Battle of New Ross (1643)

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The Battle of Balinvegga was a minor battle of the Irish Confederate Wars fought on March 18 1643.

In the battle, James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde defeated Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara, and an Irish Confederate army north of the town of New Ross in the Townland of Ballinvegga, County Wexford. Ormonde had marched from Dublin to besiege the Confederate garrison at New Ross. Having had to lift the siege, Ormonde returned to Dublin via the northwest Blackstairs Mountains, where he was intercepted by Preston. However, Ormonde fought his way through and marched his force back to Dublin.

Another battle at New Ross was fought more than 100 years later, when the United Irishmen tried to take the town. See Battle of New Ross (1798).

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