Irish battles - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of major military engagements throughout Irish history

History of Ireland

The first known settlement in Ireland began around 8000 BC, when hunter-gatherers arrived from continental Europe, probably via a land bridge. Few archaeological traces remain of this group, but their descendants and later Neolithic arrivals, particularly from the Iberian Peninsula, were...

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5th century

457 - Ath Dara
464 - First Battle of Dumha Aichir
468 - Bri Ele
470 - Second Battle of Dumha Aichir
476 - First Battle of Granard
478 - Ocha
480 - Second Battle of Granard
483 - Battle of Ochae
489 - Tailtin
491 - Cell Losnaid
492 - Sleamhain, in Meath
493 - Battle for the Body of St. Patrick
Battle for the Body of St. Patrick
The Battle for the Body of St. Patrick occurred shortly after the death of St. Patrick, who died on 17 March 493.-Account in the Annals of the Four Masters:...
494 - Ceann Ailbhe
496 - Druim Lochmaighe
497 - Inde Mor, in Crioch Ua nGabhla
499 - Seaghais

6th century

500 - Lochmagh
501 - Freamhain, in Meath
506 - Luachair
507 - Druim Deargaighe
513 - Battle of Dedna
528 - Luachair
531 - Claenloch
537 - Sligeach
544 - Cuil Conaire
546 - Cuilne
556 - Cuil Uinnsenn
561 - Cul Dremne
563 - Moin Dairi Lothar
571 - Battle of Tola
572 - Battle of Doete
579 - Druim Mic Earca
590 - Eadan Mor
594 - Dun Bolg
597 - Battle of Sleamhain
598 - Eachros

7th century

600 - Loch Semhedidhe
601 - Battle of Slaibhre
622 - Carn Fearadhaigh
622 - Lethed Midinn
624 - Ard Corainn
626 - Leathairbhe
628 - Ath Goan
634 - Magh Rath
645 - Carn Conaill
648 - Cuil Corra
656 - Fleasach
660 - Ogamhain
666 - Battle of Aine
685 - Cenn Conn
686 - Leach Phich
688 - Imlech
696 - Tulach Garraisg

8th century

701 - Corann
702 - Claen Ath
713 - Cam Feradaig
718 - Battle of Almhain
719 - Delgean
721 - Druim Fornocht
724 - Cenn Deilgden
727 - Magh Itha
730 - Bealach Ele
732 - Fochart
733 - Battle of Ath Seanaith
738 - Ceanannus
744 - Ard Cianachta
749 - Ard Naescan
751 - Bealach Cro
759 - Dun Bile
762 - Caill Tuidbig
769 - Bolg Boinne
781 - Ath Liacc Finn
787 - Ard Mic Rime

9th century

800 - Ardrahan
820 - Carn Conain
845 - Dunamase
848 - Battle of Skryne
851 - Battle of Dundalk

10th century

903 - Bealach Mughna
915/916/917 - Battle of Confey
Battle of Confey
The Battle of Confey was a battle fought in Ireland between Norse invaders and the King of Leinster Augaire mac Ailella. The battle was fought in 917 AD and led to the recapture of Dublin by the Norse dynasty that had been expelled from the city fifteen years earlier by Augaire's predecessor...

(year uncertain)
919 - Battle of Dublin
967/8 - Battle of Sulcoit
Battle of Sulcoit
The Battle of Sulcoit was an important victory for the rising Dál gCais against their enemies, the Norse of Limerick under Ivar of Limerick. The Dál gCais army was led by Mathgamain mac Cennétig with the possible assistance of his younger brother Brian Bóruma....
977/8 - Battle of Cathair Cuan
Battle of Cathair Cuan
The Battle of Cathair Cuan refers to a perhaps extended conflict fought in or between 977 and 978, or simply to a single battle in one or the other year, in Munster in Ireland. Attacking were Brian Bóruma and the Dál gCais, while defending were Donnubán mac Cathail and the remainder of the royal...
978 - Battle of Belach Lechta
Battle of Belach Lechta
The Battle of Belach Lechta or Bealach Leachta was an important battle fought in 978 in Munster between Máel Muad mac Brain, King of Munster, and Brian Bóruma, younger brother of Mathgamain mac Cennétig and future High King of Ireland...
980 - Battle of Tara
994 - Sack of Domhnach Padraig
994 - Sack of Aenach Thete
999 - Battle of Glenmama
Battle of Glenmama
The Battle of Glenn Máma or Glenmama was a battle that took place in County Wicklow in AD 999. It was the decisive and only engagement of the brief Leinster revolt of 999-1000 against the King of Munster, Brian Boru...

11th century

1014 - Battle of Clontarf
Battle of Clontarf
The Battle of Clontarf took place on 23 April 1014 between the forces of Brian Boru and the forces led by the King of Leinster, Máel Mórda mac Murchada: composed mainly of his own men, Viking mercenaries from Dublin and the Orkney Islands led by his cousin Sigtrygg, as well as the one rebellious...
1086 - Breach of Crinach
1087 - Conachail, in Corann
Corann
The Corann was a barony in County Sligo in the province of Connacht, Ireland....
1087 - Rath Edair
1088 - Corcach
1090 - Magh Lena, in Meath
1094 - Bealach Gort an Iubhair
1094 - Fidhnacha
1095 - Ard Achad
1098 - Fearsat-Suilighe
1099 - Craebh Tulla

12th century

1101 - Battle of Grianan
1103 - Battle of Magh Cobha
1132 - Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe
Sieges of Galway
The city of Galway, Ireland - built as a naval base and military fort by Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair in 1124, refounded as a military outpost and town by Richard Mor de Burgh in 1230 - has been subjected to a number of battles, sacks and sieges...
1149 - Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe
Sieges of Galway
The city of Galway, Ireland - built as a naval base and military fort by Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair in 1124, refounded as a military outpost and town by Richard Mor de Burgh in 1230 - has been subjected to a number of battles, sacks and sieges...
1151 - Battle of Móin Mhór
Battle of Móin Mhór
The Battle of Móin Mhór was fought in 1151 between the kingdoms of Leinster and Thomond in Ireland. The Kingdom of Leinster was victorious.-References:* The Battle of Móin Mhór, 1151, John V.Kellagher, Celtica 20, 1988....
1169/05 - Beginning of the Norman invasion of Ireland
Norman Invasion of Ireland
The Norman invasion of Ireland was a two-stage process, which began on 1 May 1169 when a force of loosely associated Norman knights landed near Bannow, County Wexford...
1169/05 - Battle of Duncormac
Siege of Wexford (1169)
The siege of Wexford took place in early May 1169 and was the first major clash of the Norman invasion of Ireland. The town was besieged by a combined force of Normans under Robert Fitz-Stephen and soldiers loyal to Diarmait mac Murchadha...

