Battle of Knocknanuss

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Battle of Knocknanuss
Part of the Irish Confederate Wars
Date 13 November 1647 Location Knocknanauss, County Cork Result Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Parliamentarians	Confederates
Commanders and leaders
Baron Inchiquin	Earl of Carlingford Sir Alistair MacColl †
Strength
6,000 foot 1,200 horse[1]	7,000 foot 1,200 horse[1][2]
Casualties and losses
Up to 1,000	Over 3,000

Knocknanuss

Belfast

Dublin

Cork

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Ireland and Knocknanuss

The Battle of Knocknanauss was fought in 1647, during the Irish Confederate Wars, part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, between Confederate Ireland’s Munster army and an English Parliamentarian army under Murrough O’Brien. The battle resulted in a crushing defeat for the Irish Confederates.