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Battle of Lifford 1600

Marker: recorded battle location (no official boundary).

Key facts

Date (year)1600Wikidata P585 point in time
Century16th centuryderived
PeriodTudor & early Stuartderived
CountryIrelandderived
War / conflictNine Years' WarWikidata

About the battle

The Battle of Lifford was fought in County Donegal in October 1600, during the Nine Years' War in Ireland. A mixed Anglo-Irish force under Sir John Bolle and the Gaelic leaders Niall Garve O'Donnell and Sir Arthur O'Neill captured the strategic town of Lifford. A subsequent attempt to recapture it by forces led by Red Hugh O'Donnell failed.

Correction: The Lifford point falls just inside Northern Ireland on the Natural Earth border; Lifford is in County Donegal. (Sources: English Wikipedia: Battle of Lifford (rev 1370447628))

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Location

  • Approximate location: the point for Lifford, the place Wikidata gives as the battle’s location: 54.8356, -7.4779

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle of Lifford (revision 1370447628), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations removed. No text added.

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