Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele
| Battle of Tochar Cruacháin Brí Eile |
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Uí Failghe |
 Lordship of Ireland |
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Murchad mac Muircheartaig Oig |
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Norman wars in Ireland
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The Battle of Tochar Cruacháin Brí Eile or Cruachán Brí Eile took place in 1385 near what is now the village of Croghan in County Offaly, Ireland.[1] The battle pitted the Gaelic forces of Uí Failghe, led by Murchadh Ó Conchobhair, against the Normans. 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]
References
- ↑ Annals of the Four Masters, 1385 AD; Eugene O'Curry, Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History, (Dublin, 1860), page 395.
- ↑ Annals of the Four Masters, 1385 AD