Owen Roe O'Neill's masterpiece and the greatest Irish victory of the Confederate period. O'Neill waited until Monro's army — exhausted after crossing the River Blackwater — was strung out, then attacked. Monro's army was destroyed: over 3,000 killed and all artillery captured. Monro himself fled. The victory gave Owen Roe complete control of Ulster. However, Confederate political divisions prevented exploitation of the victory, and O'Neill died in 1649 before Cromwell arrived.
c.3,000 Scots/Protestants killed; Irish losses light
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