Battle of New Ross (1798)

Belligerents

Ireland

Great Britain

United IrishmenCommanders and leaders

Sir Henry Johnson

Lord Mountjoy †

Bagenal Harvey

John Kelly (WIA)

Philip RocheStrength 2,000 3,000Casualties and lossesc. 230c. 1,000–2,800

The Battle of New Ross was a military engagement which took place in New Ross, County Wexford during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. It was fought between the Society of United Irishmen rebels and government forces garrisoning the town. The attack on the town of New Ross on the River Barrow, was an attempt by the recently victorious rebels to break out of county Wexford across the river Barrow and to spread the rebellion into county Kilkenny and the nearby province of Munster.