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Battle of Tara Hill

Battle of Tara Hill was a battle fought on 26 May 1798 at Hill of Tara, in what is now Ireland. It was part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. The recorded result: British victory; Ending of rebellion in Meath. Recorded strength: 700 against 4,000.

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Commemorative cross erected during the 150th anniversary commemoration of the battle in 1948.
Commemorative cross erected during the 150th anniversary commemoration of the battle in 1948.. Neil Forrester, Co.Meath, Ireland. http://neil.forrester.ie, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought26 May 1798
WhereHill of Tara, Ireland53.578N, 6.612W
OutcomeBritish victory; Ending of rebellion in Meath.
BelligerentsGreat Britain; British IrelandagainstUnited Irishmen
Casualties and losses30 killedand400 killed
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 Tara Hill, 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

Date26 May 1798
PlaceHill of Tara, Ireland
53.578N, 6.612W
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength7004,000
Casualties and losses30 killed400 killed
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Battle of Tara Hill 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 Q2890115, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Tara Hill, revision 1370590546, 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.