Battle of Vinegar Hill

Battle of Vinegar Hill
Part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798
"Defeat at Vinegar Hill" by George Cruikshank (1845)
Date 21 June 1798 Location 52°30′05″N 6°34′11″W / 52.50139°N 6.56972°W / 52.50139; -6.56972 Enniscorthy, County Wexford Result Government/British victory
Belligerents
Ireland  Great Britain	United Irishmen
Commanders and leaders
Francis Needham Gerard Lake Henry Johnson James Duff David Dundas	Anthony Perry John Murphy Myles Byrne Mogue Kearns
Strength
~13,000[1]	~16,000[1]
Casualties and losses
~100 killed and wounded	~1,200 killed[1][2][3]

The Battle of Vinegar Hill (Irish: Cath Chnoc Fhíodh na gCaor) was a military engagement during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 on 21 June 1798 between a force of approximately 13,000 government troops under the command of Gerard Lake and 16,000 United Irishmen rebels led by Anthony Perry. The battle, a major rebel defeat, took place on 21 June 1798 on a large rebel camp on Vinegar Hill and in the streets of Enniscorthy, County Wexford and marked the last major attempt by the rebels to hold and control territory taken in Wexford.