The Battle of Knocknanauss was fought in 1647, during the Irish Confederate Wars, part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, between Confederate Ireland’s Munster army and an English Parliamentarian army under Murrough O’Brien. The battle resulted in a crushing defeat for the Irish Confederates.
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| - The Battle of Knocknanauss was fought in 1647, during the Irish Confederate Wars, part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, between Confederate Ireland’s Munster army and an English Parliamentarian army under Murrough O’Brien. The battle resulted in a crushing defeat for the Irish Confederates.
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| - the Irish Confederate Wars
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Commander
| - Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin
- Alasdair MacColla kia
- Theobald Taaffe 1st Earl of Carlingford
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Caption
| - The Rock of Cashel, sacked by English Parliamentarian troops before the battle of Knocknanauss
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Result
| - English Parliamentarian Victory
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combatant
| - English Parliamentarians
- Irish Confederate Catholics Munster army and some Highland Scots
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Place
| - Knocknanauss, County Cork
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| - The Battle of Knocknanauss was fought in 1647, during the Irish Confederate Wars, part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, between Confederate Ireland’s Munster army and an English Parliamentarian army under Murrough O’Brien. The battle resulted in a crushing defeat for the Irish Confederates.
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