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Battle of Antrim
Part of the Irish Rebellion
Date7 June 1798
Location
Antrim, County Antrim
Result British victory
Belligerents
Battle of Antrim United Irishmen
Battle of Antrim Defenders

Kingdom of Great Britain British Army

  • Kingdom of Ireland 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

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]

  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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