Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele

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Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele
Date 1385
Location Ireland
Result Ui Falighe victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Ui Falighe English forces
Commanders
O Conchobhair

The Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele is a fourteenth century Irish battle fought in 1385, which took place near what is now the village of Croghan, County Offaly.[1] The battle pitted the forces of Uí Failghe, led by Murrough O Conchobhair, and the English forces in Meath. The army of Uí Failghe was victorious. "Nugent of Meath, Chambers and his son, and a countless host of the chiefs and plebeians of the English were slain", according to the Annals of the Four Masters.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Annals of the Four Masters, 1385 AD; Eugene O'Curry, Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History, (Dublin, 1860), page 395.
  2. ^ Annals of the Four Masters, 1385 AD
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