About: Battle of Meelick Island   Goto Sponge  NotDistinct  Permalink

An Entity of Type : owl:Thing, within Data Space : platform.yourdatastories.eu:8890 associated with source document(s)

The Battle of Meelick Island took place on the river Shannon, on the border between Connacht and Leinster, in Ireland in October 1650. It was fought between the armies of Confederate Ireland and the English Parliament during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The battle occurred when an English force under Colonel Daniel Axtell attacked the Connacht Irish army led by Clanricarde. The result was the rout of the Connacht army by Axtell's soldiers.

AttributesValues
rdfs:comment
  • The Battle of Meelick Island took place on the river Shannon, on the border between Connacht and Leinster, in Ireland in October 1650. It was fought between the armies of Confederate Ireland and the English Parliament during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The battle occurred when an English force under Colonel Daniel Axtell attacked the Connacht Irish army led by Clanricarde. The result was the rout of the Connacht army by Axtell's soldiers.
foaf:name
  • Battle of Meelick Island
causalties
  • c.900
combatant
  • IrishConfederate Catholics
  • EnglishParliamentarians
commander
date
is part of military conflict
place of military conflict
result
  • English victory, rout of the Connacht army
strength
  • 4,000 foot
  • 500 horses
  • Some horses
  • c.3,000
Faceted Search & Find service v1.13.91 as of Nov 14 2017


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:       RDF       ODATA       Microdata      About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data]
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3212 as of Mar 29 2016, on Linux (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu), Single-Server Edition (68 GB total memory)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2026 OpenLink Software