What is recorded here
The Battle of Benburb took place on 5 June 1646 during the Irish Confederate Wars, the Irish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It was fought between the Irish Confederates under Owen Roe O'Neill, and an army of Scottish Covenanters and Scottish/English settlers under Robert Monro.
the Scottish Covenanter forces under Robert Monro. The Irish Confederates won a decisive victory, which secured their control over Ulster and weakened Scottish influence in the region.
- Date
- 1646-06-05
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