Battle of Ballinamuck

Battle of Ballinamuck
	Part of the Irish Rebellion
	; Contemporary plan of the Ballinamuck battle-ground, marking the positions of the opposing forces
Date	8 September 1798
Location	53°52′00″N 7°43′00″W / 53.8667°N 7.7167°W; Ballinamuck, County Longford
Result	British victory
Belligerents
United Irishmen; France	British Army Irish loyalists;
Commanders and leaders
Jean Humbert ; Bartholomew Teeling	Charles Cornwallis; Gerard Lake
Strength
~2,350	~26,000
Casualties and losses
~500 dead; 1,144 captured; ~200 prisoners executed	~12 dead; 16 wounded

The Battle of Ballinamuck (8 September 1798) marked the defeat of the main force of the French incursion during the 1798 Rebellion in Ireland.