, County Wexford - Norman victory over a combined Irish-Norse force
1169/05 - Siege of Wexford
Siege of Wexford (1169)
The siege of Wexford took place in early May 1169 and was the first major clash of the Norman invasion of Ireland. The town was besieged by a combined force of Normans under Robert Fitz-Stephen and soldiers loyal to Diarmait mac Murchadha...

- Norman victory over a combined Irish-Norse force
1169/05 - Battle of Gowran
Gowran
Gowran is a village and former town in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Gowran Park race course is located nearby. Gowran is located on the N9 national primary road where it is crossed by the R702 regional road.-History:...
1170/05 - Battle of Dundonnell (aka Battle of Baginbun), County Wexford - Norman victory over a combined Irish-Norse force
1170/08 - Battle of Waterford
Waterford
Waterford is a city in the South-East Region of Ireland. It is the oldest city in the country and fifth largest by population. Waterford City Council is the local government authority for the city and its immediate hinterland...

- Norman victory over a combined Irish-Norse force
1170/09 - Sack of Dublin - Norman victory over a combined Irish-Norse force
1174 - Battle of Thurles
1192 - Aughera

13th century

1224 - Sack of Ard Abla
1225 - Sack of Loch Nen
1225 - Sack of Ardrahan
1230 - Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe
Sieges of Galway
The city of Galway, Ireland - built as a naval base and military fort by Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair in 1124, refounded as a military outpost and town by Richard Mor de Burgh in 1230 - has been subjected to a number of battles, sacks and sieges...
1230 - Findcairn
1232 - Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe
Sieges of Galway
The city of Galway, Ireland - built as a naval base and military fort by Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair in 1124, refounded as a military outpost and town by Richard Mor de Burgh in 1230 - has been subjected to a number of battles, sacks and sieges...
1234 - Battle of the Curragh
Battle of the Curragh
The Battle of the Curragh was a battle fought on 1 April 1234 on the Curragh plain in County Kildare, Ireland. The adversaries were men loyal to King Henry III of England on one side, and on the other side Richard Marshal, Earl of Pembroke and Lord of Leinster who lost the battle and later died...
1235 - Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe
Sieges of Galway
The city of Galway, Ireland - built as a naval base and military fort by Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair in 1124, refounded as a military outpost and town by Richard Mor de Burgh in 1230 - has been subjected to a number of battles, sacks and sieges...
1247 - Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe
Sieges of Galway
The city of Galway, Ireland - built as a naval base and military fort by Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair in 1124, refounded as a military outpost and town by Richard Mor de Burgh in 1230 - has been subjected to a number of battles, sacks and sieges...
1249 - First Battle of Athenry
First Battle of Athenry
The First Battle of Athenry was fought on the August 15, 1249 at Athenry, Galway, Ireland. Athenry had existed as a minor settlement prior to its foundation as a town by the de Bermingham family in 1241, and was thus still little more than a military base in hostile territory.The victor of the day...
1257 - Battle of Creadran Cille
1257 - Sack of Sligo
1260 - Battle of Druim Dearg
Battle of Druim Dearg
The Battle of Druim Dearg, also known as the Battle of Down, was a battle between the Normans and Brian Ua Neill , High King of Ireland near Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland in 1260...
1261 - Battle of Callann
Battle of Callann
The Battle of Callann was fought in 1261 between the Normans, under John FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond, and the Gaelic forces of Fínghin Mac Carthaigh, King of Desmond, ancestor of the MacCarthy Reagh dynasty. MacCarthy was victorious...
1270 - Battle of Áth-an-Chip

Bruce Campaign

1315 - Battle of Carrickfergus
1315 - Battle of the Moiry Pass (June)
1315 - First battle of Dundalk (June)
1315 - Battle of Connor
Battle of Connor
The Battle of Connor was fought during 1315 in what is now Connor, County Antrim. It was part of the Bruce campaign in Ireland. Edward Bruce and his Irish allies defeated the 2nd Earl of Ulster's forces following the defection of his allies; who resolved to renounce their servitude to the...

(September)
1315 - Second battle of Dundalk (November)
1315 - Battle of Kells
Battle of Kells
The Battle of Kells was a battle between Edward Bruce and Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. Mortimer was decisively beaten. The battle's outcome however, did not matter, for after, Bruce was defeated in the Battle of Faughart....

(December)
1316 - Battle of Skerries
Battle of Skerries
The Battle of Skerries, also named the Battle of Ardscull, was a battle in the Bruce campaign in Ireland – part of the First War of Scottish Independence – fought on 26 January 1316, resulting in a Scottish victory. It was part of the Irish campaign of Edward Bruce, brother of Robert...

(January)
1316 - Second Battle of Athenry
Second Battle of Athenry
The Second Battle of Athenry took place at Athenry in Ireland on 10 August 1316 during the Bruce campaign in Ireland.-Overview:The collective number of both armies are unknown, and can only be estimated. Martyn believes the royal army to have been as much as or more than a thousand, while that of...

(August)
1318 - Battle of Dysert O'Dea
Battle of Dysert O'Dea
The Battle of Dysert O'Dea took place on 10 May 1318 at Dysert O'Dea near Corofin, Ireland. It was part of the Bruce campaign in Ireland. The Norman Richard de Clare attacked the Gaelic Irish chieftain Conchobhar Ó Deághaidh, chief of the Cineal Fearmaic and ally of Muirchertach Ó Briain, but he...

