result English victory
Belligerents
Royalists
Irish Confederation
 Commonwealth of England
Commanders and leaders
Earl of Inchiquin
Earl of Carlingford
Maj. Nelson
Strength
2,500 Cavalry[1] 500 Cavalry
1,500 Infantry[1]
Casualties and losses
Low Low
Battle of Arklow (1649) is located in Ireland
Arklow
Arklow
Belfast
Belfast
Dublin
Dublin
Ireland and Arklow

The Battle of Arklow was a minor skirmish that took place at Glascarrig on the coast road near Arklow in County Wicklow on 1 November 1649. It was fought between the army of the Parliamentarians and the combined forces of the Irish Royalists and Confederates during the Irish Confederate Wars.[2]