battle, early modern

Battle of Meelick Island

Name: Battle of Meelick Island
Start: 1650-10-25
Location: Meelick, Ireland

Battle of Meelick Island was a battle fought on 25 October 1650 at Meelick, in what is now Ireland. It was part of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. The recorded result: Parliamentarian victory. Recorded strength: 4,000 foot; 500 horse against 3,000.

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Fought25 October 1650

WhereMeelick, Ireland53.169N, 8.082W

OutcomeParliamentarian victory

BelligerentsIrish ConfederatesagainstParliamentarians

Casualties and losses1,000andLow

Part ofCromwellian conquest of Ireland

Where it sits in the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland

4 placed engagements of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	25 October 1650
Place	Meelick, Ireland 53.169N, 8.082W
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	4,000 foot; 500 horse	3,000
Casualties and losses	1,000	Low
Commanders	Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde	Daniel Axtell

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Aughrim 1691, 21 km NW
Siege of Athlone 1691, 31 km N
Siege of Athlone 1690, 31 km N
Second Battle of Athenry 1316, 47 km W
First Battle of Athenry 1249, 47 km W

In the same war

Before: Battle of Scarrifholis 21 June 1650
After: Battle of Knocknaclashy July 1651
All 4 engagements of Cromwellian conquest of Ireland

Elsewhere in 1650

Battle of Meelick Island is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 114 in present-day Ireland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871706, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Meelick Island, revision 1370449447, 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.