Battle of Glenmalure

Battle of Glenmalure
Part of the Second Desmond Rebellion
Date25 August 1580
Location
Glenmalure, County Wicklow, Ireland
Result Irish victory
Belligerents
Irish of Wicklow,
Old English rebels		  Kingdom of England
Commanders and leaders
Fiach McHugh O'Byrne,
James Eustace, 3rd Viscount Baltinglass		 Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton,
Colonel George Moore
Strength
700 [1] >2,000 [2]
Casualties and losses
Low 360-800 [3]

The Battle of Glenmalure (Irish: Cath Ghleann Molúra) took place in Ireland on 25 August 1580 during the Desmond Rebellions. A Catholic army of united Irish clans from the Wicklow Mountains led by Fiach MacHugh O'Byrne and James Eustace, 3rd Viscount Baltinglass of the Pale, defeated an English army under Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton, at Clan O'Byrne's mountain stronghold of Glenmalure.[4]

  1. ^ Christopher Maginn, 'The Baltinglass Rebellion, 1580: English Dissent or a Gaelic Uprising?', The Historical Journal (2004), Vol. 47, p. 218
  2. ^ Maginn, p. 218
  3. ^ Maginn, p. 221
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference robertobyrne was invoked but never defined (see the help page).