Knockdoe, battle of

The Oxford Companion to Irish History | 2007 | 509 words | Copyright

Knockdoe, battle of (19 Aug. 1504), the defeat of Ulick Burke of Clanricard by Gearóid Mór FitzGerald, 8th earl of Kildare, on a punitive expedition into Connacht after Burke's seizure of Galway city. Ten thousand men took part in this largest ever battle between Irishmen; most of the fighting was undertaken by gallowglasses; about 2,000 fatalities resulted. The battle saw the first recorded use in Ireland of a handgun (see firearms), which a Dublin soldier used as a bludgeon.

Hiram Morgan

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