Battle of Knocknanuss

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The Battle of Knocknanuss was a major 1647 engagement in County Cork during the Irish Confederate Wars, where English Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated the Irish Confederate army, contributing to the collapse of Confederate military power in Munster.

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instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Knocknanauss ⓘ
armedForcesInvolved artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
belligerent English Parliamentarians ⓘ
Irish Confederates ⓘ
casualties heavy Irish Confederate casualties ⓘ
significant officer losses among Irish Confederates ⓘ
combatantSide Irish Catholic Confederation ⓘ
Parliamentarian forces in Munster ⓘ
commander Alasdair MacColla ⓘ
Murrough O’Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin ⓘ
Theobald Taaffe, 1st Viscount Taaffe ⓘ
commandStructure Irish Confederate forces under Theobald Taaffe ⓘ
Parliamentarian forces under Murrough O’Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin ⓘ
Scottish/Irish troops under Alasdair MacColla within Confederate army ⓘ
commemoratedIn Irish military history ⓘ
conflict Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
date 13 November 1647 ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
followedBy Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
hasCause conflict between Irish Catholic Confederation and English Parliament ⓘ
historicalPeriod Irish Confederate Wars (1641–1653) ⓘ
location County Cork ⓘ
Munster ⓘ
militaryTheater south-west Ireland ⓘ
opponentOf Alasdair MacColla ⓘ
Murrough O’Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin ⓘ
Theobald Taaffe, 1st Viscount Taaffe ⓘ
partOf Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
partOfCampaign Munster campaign of 1647 ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Dungan’s Hill ⓘ
primaryOpposingForce Munster Confederate army ⓘ
Munster Parliamentarian army ⓘ
region near Mallow, County Cork ⓘ
result Parliamentarian victory ⓘ
significance contributed to collapse of Confederate military power in Munster ⓘ
decisive defeat of Irish Confederate army in Munster ⓘ
weakened Irish Catholic Confederate resistance ⓘ
strategicEffect secured Parliamentarian control of much of Munster ⓘ
undermined Confederate political position in southern Ireland ⓘ
tacticalOutcome rout of Irish Confederate forces ⓘ
typeOfEngagement pitched battle ⓘ
year 1647 ⓘ

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Irish Confederate Wars → significantEvent → Battle of Knocknanuss ⓘ
Battle of Knocknanuss → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Knocknanauss ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Knocknanuss
Munster campaign of 1647 → hasPart → Battle of Knocknanuss ⓘ
Alasdair MacDonald → notableEvent → Battle of Knocknanuss (1647) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Knocknanuss
Alexander MacDonald → notableEvent → Battle of Knocknanuss (1647) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Knocknanuss
Alexander MacDonald → participantIn → Battle of Knocknanuss (1647) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Knocknanuss