Battle of Dungan's Hill

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The Battle of Dungan's Hill was a major 1647 engagement in County Meath during the Irish Confederate Wars, where English Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated an Irish Confederate army, leading to heavy Confederate losses and weakening their position in Leinster.

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Battle of Dungan's Hill canonical 4
Battle of Dungan’s Hill 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Knocknacross
belligerent Parliament of England
surface form: English Parliamentarians

Irish Confederates
campaign Parliamentarian campaign to secure Dublin and Leinster
casualties high Confederate casualties
category 17th-century battles in Ireland
Battles involving Ireland
Irish Confederate Wars
surface form: Battles of the Irish Confederate Wars
combatant1 Irish Confederates
surface form: Irish Confederate army of Leinster
combatant2 English Army
surface form: English Parliamentarian army in Ireland
commander1 Thomas Preston
commander2 Michael Jones
conflict Irish Confederate Wars
consequence collapse of Confederate military power in Leinster
heavy Confederate casualties
loss of much of the Leinster Confederate field army
strengthening of Parliamentarian control in eastern Ireland
country Ireland
date 1647-08-08
era 17th century
followedBy subsequent Parliamentarian advances in Leinster
geographicalFeature near Dungan's Hill, County Meath
historicalPeriod Irish Confederate Wars
surface form: Irish Confederate Wars (1641–1653)
involved English and Anglo-Irish Parliamentarian troops
Irish Catholic Confederate soldiers
location County Meath
Leinster
opponentOf Royalist forces allied with some Confederates
partOf Irish Confederate Wars
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
precededBy Battle of Rathmines
relatedTo English Parliamentarian army in Ireland under Michael Jones
Irish Catholic Confederation
surface form: Irish Confederate Leinster army
result Parliamentarian victory
significance major defeat for the Irish Confederates in Leinster
strategicObjective Confederate attempt to threaten Dublin
strategicOutcome Parliamentarian security of Dublin maintained
tactics Parliamentarian surprise attack on marching Confederate column
theatre Irish Confederate Wars in Leinster
year 1647

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Irish Confederate Wars significantEvent Battle of Dungan's Hill
Battle of Knocknanuss precededBy Battle of Dungan's Hill
this entity surface form: Battle of Dungan’s Hill
Munster campaign of 1647 hasPart Battle of Dungan's Hill
Michael Jones notableEvent Battle of Dungan's Hill
Battle of Knocknacross alsoKnownAs Battle of Dungan's Hill