(May)
1318 - Battle of Faughart
Battle of Faughart
The Battle of Faughart was fought on 14 October 1318 between a Hiberno-Norman force led by John de Bermingham and Edmund Butler, and a Scots-Irish army commanded by Edward Bruce, brother of Robert Bruce, king of Scotland. It was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence and more precisely...

(October)

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1328 - Battle of Thomond
1329 - Battle of Ardnocher
1330 - Battle of Fiodh-an-Átha
1333–1338 - Burke Civil War
1336 - Castlemore-Costello besieged and demolished by the King of Connacht
1340 - Battle of the O Cellaig's
1341 - Battle of the Clan Maurice
1342 - Battle of Beal-atha-Slisen - King of Connacht defeats the King of Moylurg
1343 - Battle of Hy-Many
Hy-Many
Uí Maine, often incorrectly Anglicised as Hy Many, was one of the oldest and largest kingdoms located in Connacht, Ireland. Its territory of approximately encompassed all of what is now north, east and south County Galway, south and central County Roscommon, an area near County Clare, and at one...

- MacFeorais and Clanricarde soundly defeat the Ui Maine. Achadhmona; battle between the O'Donnells, in Tirhugh
1345 - Battle of Lough Neagh - naval battle between Hugh O'Neill and the Clann Hugh Buidhe
1346 - Calry-Lough-Gill - O Rourke soundly defeated by the O Connors. Brian Mag Mathgamna defeats and kills 300 English somewhere in Thomond
1348 - Ballymote besieged and burned by MacDermot, O Connor defeated
1349 - O Melaghlin of Meath defeated in battle by the English
1355 - The English of West Connaught defeated Mac William Burke, and killed many of his people Clanricarde defeats the Mayo Bourkes and the Siol Anmchadha
1356 - Baile-Locha-Deacair
1358 - Hugh O Neill defeats the Fer Managh and Orial. O More defeats the English of Dublin in battle
1359 - Ballyshannon
1366 - Srath-Fear-Luirg
1368 - Oriel
1369 - Blencupa
1369 - Lough Erne - English of Munster and Desmond soundly defeated by O Brian, possibly at Limerick
1373 - Annaly
1374 - Niall O Neill defeats the English
1375 - Downpatrick - Niall O Neill defeats the English
1377 - Clann-Cuilein - Clanricarde and his allies defeated
1377 - Roscommon - Ruaidri O Conchobhair defeats the Mayo Burkes and the Ui Maine
1379 - Dreach - O Neill Mor defeats Maguire
1380 - Atha-leathann - Clanricarde defeated by Bourke of Mayo
1381 - Athlone
1383 - Trian Chongail - Hugh O Neill and Robin Savage kill each other in a cavalry charge
1384 - Carrickfergus "burned by Niall O'Neill, who thereupon acquired great power over the English"
1385 - Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele
Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele
The Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele is a fourteenth century Irish battle fought in 1385, which took place near what is now the village of Croghan, County Offaly. The battle pitted the forces of Uí Failghe, led by Murrough O Conchobhair, and the English forces in Meath. The army of Uí Failghe...

- O Conchobhair, King of Ui Falighe, soundly defeats the English of Meath
1389 - Caislen an Uabhair
1391 - Bealach-an-Chrionaigh
1392 - Ceann-Maghair
1394 - Battle of Ros-Mhic-Thriúin
1395 - Cruachain - the King of Ui Failghe defeats an English expedition. O Donnell defeats and captures the sons of Henry O Neill
1396 - Creag - O Conchobhair Roe defeats O Conchobhair Donn. O Tuathail of Lenister inflicts a severe defeat on the Anglo-Irish
1396 - Sligo - O Donnell and O Connor besiege and burn the town
1397 - Machaire Chonnacht
1397 - Bun-Brenoige
1398 - Eachdruim Mac n-Aodha - the O Tooles and O Byrnes defeat the Anglo-Irish, killing the Earl of March
1398 - Magh-Tuiredh - O Conchobair Roe and allies defeated by McDonagh
1399 - Battle of Tragh-Bhaile
Battle of Tragh-Bhaile
The Battle of Tragh-Bhaile was fought in Ireland in 1399 between the forces of Henry O Neill's sons and the Anglo-Irish. The Anglo-Irish were victorious....

- the Anglo-Irish defeat the sons of Henry O Neill

15th century

1400 - Dunamon.
1406 - Battle of Cluain Immorrais
1444 - Duibhthrian; Sligo burned by the O Donnells, Maguires and O Connors.
1446 - Cuil Ua bh-Fionntain
1449 - Muintir-Maelmora
1452 - Cloch-an-bhodaigh; Coirrshliabh na Seaghsa
1453 - Ardglass (naval battle)
1454 - Inis
1455 - Athlone: The castle of Athlone was taken from the English, having been betrayed by a woman who was in it.
1456 - Cuil Mic an Treoin (Friday 18 May)
1457 - Druim da Ethiar
1460 - Corca Bhaiscinn (naval battle)
1461 - Ceann Maghair
1462 - Waterford taken by the Butlers in a war with the FitzGeralds.
1464 - Sliabh Lugha
1465 - Carn Fraoich
1466 - Offaly; Anglo-Irish army defeated by O Connor
1467 - CrosMoighe-Croin
1468 - Beann-uamha; Scormor, in Clann Chathail mic Murray
1469 - Baile-an-Duibh; The Defeat of Glanog
1473 - Doire-Bhaile-na-Cairrge
1475 - Baile-Locha-Luatha
1476 - Beal Feirste (Belfast)
1478 - Sligo, and the siege of Carrig Lough Ce
1482 - Ath-na-gCeannaigheadh
1483 - Traghbhaile of Dundalk
1484 - Moin-Ladhraighe
1486 - Tirawley
1488 - two sieges of Carraig Lough Ce
1489 - Belfast castle demolished by O Donnell; Ballytober Bride sacked by O Connor Roe
1490 - Maigh Croghan
1493 - Glasdromainn; Beanna Boirche;
1494 - O Donnell besieges Sligo for several months in the summer, but is unsuccessful
1495 - O Donnell besieges Sligo again; battle of Beal an Droichit; siege of Ballyshannon; battle of Termon-Daveog
1497 - Bealach-Buidhe; Beal Ath Daire.
1498 - Cros-Caibhdeanaigh. Dungannon.
1499 - Tulsk. First recorded death in Ireland from a bullet.

