Battle of Curlew Pass

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Battle of Curlew Pass
Part of the Nine Years' War
The 'Gaelic Chieftain' statue overlooks the N4 bypass, but is 2 kilometers north east of the battlefield.
Date 15 August 1599 Location near Boyle, County Roscommon 53°59′51.000″N 8°18′43.999″W / 53.99750000°N 8.31222194°W / 53.99750000; -8.31222194 Result Rebel victory
Belligerents
Irish Government Kingdom of England	Rebels
Commanders and leaders
Sir Conyers Clifford † Sir Alexander Radcliffe † Captain Ralph Constable Sir Griffin Markham (WIA) Sir Arthur Savage Henry Cosby †	Red Hugh O'Donnell Brian Óg O'Rourke (WIA) Conor MacDermott
Strength
~1,700[1] 1,500 infantry 200 Cavalry	~2,500 1,500 Infantry 250 Light Cavalry 600 musketeers 160 Gallowglasses
Casualties and losses
850 killed	Low
class=notpageimage| Location within Ireland

The Battle of Curlew Pass was fought on 15 August 1599 during the campaign of the Earl of Essex in the Nine Years' War, between an English force under Sir Conyers Clifford and a rebel Irish force led by Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill (Red Hugh O'Donnell). The English were ambushed and routed while marching through a pass in the Curlew Mountains, near the town of Boyle, in the west of Ireland. The English forces suffered heavy casualties. Losses by allied Irish forces were not recorded but were probably minimal.