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The Battle of Benburb

Benburb, County Tyrone

The greatest Irish victory of the Confederate Wars.

At Benburb in 1646, the Irish army of Owen Roe O'Neill defeated a Scottish Covenanter army under Robert Monro. O'Neill pinned the Scots against the River Blackwater, and thousands were killed.

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When
5 June 1646
Where
54.4100, -6.7300
Group
Battlefields

Visiting

Benburb Castle ruins stand above the river gorge.

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