16th century

1504 - Battle of Knockdoe
Battle of Knockdoe
The Battle of Knockdoe was a conflict between the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs and Anglo-Norman Fitzgeralds, along with their respective Irish allies. On the 19th of August 1504, the Parish of Lackagh was the site of what appears to have been an unusually bloody conflict, arising from a dispute...

- Fitzgeralds of Kildare defeat the Clanricarde Burkes
1522 - Battle of Knockavoe
Battle of Knockavoe
The Battle of Knockavoe , was fought in 1522 between the O'Donnells, led by Hugh Dubh O'Donnell and Manus O'Donnell, against the O'Neills, in which the O'Neills and their supporters were surprised and routed...

- Clash between O'Donnells and O'Neills
1534 - Battle of Salcock Wood- A force from Dublin is defeated by a coalition of the O'Tooles and Fitzgerald supporters.
1534 - Siege of Dublin Castle
Dublin Castle
Dublin Castle off Dame Street, Dublin, Ireland, was until 1922 the fortified seat of British rule in Ireland, and is now a major Irish government complex. Most of it dates from the 18th century, though a castle has stood on the site since the days of King John, the first Lord of Ireland...

by 'Silken' Thomas Fitzgerald in Kildare
1535 - Siege of Maynooth Castle
Maynooth Castle
Maynooth Castle is a castle in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland.The castle was built before the middle of the 13th century and was the home of the Fitzgerald family from 1176 until the 1534 rebellion of Silken Thomas, the son of the ninth Earl of Kildare...

, the chief residence of Fitzgerald, by English forces
1539 - Battle of Bellahoe Ford - A force led by Leonard Grey routs an O'Donnell/O'Neill force
1565 - Battle of Glentasie
Battle of Glentasie
The Battle of Glentaisie, was an Irish battle fought in the north of Ulster on 2 May 1565. The result was a victory for Shane O'Neill over the Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg. The conflict was a part of the political and military struggle, involving the English and occasionally the Scots, for control of...

- Shane O'Neill
Shane O'Neill
Seán Ó Néill, anglicised Shane O'Neill , nicknamed 'Seán an díomais', was an Irish king of the O'Neill dynasty of Ulster in the mid 16th century. Shane O'Neill's career was marked by his ambition to be The Ó Néill Mór - Sovereign of the dominant Ó Néill Mór family of Tyrone... and thus head...

defeats the MacDonnells of Clan Iain Mor
1565 - Battle of Affane
Battle of Affane
The Battle of Affane was fought in county Waterford, in south-eastern Ireland, in 1565, between the forces of the Fitzgerald Earl of Desmond and the Butler Earl of Ormond. The battle ended in the rout of the Desmond forces...

- Fitzgeralds of Desmond defeated by Butlers of Ormond
1567 - Battle of Farsetmore
Battle of Farsetmore
The Battle of Farsetmore was fought near Letterkenny in Donegal, north-western Ireland, on the 8 May 1567, between the O’Neill and O’Donnell Túath...

- Shane O'Neill
Shane O'Neill
Seán Ó Néill, anglicised Shane O'Neill , nicknamed 'Seán an díomais', was an Irish king of the O'Neill dynasty of Ulster in the mid 16th century. Shane O'Neill's career was marked by his ambition to be The Ó Néill Mór - Sovereign of the dominant Ó Néill Mór family of Tyrone... and thus head...

defeated by O'Donnell clan
1570 - Battle of Shrule
1586 - Battle of Ardnaree - Mercenary Scots entering Connacht are surprised and destroyed by Bingham's army

Mac an Iarla War

1572 - First Sack of Athenry
1573 - Beal an Chip
1577 - Second Sack of Athenry
1577 - Siege of Loughrea
1579 - Lisdalon
1580 - Sack of Loughrea
1580 - Cill Tuathail

Desmond Rebellions

First Desmond Rebellion (1569–1573)

1569 - Siege of Kilkenny
1569 - First Battle of Killamock
1571 - Second Battle of Kilmallock

Second Desmond Rebellion
Second Desmond Rebellion
The Second Desmond rebellion was the more widespread and bloody of the two Desmond Rebellions launched by the FitzGerald dynasty of Desmond in Munster, Ireland, against English rule in Ireland...

(1579–1583)

1579 - Aenachbeg
1579 - Sack of Youghal
1579 - Sack of Kinsale
1580 - Battle of Glenmalure
Battle of Glenmalure
The Battle of Glenmalure took place in Ireland in 1580 during the Desmond Rebellions. An Irish Catholic force made up of the Gaelic clans from the Wicklow Mountains led by Fiach MacHugh O'Byrne and James Eustace, Viscount Baltinglas of the Pale, defeated an English army under Arthur Grey, 14th...
1580 - Siege of Carrigafoyle Castle
Siege of Carrigafoyle Castle
The Siege of Carrigafoyle Castle took place at Easter in 1580 near modern-day Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland on the southern shores of the River Shannon. The engagement was part of the English crown's campaign against the forces of Gerald Fitzgerald, 15th Earl of Desmond during the Second...
1580 - Siege of Smerwick
1582 - Allhallowtide

Spanish Armada

1588 - Crown mobilisation to capture survivors

Nine Years' War

1595 - Battle of Clontibret
Battle of Clontibret
The Battle of Clontibret was fought in County Monaghan in March 1595 during the Nine Years War, between the crown forces of England's Queen Elizabeth and the Irish army of Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone...
1596 - Third Sack of Athenry
1596 - Siege of Galway
Sieges of Galway
The city of Galway, Ireland - built as a naval base and military fort by Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair in 1124, refounded as a military outpost and town by Richard Mor de Burgh in 1230 - has been subjected to a number of battles, sacks and sieges...

