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Clontibret in County Monaghan became a deadly trap in May 1595 when Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, ambushed Henry Bagenal's column of 1,750 English troops. The larger Gaelic Irish army struck without warning, turning a routine march into a massacre that shook the Nine Years' War.

The Battle of Clontibret was fought in County Monaghan in May 1595, during the Nine Years' War in Ireland. A column of 1,750 English troops led by Henry Bagenal was ambushed near Clontibret by a larger Gaelic Irish army led by Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone.

English forces under Henry Bagenal were ambushed and defeated by a larger Gaelic Irish army near Clontibret, County Monaghan, in May 1595 during the Nine Years' War. The Irish victory weakened English control in the region and boosted Gaelic resistance against colonization efforts.

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