Battle of Rathangan

Part of the United Irishmen Rebellion

Date	24–28 May 1798
Location	Rathangan, County Kildare
Result	United Irish victory, rebels repulsed 28 May

Belligerents

United Irishmen

British Army

Commanders and leaders

Captain Doorley

Captain James Spencer
Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Mahon

Casualties and losses

300 dead

20 dead

United Irishmen Rebellion

Ballymore-Eustace Naas Rathangan Prosperous Kilcullen Carnew Dunlavin Carlow Harrow Tara Hill Oulart Hill Enniscorthy Gibbet Rath Newtownmountkennedy Three Rocks Bunclody Tuberneering New Ross/Scullabogue Antrim Arklow Saintfield Ballynahinch Ovidstown Foulksmills Vinegar Hill Ballyellis Castlebar Collooney Ballinamuck Killala Tory Island

The Battle of Rathangan is the name given to a military engagement between the forces of the British Crown and the United Irishmen during the 1798 rebellion.

On 24 May 1798 a group of rebels from the United Irishmen led by a Captain Doorley attacked the town of Rathangan, County Kildare which was being defended by a small corps of yeomanry led by Captain James Spencer; the rebels held the town for four days.^[1] However, on 28 May 1798 two squadrons of the 7th Dragoon Guards were sent to re-capture the town. The commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Mahon, took one squadron into the town while the other waited outside. A pitched battle then took place with heavy losses on both sides.^[2]

References

↑ O'Kelly, Patrick (1842). General History of the Rebellion of 1798, with Many Interesting Occurrences of the two preceding years. J. Downes. p. 85.
↑ "7th Dragoon Guards". British Empire. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

Coordinates: 53°13′18″N 6°59′50″W / 53.22163°N 6.99730°W / 53.22163; -6.99730

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