Battle of Knocknanuss

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Battle of Knocknanuss
Part of the Irish Confederate Wars
Date13 November 1647
Location
Knocknanauss, County Cork
Result English Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Parliamentarians

Confederate Ireland

Commanders and leaders
Baron Inchiquin Earl of Carlingford
Sir Alistair MacColla †
Strength
6,000 foot
1,200 horse		 7,000 foot
1,200 horse
Casualties and losses
Up to 1,000 Over 3,000
Knocknanuss
Belfast
Dublin
Cork
Ireland and Knocknanuss

The Battle of Knocknanauss was fought in 1647, during the Irish Confederate Wars, part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, between Confederate Ireland’s Munster army and an English Parliamentarian army under Murrough O’Brien. The battle resulted in a crushing defeat for the Irish Confederates.

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