Battle of Dungan's Hill

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Battle of Dungan's Hill
Part of the Irish Confederate Wars
Date 8 August 1647 Location Dungan's Hill, near Summerhill, County Meath Result English victory
Belligerents
English Parliamentarians	Irish Confederates
Commanders and leaders
Michael Jones	Thomas Preston
Strength
5,000 foot 1,500 horse[1]	7,000 foot 1,000 horse[1]
Casualties and losses
Low	Over 3,000 killed

Dungan's Hill

Belfast

Dublin

Cork

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Ireland and Dungan's Hill

The Battle of Dungan's Hill took place in County Meath, in eastern Ireland on 8 August 1647. It was fought between the armies of Confederate Ireland and the English Parliament during the Irish Confederate Wars. The Irish army was intercepted on a march towards Dublin and destroyed. Although it is a little-known event, even in Ireland, the battle was very bloody (with over 3000 deaths) and had important political repercussions. The Parliamentarian victory there destroyed the Confederate Leinster Army and contributed to the collapse of the Confederate cause and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649.^[1]