Battle of Knockdoe
1504 battle between various Irish clans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Knockdoe took place on 19 August 1504 at Knockdoe, in the Parish of Lackagh (Irish Leacach), County Galway, between two Anglo-Irish lords—Gerald FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare, the Lord Deputy of Ireland, and Ulick Fionn Burke, 6th Clanricarde (d.1509)—along with their respective Irish allies.[1] The cause was a dispute between Maelsechlainn mac Tadhg Ó Cellaigh (Mod. Irish Maoilseachlainn mac Thaidhg Uí Cheallaigh)(O'Kelly), King of Ui Maine – Mod. Irish Uí Mháine)[2] and Clanricarde. The major contemporary sources for this battle are the Gaelic Irish annals and a sixteenth-century manuscript written in the Pale known as "the Book of Howth".[3]
Battle of Knockdoe | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
The Clanricarde and allies | Earl of Kildare and allies | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ulick Fionn Burke | Garret Mor FitzGerald | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
c. 4,000 | c. 6,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
c. 1,500 | c. 1,000 |