Battle of Vinegar Hill

Battle of Vinegar Hill
Part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798

"Defeat at Vinegar Hill" by George Cruikshank (1845)
Date21 June 1798
Location
52°30′05″N 6°34′11″W / 52.50139°N 6.56972°W / 52.50139; -6.56972
Enniscorthy, County Wexford
Result Government/British victory
Belligerents
 Ireland
 Great Britain
United Irishmen
Commanders and leaders
Francis Needham
Gerard Lake
Henry Johnson
James Duff
David Dundas
Anthony Perry
John Murphy
Myles Byrne
Mogue Kearns
Strength
~13,000[1] ~16,000[1]
Casualties and losses
~100 killed and wounded ~1,200 killed[1][2][3]

The Battle of Vinegar Hill (Irish: Cath Chnoc Fhíodh na gCaor) was a military engagement during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 on 21 June 1798 between a force of approximately 13,000 government troops under the command of Gerard Lake and 16,000 United Irishmen rebels led by Anthony Perry. The battle, a major rebel defeat, took place on 21 June 1798 on a large rebel camp on Vinegar Hill and in the streets of Enniscorthy, County Wexford and marked the last major attempt by the rebels to hold and control territory taken in Wexford.

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Gardner was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Reinterpreting the 1798 Rebellion in County Wexford – Kevin Whelan, p. 28 in The Mighty Wave – The 1798 Rebellion in County Wexford (1996) ISBN 1851822534 (Eds. Keogh & Furlong)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference MacLaren was invoked but never defined (see the help page).