Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele

Battle of Tochar Cruacháin Brí Eile

Date	1385
Location	near Croghan, County Offaly, Ireland
Result	Uí Failghe victory

Belligerents

Uí Failghe

Lordship of Ireland

Commanders and leaders

Murchad mac Muircheartaig Oig

Strength

Casualties and losses

Norman wars in Ireland
(1169–1541)

Norman invasion of Ireland

Duncormac and Wexford (1169)

Post-invasion

John's expedition (1185)
Sieges of Dún Gaillmhe (1230–47)
Ballyshannon (1247)
1st Áth an Rí (1249)
Creadran Cille (1257)
Druim Dearg (1260)
Callann (1261)
Áth an Chip (1270)
Moiry Pass (1315)
Connor (1315)
Kells (1315)
Skerries (1316)
2nd Áth an Rí (1316)
Loch Rasca (1317)
Dysert O'Dea (1318)
Faughart (1318)
Áth an Urchair (1329)
Fiodh an Átha (1330)
Cruachán Brí Eile (1385)
Ros Mhic Thriúin (1394)
Tragh-Bhaile (1399)
Cluain Immorrais (1406)
Knockdoe (1504)
Silken Thomas's Rebellion (1534–35)
Belahoe (1539)

The Battle of Tochar Cruacháin Brí Eile or Cruachán Brí Eile took place in 1385 near what is now the village of Croghan in County Offaly, Ireland.^[1] The battle pitted the Gaelic forces of Uí Failghe, led by Murchadh Ó Conchobhair, against the Normans. The army of Uí Failghe was victorious. "Nugent of Meath, Chambers and his son, and a countless host of the chiefs and plebeians of the English were slain", according to the Annals of the Four Masters.^[2]

References

↑ Annals of the Four Masters, 1385 AD; Eugene O'Curry, Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History, (Dublin, 1860), page 395.
↑ Annals of the Four Masters, 1385 AD

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