Battle of Dungan's Hill

53°26′58″N6°43′48″W / 53.4494°N 6.7300°W / 53.4494; -6.7300

BelligerentsEnglish Parliamentarians

Irish Confederates

• Redshanks

Commanders and leadersMichael JonesThomas PrestonStrength 5,000 foot
1,500 horse 7,000 foot
1,000 horseCasualties and losses Low Over 3,000 killed

The Battle of Dungan's Hill took place in County Meath, in eastern Ireland on 8 August 1647. It was fought between the armies of Confederate Ireland and the English Parliament during the Irish Confederate Wars. The Irish army was intercepted on a march towards Dublin and destroyed. Although it is a little-known event, even in Ireland, the battle was very bloody (with over 3000 deaths) and had important political repercussions. The Parliamentarian victory there destroyed the Confederate Leinster Army and contributed to the collapse of the Confederate cause and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649.