Vinegar Hill
Ireland /
Wexford /
Enniscorthy /
World
/ Ireland
/ Wexford
/ Enniscorthy
World / Republic of Ireland
battlefield, historical layer / disappeared object
The battle of Vinegar Hill was an engagement on 21 June 1798 between forces of the British Crown and Irish rebels when over 10,000 British soldiers launched an attack on Vinegar Hill outside Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, then the largest rebel camp and headquarters of the Wexford rebels. It marked a turning point in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 as it was the last attempt by the rebels to hold and defend ground against the British military and forced rebels to rely on tactics of mobile warfare for the remainder of the Wexford rebellion. The battle was actually fought in two locations, on Vinegar Hill itself and in the streets of nearby rebel-held Enniscorthy.
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Coordinates: 52°30'6"N 6°33'13"W
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Blackstairs Mountain
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County Carlow (Contae Cheatharlach)
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County Kilkenny (Contae Chill Chainnigh)
County Wicklow (Contae Chill Mhantáin)
County Kildare (Contae Chill Dara)
County Laois (Contae Laoise)