Battle of Thomond
| Battle of Thomond | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Lord Thomond's forces | Earl of Ulster's forces | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Maurice FitzGerald Brian O'Brien |
William Burke Murtaugh O'Brien | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 80 | |||||||
The Battle of Thomond (
Anglo-Irish
figures on both sides.
Background
The Battle of Thomond was largely the culmination of power struggles in Northern
Kingdom of Thomond had seen them fight on opposing sides at the Battle of Dysert O'Dea in 1318. A year earlier, Muirchertach's brother Diarmait had killed Brian Bán's brother Donnchad near Corcomroe Abbey, County Clare
.
In 1322, Brian Bán attacked and burned the English fortress of Atthassol on the
King of Ireland. Fitzgerald was a rival of William de Burgh.[1]
The Battle
Im July 1328 de Burgh, under whose protection Atthassol fell, joined forces with Muirchertach and raised an allied force of Hiberno-Normans as well as some allied Gaelic families the
O'Connors of Connacht, and marched into Thomond. In response, Brian Bán formed an army consisting of his own local allies including Maurice Fitzgerald. The battle resulted in a victory for Ó Briain and Fitzgerald, who lost only 80 men.[2]
The Annals of the Four Masters records that in 1328, an army led by Murtough O'Brien and the Clann-Cuilein the Mac Namaras against Brian; but Murtough was defeated, and Conor O'Brien, Donnell of the Donnells, the son of Cumara Mac Namara, with many others, were slain.[3]
See also
- Burke Civil War, 1330s
References
- ^ "O'Brien (Ó Briain), Brian Bán". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ Patrick White, History of Clare and the Dalcassian Clans of Tipperary, Limerick, and Galway, M. H. Gill & son (1893), page 139.
- ^ Annals of the Four Masters, 1328 (M1328.25) Online version
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