Battle of Rathangan
Battle of Rathangan | |||||||
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Part of the United Irishmen Rebellion | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Captain Doorley | Captain James Spencer Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Mahon | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
300 dead | 20 dead |
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- Ballymore-Eustace
- Naas
- Rathangan
- Prosperous
- Kilcullen
- Carnew
- Dunlavin
- Carlow
- Harrow
- Tara Hill
- Oulart Hill
- Kilthomas
- Enniscorthy
- Gibbet Rath
- Newtownmountkennedy
- Three Rocks
- Bunclody
- Tubberneering
- New Ross/Scullabogue
- Antrim
- Arklow
- Saintfield
- Ballynahinch
- Ovidstown
- Big Cross
- Foulksmills
- Vinegar Hill
- Ballyellis
- Clonard
- Castlebar
- Collooney
- Ballinamuck
- Killala
- Tory Island
- 24 October
The Battle of Rathangan was a military engagement between the forces of the British Crown and the United Irishmen during the 1798 rebellion.
On 24 May 1798 a group of rebels from the United Irishmen led by a Captain Doorley attacked the town of Rathangan, County Kildare, which was being defended by a small corps of yeomanry led by Captain James Spencer; the rebels held the town for four days.[1] On 28 May 1798 two squadrons of the 7th Dragoon Guards were sent to re-capture the town. The commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Mahon, took one squadron into the town while the other waited outside. A pitched battle then took place with heavy losses on both sides.[2]
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