, Sack of Bohermore
1597 - Battle of Casan-na-gCuradh
1597 - Battle of Carrickfergus
Battle of Carrickfergus
The Battle of Carrickfergus took place in November 1597, in the province of Ulster in what is now County Antrim, Northern Ireland, during the Nine Years War. It was fought between the crown forces of Queen Elizabeth I and the Gaelic clan of MacDonnell, and resulted in a defeat for the English.-...
1598 - Battle of the Yellow Ford
Battle of the Yellow Ford
The Battle of the Yellow Ford was fought in western County Armagh, Ulster, in Ireland, near the river Blackwater on 14 August 1598, during the Nine Years War ....
1599 - Siege of Cahir Castle
Siege of Cahir Castle
The Siege of Cahir Castle took place in Munster, in southern Ireland in 1599, during the campaign of the Earl of Essex against the rebels in the Nine Years War . Although the castle was considered the strongest fortress in the country, Essex took it after only a few days of artillery bombardment...
1599 - Battle of Wicklow
1599 - Battle of Curlew Pass
Battle of Curlew Pass
The Battle of Curlew Pass was fought on the 15th of 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 Hugh Roe O'Donnell. The English were ambushed and routed while marching through a pass...
1600 - Battle of Moyry Pass
Battle of Moyry Pass
The Battle of Moyry Pass was fought during September and October 1600 in counties Armagh and Louth, in the north of Ireland, during the Nine Years' War...
1601- Battle of Castlehaven
Battle of Castlehaven
The Battle of Castlehaven was a naval battle that took place on the 6th December 1601 in the bay off Castlehaven on the south coast of Ireland during the Nine Years' War between a Spanish naval convoy of six ships and an English fleet, commanded by Admiral Richard Leveson and consisting of four...
1601 - Battle of Kinsale
1602 - Siege of Dunboy
Siege of Dunboy
The Siege of Dunboy took place at Dunboy Castle on 5–18 June 1602, during the Nine Years' War in Ireland. It was one of the last battles of the conflict and was a victory for the English Army.-The Castle:...

Irish Confederate Wars

1641 - Battle of Julianstown
Battle of Julianstown
The Battle of Julianstown was fought during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, at Julianstown near Drogheda in eastern Ireland, in November 1641.- Battle :...
1642 - Battle of Swords
1642 - Battle of Liscarroll
Battle of Liscarroll
The Battle of Liscarroll was fought in County Cork in July 1642, at the start of the Eleven years war. An Irish Confederate army around 6000 strong and commanded by Garret Barry – a professional soldier - was defeated by an English force commanded by a Protestant Irishman, Murrough O'Brien, Baron...
1642 - Battle of Kilrush
Battle of Kilrush
The Battle of Kilrush was a minor engagement at the start of the Eleven years war.It was fought in April 1642 between an English army under the Earl of Ormonde, and Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret, who led an untrained horde of Irish troops raised during the Irish Rebellion of 1641...
1642 - Battle of Glenmaquin
Battle of Glenmaquin
The Battle of Glenmaquin was a battle on 16th June 1642 during the Irish Confederate Wars, the Irish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It was fought between the forces of Confederate Ireland under Sir Phelim O'Neill and the Laggan Army under Sir Robert and Sir William Stewart...
1642 - Sack of the Claddagh
Sieges of Galway
The city of Galway, Ireland - built as a naval base and military fort by Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair in 1124, refounded as a military outpost and town by Richard Mor de Burgh in 1230 - has been subjected to a number of battles, sacks and sieges...
1642 - Siege of Limerick 1642
1643 - Battle of New Ross (1643)
Battle of New Ross (1643)
The Battle of Ballinvegga or Battle of New Ross was a battle of the Irish Confederate Wars fought on 18 March 1643.In the battle, James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde defeated Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara, and an Irish Confederate army north of the town of New Ross in the nearby townland of...
1643 - Battle of Castlelyons
1643 - Battle of Portlester
1643 - Siege of Forthill
1645 - Siege of Duncannon
Siege of Duncannon
The Siege of Duncannon took place in 1645, during the Irish Confederate Wars. An Irish Catholic Confederate army under Thomas Preston besieged and successfully took the town of Duncannon in south eastern Ireland from its English Parliamentarian garrison...
1646 - Battle of Benburb
Battle of Benburb
The Battle of Benburb took place in 1646 during the Irish Confederate Wars, the Irish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It was fought between the forces of Confederate Ireland under Owen Roe O'Neill and a Scottish Covenanter and Anglo-Irish army under Robert Monro...
1647 - Battle of Dungans Hill
1647 - Sack of Cashel
Sack of Cashel
The Sack of Cashel was a notorious atrocity which occurred in the Irish County of Tipperary in the year 1647, during the Irish Confederate Wars, part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
1647 - Battle of Knocknanauss
1649 - Battle of Rathmines
Battle of Rathmines
The Battle of Rathmines was fought in and around what is now the Dublin suburb of Rathmines in August 1649, during the Irish Confederate Wars, the Irish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
1649 - Siege of Drogheda
Siege of Drogheda
The siege of Drogheda at the outset of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. The town of Drogheda in eastern Ireland was held by a combined English Royalist and Irish Catholic garrison when it was besieged and stormed by English Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell...
1649 - Sack of Wexford
Sack of Wexford
The Sack of Wexford took place in October 1649, during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, when the New Model Army under Oliver Cromwell took Wexford town in south-eastern Ireland. The English Parliamentarian troops broke into the town while the commander of the garrison was trying to negotiate a...
1649 - Siege of Waterford
Siege of Waterford
The city of Waterford in south eastern Ireland was besieged from 1649–50 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. The town was held by Irish Confederate Catholic and English Royalist troops under general Thomas Preston...
1649 - Battle of Arklow/Glascarrick
Battle of Arklow (1649)
The Battle of Arklow took place at Glascarrig on the coast road through Arklow in County Wicklow during November 1649. It was fought between the armies of Confederate Ireland , and the English Parliamentarians during the Irish Confederate Wars.-Background:By late October 1649, the Irish had...
1649 - Battle of Lisnagarvey
Battle of Lisnagarvey
The Battle of Lisnagarvey took place near Lisburn, 20 miles south of Carrickfergus, in south county Antrim, Ireland in December 1649. It was fought between the Royalists army and the Parliamentarians during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.-Background:When the army of Oliver Cromwell landed in...
1649 - Siege of Derry (1649)
1650 - Siege of Kilkenny
1650 - Siege of Clonmel
Siege of Clonmel
The Siege of Clonmel took place in April – May 1650 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland when the town of Clonmel in County Tipperary was besieged by Oliver Cromwell’s New Model Army. Cromwell's 8,000 men eventually took the town from its 2,000 Irish defenders, but not before they...
1650 - Battle of Tecroghan
Battle of Tecroghan
The Battle of Tecroghan took place near Trim, in west Leinster, Ireland in June 1650. It was fought between the armies of Confederate Ireland and the English Parliament during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. An English force under Hewson and Reynolds had surrounded the formidable castle of Tecroghan...
1650 - Battle of Scarrifholis
Battle of Scarrifholis
The Battle of Scarrifholis was fought in Donegal North-West Ireland, on the 21st of June 1650, during the Irish Confederate Wars – part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms Cogadh ná Trí Ríocht...
1650 - Siege of Charlemont
Siege of Charlemont
The Siege of Charlemont took place in July - August 1650 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland when the fortress of Charlemont in County Armagh, Ireland was besieged by Charles Coote's Parliamentarian army, which was largely composed of soldiers of the New Model Army...
1650 - Battle of Macroom
Battle of Macroom
The Battle of Macroom was fought in 1650, near Macroom, County Cork, in southern Ireland, during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. An English Parliamentarian force under Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery defeated an Irish Confederate force under David Roche....
1650 - Battle of Meelick Island
Battle of Meelick Island
The Battle of Meelick Island took place on the river Shannon, on the border between Connaught and Leinster, in Ireland in October 1650. It was fought between the armies of Confederate Ireland and the English Parliament during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The battle occurred when an English force...
1651 - Siege of Limerick (1650–1651)
1651 - Battle of Knocknaclashy
Battle of Knocknaclashy
The battle of Knocknaclashy, took place in county Cork in southern Ireland in 1651. In it, an Irish Confederate force led by Donagh MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry was defeated by an English Parliamentarian force under Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery...
1652 - Siege of Galway
Siege of Galway
The Siege of Galway took place from August 1651 to May 1652 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Galway was the last city held by Irish Catholic forces in Ireland and its fall signalled the end to most organised resistance to the Parliamentarian conquest of the country.The English...

