Battle of New Ross (1798)

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Battle of New Ross
Part of the Irish Rebellion
"Battle of New Ross" by George Cruikshank (1845)
Date 5 June 1798 Location New Ross, County Wexford Result British victory
Belligerents
Ireland  Great Britain	United Irishmen
Commanders and leaders
Sir Henry Johnson Lord Mountjoy †	Bagenal Harvey John Kelly (WIA) Philip Roche
Strength
2,000	3,000
Casualties and losses
c. 230	c.1,000–2,800

The Battle of New Ross was a military engagement which took place in New Ross, County Wexford during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. It was fought between the Society of United Irishmen rebels and government forces garrisoning the town. The attack on the town of New Ross on the River Barrow, was an attempt by the recently victorious rebels to break out of county Wexford across the river Barrow and to spread the rebellion into county Kilkenny and the outlying province of Munster.