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The Battle of the Yellow Ford

Near Armagh

The worst defeat ever suffered by an English army in Ireland.

In August 1598 an English army marching to relieve a fort on the River Blackwater was ambushed by Hugh O'Neill's forces at a ford over the Callan River. The English commander, Henry Bagenal, was shot dead, and his army was routed.

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When
14 August 1598
Where
54.3600, -6.6200
Group
Battlefields

Visiting

The battlefield lies in farmland north of Armagh.

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