Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele

Battle of Tochar Cruacháin Brí Eile
Date1385
Locationnear Croghan, County Offaly, Ireland
Result Uí Failghe victory
Belligerents
Uí Failghe Lordship of Ireland
Commanders and leaders
Murchad mac Muircheartaig Oig ?
Strength
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Casualties and losses
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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

  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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