Battle of Oulart Hill

Battle of Oulart Hill
	Part of the United Irishmen Rebellion
	; United Irishmen charge at Oulart Hill.
Date	27 May 1798
Location	Oulart, County Wexford
Result	Irish rebel victory
Belligerents
United Irishmen	Kingdom of Great Britain Kingdom of Ireland;
Commanders and leaders
Fr. John Murphy	Colonel Foote
Strength
4,000 – 5,000	110
Casualties and losses
Unknown number killed	105 killed

The Battle of Oulart Hill took place on 27 May 1798 when a rebel gathering of between 4,000 and 5,000 annihilated a detachment of 110 militia sent from Wexford town to stamp out the spreading rebellion in County Wexford.

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