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Battle of New Ross

Battle of New Ross was a battle fought on 5 June 1798 at New Ross, in what is now Ireland. It was part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. The recorded result: British victory. Recorded strength: 2,000 against 3,000.

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1798 monument, New Ross, Co. Wexford. This commemorates the Battle of Ross, part of the insurrection of 1798. There are explanatory plaques on buildings near to the location of episodes in the battle.
1798 monument, New Ross, Co. Wexford. This commemorates the Battle of Ross, part of the insurrection of 1798. There are explanatory plaques on buildings near to the location of episodes in the battle.. Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought5 June 1798
WhereNew Ross, Ireland52.396N, 6.945W
OutcomeBritish victory
BelligerentsKingdom of Ireland; Kingdom of Great BritainagainstUnited Irishmen
Casualties and losses230and1,000–2,800
Part ofIrish Rebellion of 17981798

Where it sits in the Irish Rebellion of 1798

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25 placed engagements of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date5 June 1798
PlaceNew Ross, Ireland
52.396N, 6.945W
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength2,0003,000
Casualties and losses2301,000–2,800
Commanders
  • Sir Henry Johnson, 1st Baronet
  • Luke Gardiner, 1st Viscount Mountjoy
  • Bagenal Harvey
  • John Kelly of Killanne
  • Philip Roche
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Battle of New Ross 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 Q4871883, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of New Ross (1798), revision 1370451654, 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.