Williamite War

1689 - Break of Dromore
Break of Dromore
The Break of Dromore is a name given to a battle fought during the Williamite War in Ireland on March 14, 1689. The battle was fought between Catholic Jacobite troops under Richard Hamilton and Protestant Williamites....
1689 - Siege of Derry
Siege of Derry
The Siege of Derry took place in Ireland from 18 April to 28 July 1689, during the Williamite War in Ireland. The city, a Williamite stronghold, was besieged by a Jacobite army until it was relieved by Royal Navy ships...
1689 - Battle of Newtownbutler
Battle of Newtownbutler
The Battle of Newtownbutler took place near Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1689 and was part of the Williamite War in Ireland between the forces of William and Mary and those of King James II.-The war in western Ulster:...
1690 - Capture of Sligo
1690 - Battle of the Boyne
Battle of the Boyne
The Battle of the Boyne was fought in 1690 between two rival claimants of the English, Scottish and Irish thronesthe Catholic King James and the Protestant King William across the River Boyne near Drogheda on the east coast of Ireland...
1690 - Siege of Limerick (1690)
Siege of Limerick (1690)
Limerick, a city in western Ireland, was besieged twice in the Williamite War in Ireland, 1689-1691. On the first of these occasions, in August to September 1690, its Jacobite defenders retreated to the city after their defeat at the Battle of the Boyne...
1690 - Siege of Cork
Siege of Cork
The Siege of Cork took place during the Williamite war in Ireland in the year of 1690, shortly after the Battle of the Boyne when James II attempted to retake the English throne from King William III....
1690 - Siege of Kinsale (1690)
1691 - Siege of Athlone
Siege of Athlone
Athlone in central Ireland, was besieged twice during the Williamite War in Ireland . The town is situated on the River Shannon and commanded the bridge crossing the river into the Jacobite held province of Connaught...
1691 - Capture of Athenry
1691 - Siege of Galway
Siege of Galway
The Siege of Galway took place from August 1651 to May 1652 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Galway was the last city held by Irish Catholic forces in Ireland and its fall signalled the end to most organised resistance to the Parliamentarian conquest of the country.The English...
1691 - Siege of Limerick (1691)
Siege of Limerick (1691)
Limerick in western Ireland was besieged twice during the Williamite War in Ireland . The city, held by Jacobite forces was able to beat off a Williamite assault in 1690. However, after a second siege in August-October 1691, it surrendered on terms....
1691 - Battle of Aughrim
Battle of Aughrim
The Battle of Aughrim was the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland. It was fought between the Jacobites and the forces of William III on 12 July 1691 , near the village of Aughrim in County Galway....

18th century

1760 - Battle of Carrickfergus
Battle of Carrickfergus (1760)
The Battle of Carrickfergus took place in February 1760 in Carrickfergus, Kingdom of Ireland during the Seven Years War. A force of 600 French troops landed under the command of the Privateer François Thurot overwhelmed the small garrison of the town and captured its castle.When word of the capture...

- Carrickfergus seized by the French for five days.
1795 - Battle of the Diamond
Battle of the Diamond
The Battle of the Diamond was a violent confrontation between the Catholic Defenders and a Protestant faction including Peep o' Day Boys, Orange Boys and local tenant farmers that took place on 21 September 1795 near Loughgall, County Armagh, Ireland. The Protestants were the victors, killing...

