
What is recorded here
Liscarroll in northern County Cork became a killing field on 3 September 1642 when Irish Confederate and Royalist troops collided during the Irish Confederate Wars. The conflict reached Munster a year after beginning in the north, dragging this quiet landscape into national violence. Soldiers bled onto soil that had never expected such fury, turning familiar ground into a grave for men who perhaps never knew the place before dying there.
The Battle of Liscarroll was fought on 3 September 1642 in northern County Cork, Munster, between Irish Confederate and Royalist troops. The battle was part of the Irish Confederate Wars, which had started in the north in 1641 reaching Munster in 1642.
The Battle of Liscarroll was fought on 3 September 1642 between Irish Confederate forces and Royalist troops in County Cork. The Royalists were victorious, which helped secure their control over Munster during the Irish Confederate Wars.
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- Date
- 1642-07
Places near here
Ch (in Rns)Church · 45 yd
Saint Joseph's Churchchurch/chapel · 205 yd
LiscarrollArchaeological place · 247 yd
Liscarroll (Site of)Enclosure · 291 yd
Windmill HillMountain / peak · 2.9 mi
Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 3.1 mi
Lady's WellSpring · 3.1 mi
Churchtown TrailsVisitor information · 3.1 mi
Ballyhoura WayWalking route · 4.1 mi
European YewEuropean Yew · 6.1 mi
Burial ground in AssolasBurial ground · 6.2 miOther information
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