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| Battle of Portlester | |||||||
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| Part of Irish Confederate Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Royalists | Irish Confederation | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Charles Moore † | Owen O'Neill | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| c. 3,400 | c. 1,500 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| c. 200 killed | Light | ||||||
Portlester
Belfast
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Ireland and Portlester
The Battle of Portlester took place on 7 August 1643 near the town of Ballivor, Leinster in Ireland as part of the Irish Confederate Wars. It was fought between Irish Confederates under Owen Roe O'Neill and a Protestant Royalist force from Dublin under Lord Moore. The battle consisted primarily of an exchange of artillery fire in which Moore was killed and his army driven off, giving the Confederates victory.