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Battle of Kilmallock 1922

Battle of Kilmallock: Troop roll call in Limerick during Irish Civil War
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Marker: recorded battle location (no official boundary).

Key facts

Date (year)1922Wikidata P580 start time
Century20th centuryderived
PeriodJacobite & laterderived
CountryIrelandderived
War / conflictIrish Civil WarWikidata

About the battle

The Battle of Kilmallock took place between 25 July and 5 August 1922 in County Limerick, Ireland. It was one of the largest engagements of the Irish Civil War.

It consisted of ten days of fighting in the countryside round Kilmallock in County Limerick, in which Irish Free State Army forces, advancing south from Limerick city, found their path blocked by anti-Treaty IRA troops, dug into a number of villages at Bruff, Bruree and Patrickswell. The fighting ended with the retreat of the anti-Treaty fighters and the occupation of Kilmallock by Free State forces.

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Location

  • Approximate location: the point for Kilmallock, the place Wikidata gives as the battle’s location: 52.4100, -8.5833

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle of Kilmallock (revision 1379084874), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations removed. No text added.

Battle location from Wikidata (CC0).

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