Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Irish English Script error: No such module "Infobox military conflict".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Campaignbox Irish-Norman warsThe Battle of Tochar Cruacháin Brí Eile or Cruachán Brí Eile took place in 1385 near what is now the village of Croghan in County Offaly, Ireland.[1] The battle pitted the Gaelic forces of Uí Failghe, led by Murchadh Ó Conchobhair, against the Normans. The army of Uí Failghe was victorious. "Nugent of Meath, Chambers and his son, and a countless host of the chiefs and plebeians of the English were slain", according to the Annals of the Four Masters.[2]

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  1. Annals of the Four Masters, 1385 AD; Eugene O'Curry, Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History, (Dublin, 1860), page 395.
  2. Annals of the Four Masters, 1385 AD

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