Battle of Antrim

Name: Battle of Antrim
Start: 1798

1798 CE.

Shown on the map at 54.722°, -6.231°.

The Battle of Antrim was fought on 7 June 1798, in County Antrim, Ireland, during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 between British troops and Irish insurgents led by Henry Joy McCracken. The British won the battle, beating off a rebel attack on Antrim town following the arrival of reinforcements, but the county governor, the 1st Viscount O'Neill, was fatally wounded.

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