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Battle of Ballinamuck
Part of the Irish Rebellion

Contemporary plan of the Ballinamuck battle-ground, marking the positions of the opposing forces
Date8 September 1798
Location
53°52′00″N 7°43′00″W / 53.8667°N 7.7167°W / 53.8667; -7.7167
Ballinamuck, County Longford
Result British victory
Belligerents
Battle of Ballinamuck United Irishmen
Battle of Ballinamuck France

Kingdom of Great Britain British Army

  • Kingdom of Ireland Irish loyalists
Commanders and leaders
Jean Humbert Surrendered
Bartholomew Teeling Executed
Charles Cornwallis
Gerard Lake
Strength
~2,350 ~26,000
Casualties and losses
~500 dead
1,144 captured
~200 prisoners executed
~12 dead
16 wounded

The Battle of Ballinamuck (8 September 1798) marked the defeat of the main force of the French incursion during the 1798 Rebellion in Ireland.

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