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Battle of Three Rocks

Battle of Three Rocks was a battle fought on 30 May 1798 at County Wexford, in what is now Ireland. It was part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. The recorded result: Irish victory.; British abandon Wexford. Recorded strength: 1,000–2,000 against 100.

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Depicted place: The Three Rocks Monument
Depicted place: The Three Rocks Monument. Simes69, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought30 May 1798
WhereCounty Wexford, Ireland52.332N, 6.544W
OutcomeIrish victory.; British abandon Wexford.
BelligerentsUnited IrishmenagainstBritish Army; Loyalists
Casualties and lossesUnknownand70 dead, 18 captured
Part ofIrish Rebellion of 17981798

Where it sits in the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Battle of Prosperous, 1798Battle of Ballymore-Eustace, 1798Battle of Kilcullen, 1798Battle of Naas, 1798Battle of Carlow, 1798Battle of Tara Hill, 1798Battle of the Harrow, 1798Battle of Oulart Hill, 1798Battle of Enniscorthy, 1798Battle of Rathangan, 1798Battle of Newtownmountkennedy, 1798Battle of Three Rocks, 1798Battle of Bunclody, 1798Battle of New Ross, 1798Battle of Antrim, 1798Battle of Arklow, 1798Battle of Saintfield, 1798Battle of Ballynahinch, 1798Battle of Foulksmills, 1798Battle of Vinegar Hill, 1798Battle of Ballina, 1798Battle of Castlebar, 1798Battle of Collooney, 1798Battle of Ballinamuck, 1798Battle of Killala, 179817981798Battle of Three Rocks, 1798
25 placed engagements of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date30 May 1798
PlaceCounty Wexford, Ireland
52.332N, 6.544W
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength1,000–2,000100
Casualties and lossesUnknown70 dead, 18 captured
Commanders
  • Thomas Cloney
  • John Kelly of Killanne
Battle of Three RocksBattle of Three RocksSack of WexfordSiege of WexfordBattle of Vinegar HillBattle of EnniscorthyBattle of Oulart HillBattle of Vinegar HillBattle of Oulart HillDublinCorkLimerickGalwayKilkennySwanseaWaterfordShannon100 km52.332N, 6.544W
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Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1169 and 1798.

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Elsewhere in 1798

Battle of Three Rocks is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 120 in present-day Ireland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4872548, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Three Rocks, revision 1370591014, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.