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Battle of Newtownmountkennedy

Part of the United Irishmen Rebellion

Date	30 May 1798
Location	Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow
Result	British victory

Belligerents

United Irishmen

British Army

Strength

~1,000

~140

United Irishmen Rebellion

List of battles during the rebellion
Ballymore-Eustace – Naas – Prosperous – Kilcullen – Carnew – Dunlavin – Carlow – Harrow – Tara Hill – Oulart Hill – Enniscorthy – Gibbet Rath – Newtownmountkennedy – Three Rocks – Bunclody – Tuberneering – New Ross/Scullabogue – Antrim – Arklow – Saintfield – Ballynahinch – Ovidstown – Foulksmills – Vinegar Hill – Ballyellis – Castlebar – Collooney – Ballinamuck – Killala – Tory Island

The Battle of Newtownmountkennedy was a battle fought on 30 May 1798, between forces of the British Crown and a force of Irish Rebels, during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

Sources

Musgrave, Richard. Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland. Third edition. Dublin, 1802.

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