Battle of Ballinamuck

Battle of Ballinamuck
Part of the Irish Rebellion

Contemporary plan of the Ballinamuck battle-ground, marking the positions of the opposing forces
Date8 September 1798
Location
53°52′00″N 7°43′00″W / 53.8667°N 7.7167°W / 53.8667; -7.7167
Ballinamuck, County Longford
Result British victory
Belligerents
United Irishmen
France

Kingdom of Great Britain British Army

Commanders and leaders
Jean Humbert Surrendered
Bartholomew Teeling Executed		 Charles Cornwallis
Gerard Lake
Strength
~2,350 ~26,000
Casualties and losses
~500 dead
1,144 captured
~200 prisoners executed		 ~12 dead
16 wounded

The Battle of Ballinamuck (8 September 1798) marked the defeat of the main force of the French incursion during the 1798 Rebellion in Ireland.