Events

• June: The Battle of Benburb
  Battle of Benburb
  The Battle of Benburb took place in 1646 during the Irish Confederate Wars, the Irish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It was fought between the forces of Confederate Ireland under Owen Roe O'Neill and a Scottish Covenanter and Anglo-Irish army under Robert Monro...
  
  , part of the Irish Confederate Wars
  Irish Confederate Wars
  This article is concerned with the military history of Ireland from 1641-53. For the political context of this conflict, see Confederate Ireland....
  
   took place near Armagh
  Armagh
  Armagh is a large settlement in Northern Ireland, and the county town of County Armagh. It is a site of historical importance for both Celtic paganism and Christianity and is the seat, for both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland, of the Archbishop of Armagh...
  
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