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Battle of the Yellow Ford

Battle of the Yellow Ford was a battle fought on 14 August 1598 at County Armagh, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of the Nine Years' War, which ran from 1593 to 1603. The recorded result: Irish victory. Recorded strength: 5,000 against 3,500–6,000.

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Plan of the battle of the Yellow Ford (c. 1907)
Plan of the battle of the Yellow Ford (c. 1907). Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought14 August 1598
WhereCounty Armagh, United Kingdom54.384N, 6.945W
OutcomeIrish victory
BelligerentsEngland; LoyalistsagainstIrish alliance
Casualties and losses1,500 killedandLight
Part ofNine Years' War1593 to 1603

Where it sits in the Nine Years' War

Battle of Belleek, 1593Siege of Enniskillen, 1594Battle of the Ford of the Biscuits, 1594Battle of Clontibret, 1595Battle of Carrickfergus, 1597Battle of the Yellow Ford, 1598Siege of Cahir Castle, 1599Battle of Curlew Pass, 1599Battle of Moyry Pass, 1600Battle of Lifford, 1600Siege of Donegal, 1601Siege of Kinsale, 1601Battle of Castlehaven, 1601Siege of Dunboy, 160215931602Battle of the Yellow Ford, 1598
14 placed engagements of the Nine Years' War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date14 August 1598
PlaceCounty Armagh, United Kingdom
54.384N, 6.945W
KindBattle, early modern
Strength5,0003,500–6,000
Casualties and losses1,500 killedLight
Commanders
  • Henry Bagenal
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Battle of the Yellow Ford is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1973800, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of the Yellow Ford, revision 1382113125, 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.