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Battle of Affane

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Battle of Affane
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The Battle of Affane (Irish: Cath Áth Mheáin) was fought in County Waterford, in south-eastern Ireland, in 1565, between the forces of the Fitzgerald Earl of Desmond and the Butler Earl of Ormond. The battle ended in the rout of the Desmond forces.

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Date
1565-02

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Pictures: MonikaLisa2, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Liam Hughes, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Taken by Fanghong, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0; Mac McCarron, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; N Chadwick, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Haydn.hammerton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Dave Spencer, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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