Battle of Connor

Battle of Connor
Part of the Bruce campaign in Ireland
DateSeptember 1315
LocationConnor, County Antrim
Result Scottish/Irish victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Scotland and Irish allies Lordship of Ireland
Commanders and leaders
Edward Bruce Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster
Strength
at least 6,000 unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown unknown

The Battle of Connor was fought on 10 September 1315, in the townland of Tannybrake just over a mile north of what is now the modern village of Connor, County Antrim.[1] It was part of the Bruce campaign in Ireland. Edward Bruce and his Irish allies defeated the 2nd Earl of Ulster's forces following the defection of the Red Earl's allies; who resolved to renounce their servitude to the Anglo-Normans. The capture of Connor permitted Bruce to re-supply his army for the coming winter from the stores the Earl of Ulster had assembled at Connor.[2] Despite this, and another Scottish/Irish victory at the Battle of Skerries, the campaign was to be defeated at the Battle of Faughart.

References

  1. ↑ 'Kells Farm is Built on Famous Battlefields,' Ballymena Guardian, 1/3/79, p.11
  2. ↑ O'Laverty, Rev. James, An Historical Account of the Diocese of Down and Connor Ancient and Modern, JamesDuffy and Sons, Dublin, 1884 p.280