Battle of Prosperous 1798
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Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 24 May 1798 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1798 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | Ireland | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Irish Rebellion of 1798 | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Kingdom of Great Britain | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 53.2878, -6.7558 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Prosperous was a military engagement between British Crown forces and United Irishmen rebels on 24 May 1798, during that year's Irish Rebellion, in the town of Prosperous, County Kildare.
Prosperous was founded by Sir Robert Brooke in 1780 as a village for processing cotton produced in the Americas.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle of Prosperous (revision 1373027487), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; formatting and citations removed. No text added.
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