Battle of Ballynahinch

Battle of Ballinahinch by Thomas Robinson

Date	12–13 June 1798
Location	Ballynahinch, County Down
Result	Decisive British victory, end of rebellion in Ulster

Belligerents

United Irishmen

Defenders

British Army

Commanders and leaders

Henry Munro

Major-General George Nugent

Colonel Robert Stewart

Strength

~4,000

~2,000, 8 cannon

Casualties and losses

c. 300-400 dead

c. 40 dead and wounded

Coordinates: 54°24′40″N 5°53′42″W / 54.411°N 5.895°W / 54.411; -5.895

Major-General George Nugent

The Battle of Ballynahinch was fought outside Ballynahinch, County Down, on 12 June, during the Irish rebellion of 1798 between British forces led by Major-General George Nugent and the local United Irishmen led by Henry Munro (1758–98).

Munro was a Lisburn linen merchant and Presbyterian United Irishman who had no military experience but had taken over command of the Down organisation following the arrest of the designated leader, Rev. William Steel Dickson on 5 June. Upon hearing of the victory at Saintfield on 9 June, Munro joined the rebel camp there and then moved to Ednavady Hill, Ballynahinch to join the thousands who had gathered in support of the rebellion. The response of the British garrisons was to converge on Ballynahinch from Belfast and Downpatrick in two columns accompanied by several pieces of cannon.

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