Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele explained

Conflict:Battle of Tochar Cruacháin Brí Eile
Date:1385
Place:near Croghan, County Offaly, Ireland
Result:Gaelic victory
Combatant1:Lordship of Ireland
Combatant2:Kingdom of Offaly
Commander2:Murchad MacMoriarty

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]

Notes and References

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