Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Battlefield
Kilsallaghan,Castlefarm (Nethercross By., Kilsallaghan ED), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilsallaghan,Castlefarm (Nethercross By., Kilsallaghan ED)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.47608, -6.31814
- SMR number
- DU011-100----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
The Battle of Kilsallaghan was fought in 1642 between c. 2,000-3000 Insurgents led by Colonel Hugh Byrne and Government forces, approximately 2,800 strong under the command of the Earl of Ormond. Most of the fighting took place in the immediate vicinity of Kilsallaghan castle and the neighbouring churchyard of St. David's (Clinton 2005, 58-59).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Clinton, M. 2005 The history and archaeology of the parish of Kilsallaghan. Past, present and future. Kilsallaghan Residents Heritage Association.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.