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Battle of Antrim
Part of the Irish Rebellion
Date
7 June 1798
Location
Antrim, County Antrim
Result
British victory
Belligerents
United Irishmen Defenders
British Army
Loyalists
Commanders and leaders
Henry Joy McCracken James Hope John Storie John Orr
Major Daniel Seddon William Lumley Col Durham Col Cleavering
Strength
~4,000
1 Artillery Piece
~200 – later reinforced by 4000
8 Artillery Pieces
Casualties and losses
~400 killed
~150 killed and wounded
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Irish Rebellion of 1798
Ballymore-Eustace
Naas
Rathangan
Prosperous
Kilcullen
Carnew
Dunlavin
Carlow
Harrow
Tara Hill
Oulart Hill
Kilthomas
Enniscorthy
Gibbet Rath
Newtownmountkennedy
Three Rocks
Bunclody
Tubberneering
New Ross/Scullabogue
Antrim
Arklow
Saintfield
Ballynahinch
Ovidstown
Big Cross
Foulksmills
Vinegar Hill
Ballyellis
Clonard
Castlebar
Collooney
Ballinamuck
Killala
Tory Island
24 October
The Battle of Antrim was fought on 7 June 1798, in County Antrim, Ireland during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 between British troops and Irish insurgents led by Henry Joy McCracken. The British won the battle, beating off a rebel attack on Antrim town following the arrival of reinforcements but the county governor, John O'Neill, 1st Viscount O'Neill, was fatally wounded.[1]
^John Debrett (1816). The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. F.C. and J. Rivington. p. 876.
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