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Battle of Castlebar

Battle of Castlebar was a battle fought on 27 August 1798 at Castlebar, in what is now Ireland. It was part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. The recorded result: Franco-United Irishmen victory.

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The Castlebar Races - August 27th 1798.
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Fought27 August 1798
WhereCastlebar, Ireland53.861N, 9.299W
OutcomeFranco-United Irishmen victory
BelligerentsFrance; United IrishmenagainstKingdom of Great Britain; Kingdom of Ireland
Part ofIrish Rebellion of 17981798

Where it sits in the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Battle of Prosperous, 1798Battle of Ballymore-Eustace, 1798Battle of Kilcullen, 1798Battle of Naas, 1798Battle of Carlow, 1798Battle of Tara Hill, 1798Battle of the Harrow, 1798Battle of Oulart Hill, 1798Battle of Enniscorthy, 1798Battle of Rathangan, 1798Battle of Newtownmountkennedy, 1798Battle of Three Rocks, 1798Battle of Bunclody, 1798Battle of New Ross, 1798Battle of Antrim, 1798Battle of Arklow, 1798Battle of Saintfield, 1798Battle of Ballynahinch, 1798Battle of Foulksmills, 1798Battle of Vinegar Hill, 1798Battle of Ballina, 1798Battle of Castlebar, 1798Battle of Collooney, 1798Battle of Ballinamuck, 1798Battle of Killala, 179817981798Battle of Castlebar, 1798
25 placed engagements of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date27 August 1798
PlaceCastlebar, Ireland
53.861N, 9.299W
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength1,100
Commanders
  • Jean Joseph Amable Humbert
  • Bartholomew Teeling
Battle of CastlebarBattle of CastlebarBattle of BallinaBattle of KillalaBattle of CollooneyBattle of Curlew PassSiege of GalwayBattle of KillalaBattle of CollooneySiege of GalwayLimerickLondonderry/DerryKilkennySligoOmaghDonegalRos Comain100 km53.861N, 9.299W
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Battle of Castlebar is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 114 in present-day Ireland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2888269, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Castlebar, revision 1382489289, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.