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Battle of Three Rocks
Part of the Irish Rebellion
Monument at the site of the battle. Erected in 1952.
Date
30 May 1798
Location
Forth Mountain, County Wexford
Result
Irish victory. British abandon Wexford.
Belligerents
United Irishmen
British Army
Loyalists
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Cloney Robert Carty John Kelly Michael Furlong
Captain Adams Lieutenant Birch
Strength
1,000–2,000
100
Casualties and losses
Unknown
70 dead, 18 captured
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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
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