Battle of Clones

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The Battle of Clones was a 1643 engagement in County Monaghan during the Irish Confederate Wars, where Owen Roe O'Neill’s Irish Confederate forces were defeated by Scottish Covenanter and Protestant troops.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
associatedWith Irish Confederate Wars in Ulster
belligerent Irish Confederates
surface form: Irish Confederate forces

Protestant troops
Scottish Covenanter forces
combatantCommander Owen Roe O'Neill
commander Owen Roe O'Neill
conflict Irish Confederate Wars
conflictType land battle
country Ireland
date 1643
era 17th century
Early modern period
hasParticipant Irish Confederates
surface form: Irish Confederate Army in Ulster

Owen Roe O'Neill
location Clones
County Monaghan
notableFor defeat of Owen Roe O'Neill's Irish Confederate forces
opponent Protestant troops
Scottish Covenanter army
surface form: Scottish Covenanter forces
partOf Irish Confederate Wars
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
region Ulster
result Scottish Covenanter and Protestant victory
side Irish Catholic Confederation
surface form: Irish Confederates

Scottish Covenanters
year 1643

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Owen Roe O'Neill battle Battle of Clones