The Battle of Newtownmountkennedy was fought on 30 May 1798, between forces of the British Crown and a force of Native Irish Rebels, during the

Irish Rebellion of 1798 The Irish Rebellion of 1798 ( ga, Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster-Scots: ''The Hurries'') was a major uprising against British rule in Ireland. The main organising force was the Society of United Irishmen, a republican revolutionary group influenced ...

. Approximately 170 Irish rebel forces were killed out of 1000, followed by an execution of the Rebels’ leader, Michael Neil.

Sources

*Musgrave, Richard. ''Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland.'' Third edition. Dublin, 1802. Battles of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 History of County Wicklow {{Ireland-hist-stub