Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele

Battle of Tochar Cruacháin Brí Eile
Date1385
Location
near Croghan, County Offaly, Ireland
Result Gaelic victory
Belligerents
Lordship of Ireland Kingdom of Offaly
Commanders and leaders
Murchad MacMoriarty

The Battle of Tochar Cruacháin Brí Eile or Cruachán Brí Eile took place in 1385 near what is now the village of Croghan in County Offaly, Ireland.[1] The battle pitted the Gaelic forces of Uí Failghe, led by Murchadh Ó Conchobhair, against the Normans. The army of Uí Failghe was victorious. "Nugent of Meath, Chambers and his son, and a countless host of the chiefs and plebeians of the English were slain", according to the Annals of the Four Masters.[2]

  1. ^ Annals of the Four Masters, 1385 AD; Eugene O'Curry, Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History, (Dublin, 1860), page 395.
  2. ^ Annals of the Four Masters, 1385 AD