Battle of Ardnocher

Battle of Ardnocher
Date 10 August 1329
Location near Horseleap, County Westmeath
Result MacGeoghegan victory
Belligerents
Clan MacGeoghegan Lordship of Ireland
Commanders and leaders
William MacGeoghegan Thomas le Botiller †
Strength
? ?
Casualties and losses
? ~140 (Hiberniae)
~3,500 (Four Masters)

Invasion
Duncormac and Wexford (1169)
Post-invasion
Sieges of Dún Béal Gallimhe (1230-47) – Ballyshannon (1247) – First Áth-na-Rí (1249) – Creadran Cille (1257) – Druim Dearg (1260) – Callann (1261) – Áth-an-Chip (1270) – Connor (1315) – Kells (1315) – Skerries (1316) – Second Áth-na-Rí (1316) – Lough Raska (1317) – Dysert O'Dea (1318) – Faughart (1318) – Ardnocher (1329) – Fiodh-an-Átha (1330) – Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele (1385) – Ros-Mhic-Thriúin (1394) – Tragh-Bhaile (1399) – Cluain Immorrais (1406) Belahoe (1539)

The Battle of Ardnocher or Ardnurcher was fought in Ireland on 10 August 1329 between the English and the MacGeoghegans of Cenel Fiachaigh or Kenaleagh, County Westmeath; the English force was defeated.[1] The Annales Hiberniae records that on 10 August 1329, Thomas le Botiller (Butler) attacked the fort of Ardnorcher (now the village of Horseleap) and was defeated by William Gallda MacGeoghegan and killed along with several others including the loss of 140 soldiers.[2] The Annals of the Four Masters offers a different account, giving the date as 1328 and stating that 3,500 English were killed.[3]

References

  1. ^ Annette Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven, A History of Medieval Ireland, Routledge (1980), page 247.
  2. ^ Annales Hiberniae, James Grace of Kilkenny (1537-39), Online version
  3. ^ Annals of the Four Masters, 1328 (M1328.26) Online version