Battle of Rathmines

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The Battle of Rathmines was a significant 1649 engagement in Dublin during the Irish Confederate Wars, where English Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated a combined Royalist-Confederate army, securing control of the city.

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Battle of Rathmines canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
armedForcesInvolved New Model Army
surface form: New Model Army elements
associatedWith English Civil War
surface form: English Civil Wars

Royalist cause of Charles II
belligerent Parliamentarians
surface form: English Parliamentarians

Irish Catholic Confederation
surface form: Irish Confederates

Royalists
campaign Parliamentarian campaign in Ireland
combatants cavalry
infantry
commander James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
Michael Jones
commanderSide James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
surface form: James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond – Royalist

Michael Jones – Parliamentarian
conflict Irish Confederate Wars
continent Europe
country Island of Ireland
surface form: Ireland
date 2 August 1649
era 17th century
followedBy Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
geographicalContext south of Dublin city centre
historicalPeriod Early modern period
impact facilitated Parliamentarian landings in Ireland
weakened Royalist-Confederate position in Ireland
location Dublin
Rathmines
notableFeature surprise attack by Parliamentarian forces
opponent Royalist–Confederate alliance phase
surface form: Royalist-Confederate alliance
partOf Wars of the Three Kingdoms
precededBy Parliamentarian defense of Dublin
primaryLanguageOfForces English
primaryReligionOfConfederateForces Roman Catholic
primaryReligionOfParliamentarianForces Protestant
region Leinster
relatedEvent Siege of Dublin
surface form: Siege of Dublin (1649)
relatedFigure Oliver Cromwell
result Parliamentarian victory
significance decisive defeat of Royalist-Confederate forces near Dublin
ensured Dublin as a base for Oliver Cromwell’s army
strategicOutcome prevented Royalist-Confederate capture of Dublin
secured Parliamentarian control of Dublin
theatre Irish Confederate Wars
surface form: Irish Confederate Wars – Leinster theatre
typeOfWarfare land battle
year 1649

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Battle of Dungan's Hill precededBy Battle of Rathmines