Battle of Knocknanuss

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	7,000 foot; 1,200 horse
Casualties and losses
Up to 1,000	Over 3,000

52.52°N 7.89°W / 52.52; -7.89

Knocknanuss

Belfast

Dublin

Cork

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.

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