Battle of Belleek

Battle of Belleek
Part of the Nine Years' War
Date 10 October 1593 Location River Erne near Belleek, County Fermanagh 54°28′52″N 8°05′46″W / 54.4812°N 8.0961°W / 54.4812; -8.0961 Result English victory
Belligerents
Irish Alliance	England Loyalists
Commanders and leaders
Lord Fermanagh	Sir Henry Bagenal Earl of Tyrone
Strength
~600–900	~1,200
Casualties and losses
~300	~few, possibly 3 killed, 6 wounded

The Battle of Belleek, also known as the Battle of the Erne Fords, was fought on the River Erne near Belleek in Fermanagh, Ireland, on 10 October 1593. It was part of the buildup to the Nine Years' War. The battle was fought between a Gaelic Irish army under Hugh Maguire, lord of Fermanagh—who had begun a revolt against the English—and an English Crown expeditionary force under Sir Henry Bagenal, supported by Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. Maguire's force was defeated, but the bulk of his army was unscathed. Hugh O'Neill would later join Maguire in war against the English.