Battle of Dungan's Hill

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Battle of Dungan's Hill
Part of the Irish Confederate Wars
Date8 August 1647
Location
Dungan's Hill, near Summerhill, County Meath
Result English victory
Belligerents
English Parliamentarians Irish Confederates
Commanders and leaders
Michael Jones Thomas Preston
Strength
5,000 foot
1,500 horse[1]
7,000 foot
1,000 horse[1]
Casualties and losses
Low Over 3,000 killed
Battle of Dungan's Hill is located in island of Ireland
Dungan's Hill
Dungan's Hill
Belfast
Belfast
Dublin
Dublin
Cork
Cork
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]

  1. ^ a b c Plant.