- a sectarian faction fight in County Armagh
County Armagh
-History:Ancient Armagh was the territory of the Ulaid before the fourth century AD. It was ruled by the Red Branch, whose capital was Emain Macha near Armagh. The site, and subsequently the city, were named after the goddess Macha...

, that led to the founding of the Orange Order
Orange Institution
The Orange Institution is a Protestant fraternal organisation based mainly in Northern Ireland and Scotland, though it has lodges throughout the Commonwealth and United States. The Institution was founded in 1796 near the village of Loughgall in County Armagh, Ireland...

United Irishmen Rebellion

24 May - Ballymore-Eustace
Battle of Ballymore-Eustace
The Battle of Ballymore-Eustace was one of the events in the United Irish rebellion of 1798. It took place on 24 May 1798 after the stationing of the 9th Dragoons, and members of the Tyrone, Antrim and Armagh Militias at Ballymore in County Kildare near the Kildare-Wicklow border on 10 May...

, Naas
Battle of Naas
The Battle of Naas took place in Ireland on 24 May 1798.-Background:One of the first engagements of the 1798 rebellion, a force of over 1,000 rebels, led by Michael Reynolds attacked Naas, the strongest Crown garrison in County Kildare, following the successful mobilisation of United Irishmen,...

, Prosperous
Battle of Prosperous
The Battle of Prosperous is the name given to a military engagement between the forces of the British Crown and the United Irishmen during the 1798 rebellion...

, Kilcullen
Battle of Kilcullen
The Battle of Kilcullen took place on 24 May 1798 near the two settlements of that name in County Kildare, and was one of the first engagements in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 consisting of two separate clashes between a force of United Irish rebels and British military.-Old Kilcullen 7 a.m:The...
25 May - Carlow
Battle of Carlow
The Battle of Carlow took place in Carlow town, Ireland on 25 May 1798 when Carlow rebels rose in support of the 1798 rebellion which had begun the day before in County Kildare...
26 May - Tara Hill
Battle of Tara Hill
The Battle of Tara Hill was fought on the evening of 26 May 1798 between British forces and Irish rebels involved in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in a heavy defeat for the rebels and the end of the rebellion in County Meath.-Background:...
27 May - Oulart Hill
Battle of Oulart Hill
The Battle of Oulart Hill took place on 27 May 1798 when a rebel gathering of 1,000 annihilated a detachment of militia sent from Wexford town to stamp out the spreading rebellion in county Wexford.-Background:...
28 May - Enniscorthy
Battle of Enniscorthy
The Battle of Enniscorthy was a land battle fought during the Irish Rebellion of 1798, on 28 May 1798, between forces of the British Crown and a force of Irish Rebels at Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland. The attack began at about 1 P.M, when the Rebels drove a herd of cattle through the towns’s...
30 May - Three Rocks
Battle of Three Rocks
The Battle of Three Rocks was a United Irish victory during the 1798 rebellion against a British artillery column marching to reinforce Wexford town against anticipated rebel attack.-Background:...
1 June - Bunclody
Battle of Bunclody
The battle of Bunclody or Newtownbarry as it was then called, was a battle in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, which took place on 1 June 1798 when a force of some 5,000 rebels led by Catholic priest Fr...
4 June - Tuberneering
Battle of Tuberneering
The Battle of Tuberneering was fought on 4 June 1798, during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. it was fought between British troops and insurgents mobilised by the revolutionary organisation named the United Irishmen...
5 June - New Ross
Battle of New Ross (1798)
The Battle of New Ross took place in County Wexford in south-eastern Ireland, during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. It was fought between the Irish Republican insurgents called the United Irishmen and British Crown forces composed of regular soldiers, militia and yeomanry...
7 June - Antrim
Battle of Antrim
The Battle of Antrim was fought on 7 June 1798, in the county Antrim in Ulster, Ireland during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 between British troops and Irish insurgents led by Henry Joy McCracken...
9 June - Saintfield
Battle of Saintfield
The Battle of Saintfield was a short but bloody clash in County Down, in Northern Ireland. The battle was the first major conflict of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 in Down. The battle took took place on Saturday, 9 June 1798.-Background:...
9 June - Arklow
Battle of Arklow
The second Battle of Arklow took place during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 on 9 June when a force of United Irishmen from Wexford, estimated at 10,000 strong, launched an assault into County Wicklow, on the British-held town of Arklow, in an attempt to spread the rebellion into Wicklow and to...
13 June - Ballinahinch
Battle of Ballynahinch
The Battle of Ballynahinch was fought outside Ballynahinch, County Down, on 12 June, during the Irish rebellion of 1798 between British forces led by Major-General George Nugent and the local United Irishmen led by Henry Munro .-Background:...
19 June - Ovidstown
Battle of Ovidstown
The battle of Ovidstown, was a clash between British military and Irish rebels during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. It took place at 19 June 1798 at Ovidstown Hill, about three miles south-west of Kilcock in County Kildare.- Background :...
20 June - Foulksmills
Battle of Foulksmills
The Battle of Foulksmills, known locally as the Battle of Horetown and also known as the Battle of Goff's Bridge, was a battle on 20 June 1798 between advancing British forces seeking to stamp out the rebellion in County Wexford during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and a rebel army assembled to...
21 June - Vinegar Hill
Battle of Vinegar Hill
The Battle of Vinegar Hill was an engagement during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 on 21 June 1798 when over 15,000 British soldiers launched an attack on Vinegar Hill outside Enniscorthy, County Wexford, the largest camp and headquarters of the Wexford United Irish rebels...
30 June - Ballyellis
Battle of Ballyellis
The Battle of Ballyellis on 30 June 1798 was a clash during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 , between a surviving column of the dispersed Wexford rebel army and pursuing British forces which resulted in a victory for the rebels....
27 August - Castlebar
Battle of Castlebar
The Battle of Castlebar occurred on 27 August near the town of Castlebar, County Mayo, during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. A combined force of 2,000 French and Irish routed a force of 6,000 British militia in what would later became known as the "Castlebar Races", or Races of...
5 September - Collooney
Battle of Collooney
The Battle of Collooney refers to a battle which occurred on 5 September during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 when a combined force of French troops and Irish rebels defeated a force of British troops outside of Collooney near Sligo Town...
7 September - Ballinamuck
Battle of Ballinamuck
The Battle of Ballinamuck marked the defeat of the main force of the French incursion during the 1798 Rebellion in Ireland.- Background :The victory of General Humbert at Castlebar, despite gaining him c. 5,000 Irish recruits had not led to a renewed outbreak of the rebellion as hoped...

