Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele

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date=1385
place=Ireland
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result=Ui Falighe victory
combatant1=Kingdom of Ui Falighe
combatant2=English forces
commander1=O Conchobhair
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casualties2=The Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele is a fourteenth century Irish battle fought in 1385, which took place near what is now the village of Croghan, County Offaly. ["Annals of the Four Masters", 1385 AD; Eugene O'Curry, "Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History", (Dublin, 1860), page 395.] The battle pitted the forces of Uí Failghe, led by Murrough O Conchobhair, and the English forces in Meath. 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. ["Annals of the Four Masters", 1385 AD]

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