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| Battle of Kilrush | |||||||
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| Part of the Irish Confederate Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Royalists | Irish Catholic rebels | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Duke of Ormonde | Viscount Mountgarret | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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3,000 infantry 500 cavalry[1] |
8,000 infantry 400 cavalry[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 60 | 500 | ||||||
Kilrush
Dublin
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Ireland and Kilrush
The Battle of Kilrush was a fought during the Irish Confederate Wars. It was fought on 15 April 1642 between a Royalist army under the Earl of Ormonde and Irish Confederate troops commanded by Lord Mountgarret.