Several fragments of the rebel armies of the Summer of 1798 survived to fight on both in the hope of the rebellion breaking out again and of French aid. The main guerrilla groupings were:

June - November 1798 - Joseph Holt
Joseph Holt (rebel)
Joseph Holt was a United Irish general and leader of a large guerrilla force which fought against British troops in County Wicklow from June–October 1798. He was exiled to Australia in 1799 where he worked as a farm manager and eventually returned to Ireland in 1814.-Background:Holt was one of six...
23 July 1803 - Robert Emmet
Robert Emmet
Robert Emmet was an Irish nationalist and Republican, orator and rebel leader born in Dublin, Ireland...
1798 -1803 - Michael Dwyer
1798 - 1804 - James Corocoran

Tithe War

1831–1836 - a period of rural insurgency over the payment of tithes to the Established Church.

Fenian Rising

1867 - an abortive attempt at a nationwide rebellion by the Irish Republican Brotherhood
Irish Republican Brotherhood
The Irish Republican Brotherhood was a secret oath-bound fraternal organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland during the second half of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century...

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Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence & Civil War, 1916-22

Only the major engagements of this period are listed below.

Irish War of Independence

1920 November 2 - Battle of Ballinalee
Battle of Ballinalee
The Battle of Ballinalee took place during the Irish War of Independence on 3 November 1920. The Irish Republican Army , led by Seán Mac Eoin, drove a force of British Army and Royal Irish Constabulary from the village of Ballinalee in County Longford....
1921 February 1 - Clonfin Ambush
Clonfin Ambush
The Clonfin Ambush was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army on 1 February 1921, during the Irish War of Independence. It took place in the townland of Clonfin in County Longford...
1921 February 25 - Coolavokig Ambush
Coolavokig Ambush
The Coolavokig Ambush was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army on 25 February 1921, during the Irish War of Independence. It took place at Coolavokig , County Cork...
1921 March 19 - Crossbarry Ambush
Crossbarry Ambush
The Crossbarry Ambush occurred on 19 March 1921 and was one of the largest engagements of the Irish War of Independence. It took place at the rural crossroads of Crossbarry, County Cork, around 20 km south west of Cork city. About a hundred Irish Republican Army volunteers escaped an attempt...

Irish Civil War

1922 - Battle of Dublin
Battle of Dublin
The Battle of Dublin, a week of street fighting in Dublin from 28 June to 5 July 1922, marked the beginning of the Irish Civil War. The fighting began with an assault by the Provisional Government of the proposed Irish Free State on the Four Courts building which had been occupied by a hard-line...
1922 - Irish Free State offensive
Irish Free State offensive
The Irish Free State offensive of July–September 1922 was the decisive military stroke of the Irish Civil War. It was carried out by the National Army of the newly created Irish Free State against anti-treaty strongholds in the south and southwest of Ireland....
1922 - Battle of Kilmallock
Battle of Kilmallock
The Battle of Kilmallock took place between 25 July and 5 August 1922 in County Limerick. It was one of the largest engagements of the Irish Civil War....

IRA Northern Campaigns

1942–1944 - First (unsuccessful) guerrilla campaign by the Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)
Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)
The original Irish Republican Army fought a guerrilla war against British rule in Ireland in the Irish War of Independence 1919–1921. Following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921, the IRA in the 26 counties that were to become the Irish Free State split between supporters and...
1956–1962 - Second (unsuccessful) guerrilla campaign by the Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)
Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)
The original Irish Republican Army fought a guerrilla war against British rule in Ireland in the Irish War of Independence 1919–1921. Following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921, the IRA in the 26 counties that were to become the Irish Free State split between supporters and...

The Troubles

1969 - Battle of the Bogside
Battle of the Bogside
The Battle of the Bogside was a very large communal riot that took place during 12–14 August 1969 in Derry, Northern Ireland. The fighting was between residents of the Bogside area and the Royal Ulster Constabulary .The rioting erupted after the RUC attempted to disperse Irish nationalists who...
1970 - Falls Curfew
Falls Curfew
The Falls Curfew was a British Army operation during 3–5 July 1970 in an area along the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The operation started with a weapons search but quickly developed into rioting and gun battles between British soldiers and the Official Irish Republican Army...

Irish Defence Forces peacekeeping

1960 - Niemba Ambush - Irish platoon ambushed by Baluba tribesmen in the Congo
Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)
The Republic of the Congo was an independent republic established following the independence granted to the former colony of the Belgian Congo in 1960...
1961 - Siege of Jadotville
Siege of Jadotville
The Siege of Jadotville took place in September 1961, during the United Nations intervention in the Katanga conflict in the Congo, central Africa, when a company of Irish UN troops was attacked by troops loyal to the Katangese Prime Minister Moise Tshombe...

- 150 Irish peacekeepers hold out for four days under siege by upwards of four thousand Kataganians in the Congo, while Irish and Swedish troops attempt to break thought to them.
1961 - Second Battle for the Tunnel - Irish 36th Battalion capture a vital communications link in Elisabethville, Congo.
1980 - Battle of At Tiri, South Lebanon. Between Irish and other UNIFIL troops and South Lebanon Army
South Lebanon Army
The South Lebanon Army , also "South Lebanese Army," was a Lebanese militia during the Lebanese Civil War. After 1979, the militia operated in southern Lebanon under the authority of Saad Haddad's Government of Free Lebanon...

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2004 - Gbapa, Nimba county, Liberia - Irish Army Ranger Wing rescue villagers from Government of Liberia (GOL) forces.