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| Battle of Clones | |||||||
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| Part of the Irish Confederate Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Irish Confederation | English and Scottish Settlers | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Owen Roe O'Neill | Sir Robert Stewart | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Ulster Army | Laggan Army | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| c. 1,600[1] | c. 3,000[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| c. 150[3] | 29[3] | ||||||
Clones
Belfast
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Ireland and Clones
The Battle of Clones occurred on 13 June 1643 during the Irish Confederate Wars, when Irish Confederate forces commanded by Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill (Owen Roe O'Neill) were decisively defeated near Clones in County Monaghan by the Protestant Laggan Army commanded by Sir Robert Stewart.
- ^ Hamilton (1920), p. 288.
- ^ Mórdha (1962), p. 150.
- ^ a b Mórdha (1962), p. 153.