Battle of Kilmacrennan
Appearance
Battle of Kilmacrennan | |||||||
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Part of O'Doherty's Rebellion | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Sir Richard Wingfield | Sir Cahir O'Doherty † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
unknown | 1,000 |
The Battle of Kilmacrennan was a skirmish fought near
garrison town of Derry, killing his enemy George Paulet. O'Doherty raised local forces and possibly hoped to negotiate an agreement with the government as had been common with leaders of previous rebellions.[1]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Dublin_Gate_1608_displaying_the_heads_of_Irish_rebels_Cahir_O%27Doherty_and_Felim_Riabhach_McDavitt.jpg/220px-Dublin_Gate_1608_displaying_the_heads_of_Irish_rebels_Cahir_O%27Doherty_and_Felim_Riabhach_McDavitt.jpg)
However, the
Royal Irish Army and Gaelic warriors allied to the government. They met the rebels at Kilmacrennan and O'Doherty was killed by a musket shot to the head. His troops' morale collapsed and they fled the field. A £500 bounty had been placed on O'Doherty and, while a number of outlandish legends exist about the fate of his severed head, a reward was given to an infantry soldier John Trendor by the Dublin government.[2] With O'Doherty's death, the rebellion quickly collapsed, the final forces retreating to Tory Island, where they were successfully besieged
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References
Bibliography
- McCavitt, John. The Flight of the Earls. Gill & MacMillan, 2002.