Battle of Arklow

Battle of Arklow (1798)
Part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798

1845 engraving of the battle
Date9 June 1798
Location
Arklow, County Wicklow
Result British victory
Belligerents

Kingdom of Great Britain

 United Irishmen
Commanders and leaders
Francis Needham Billy Byrne
Anthony Perry
Edward Fitzgerald
Michael Murphy †
Strength
1,700 10,000
Casualties and losses
50–100 killed or wounded 500–1,000 killed or wounded

The Battle of Arklow took place during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 on 9 June when a force of United Irishmen from Wexford, estimated at 10,000 strong, launched an assault into County Wicklow, on the British-held town of Arklow, in an attempt to spread the rebellion into Wicklow and to threaten the capital of Dublin.

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