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| Battle of Meelick Island | |||||||
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| Part of the Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Irish Confederates | Parliamentarians | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Marquess of Clanricarde | Colonel Daniel Axtell | ||||||
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4,000 foot[1] 500 horse[1] | 3,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,000[1] | Low | ||||||
Meelick Island
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Ireland and Meelick Island
The Battle of Meelick Island took place on Meelick Island in the River Shannon, on the border between Connacht and Leinster in Ireland on 25 October 1650. It was fought between the Irish Confederates and the English Parliamentarians during the Irish Confederate Wars. The battle occurred when an English force under Colonel Daniel Axtell attacked the Connacht Irish army led by Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde. The result was the rout of the Connacht army by Axtell's soldiers.