Battle of Prosperous
| Battle of Prosperous | |||||||
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| Part of the Irish Rebellion | |||||||
Attack on Prosperous by George Cruikshank | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United Irishmen |
Government Great Britain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| John Esmonde | Richard Swayne † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 200 | 150 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown, probably few | 40-70 killed | ||||||
Location within County Kildare Battle of Prosperous (Ireland) | |||||||
The Battle of Prosperous was a military engagement between British Crown forces and United Irishmen rebels on 24 May 1798, during that year's Irish Rebellion, in the town of Prosperous, County Kildare.
Prosperous was founded by Sir Robert Brooke in 1780 as a village for processing cotton produced in the Americas.