Battle of Curlew Pass

Battle of Curlew Pass
	Part of the Nine Years' War
	; The Gaelic Chieftain (1999) by Maurice Harron overlooks the N4 bypass and commemorates the battle.
Date	15 August 1599
Location	near Boyle, County Roscommon53°59′51″N 8°18′44″W / 53.9975°N 8.312222°W
Result	Irish victory
Belligerents
England	Irish alliance
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 1,500 infantry; 200 Cavalry;	~2,500 1,500 Infantry; 250 Light Cavalry; 600 musketeers; 160 Gallowglasses;
Casualties and losses
850 killed	Low
	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 Hugh Roe 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.