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Battle of Kilrush
	Part of the Eleven years war in Ireland and the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Date	15 April 1642
Location	Kilrush, Kildare, eastern Ireland
Result	English Victory
Belligerents
Irish Confederate Catholics militia	English troops
Commanders and leaders
the Viscount Mountgarret	James Butler, Earl of Ormonde
Casualties and losses
c.500	low

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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. Ormonde led a punitive raid into rebel held territory, burning the lands of landowners who had joined the rebellion. His troops marched from Dublin to Portlaoise, re-supplying the English garrison there before returning to Dublin. On their return march, the government troops were intercepted by Mountgarret’s rebel militia at Kilrush, near Athy in County Kildare. The Irish troops were badly equipped and completely untrained, and after a short fire fight, many of them fled. Most of the Irish reached the safety of a nearby bog, where the English horse could not follow, but some of them were overtaken and killed. Irish sources claim their casualties were very light, while Ormonde claimed that over 500 of them had been killed. It is probable that losses on both sides were low. Ormonde afterwards successfully returned to Dublin.

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 |conflict=Battle of Kilrush
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 |date=15 April [[1642]]
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-The '''Battle of Kilrush''' was a minor engagement at the start of the [[Irish Confederate Wars]]. It was fought in April [[1642]] between an [[England|English]] army under [[James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde|the Earl of Ormonde]], and [[Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret]], who led an untrained horde of [[Ireland|Irish]] troops raised during the [[Irish Rebellion of 1641]]. Ormonde led a punitive raid into rebel held territory, burning the lands of landowners who had joined the rebellion. His troops marched from [[Dublin]] to [[Portlaoise]], re-supplying the English garrison there before returning to Dublin. On their return march, the government troops were intercepted by Mountgarret’s rebel militia at [[Kilrush]], near [[Athy]] in [[County Kildare]]. The Irish troops were badly equipped and completely untrained, and after a short fire fight, many of them fled. Most of the Irish reached the safety of a nearby bog, where the English horse could not follow, but some of them were overtaken and killed. Irish sources claim their casualties were very light, while Ormonde claimed that over 500 of them had been killed. It is probable that losses on both sides were low. Ormonde afterwards successfully returned to Dublin.
+The '''Battle of Kilrush''' was a minor engagement at the start of the [[Eleven years war]]. It was fought in April [[1642]] between an [[England|English]] army under [[James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde|the Earl of Ormonde]], and [[Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret]], who led an untrained horde of [[Ireland|Irish]] troops raised during the [[Irish Rebellion of 1641]]. Ormonde led a punitive raid into rebel held territory, burning the lands of landowners who had joined the rebellion. His troops marched from [[Dublin]] to [[Portlaoise]], re-supplying the English garrison there before returning to Dublin. On their return march, the government troops were intercepted by Mountgarret’s rebel militia at [[Kilrush]], near [[Athy]] in [[County Kildare]]. The Irish troops were badly equipped and completely untrained, and after a short fire fight, many of them fled. Most of the Irish reached the safety of a nearby bog, where the English horse could not follow, but some of them were overtaken and killed. Irish sources claim their casualties were very light, while Ormonde claimed that over 500 of them had been killed. It is probable that losses on both sides were low. Ormonde afterwards successfully returned to Dublin.
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