Clive Hollick
On June 5, 1646, near the village of Benburb, County Tyrone, Ireland, Owen Roe O'Neill, leader of the Confederate native Irish Ulster Army, brought about his greatest military triumph by defeating the combined British forces of Robert Monro.,This was no ordinary battle as the combatants from Scotland, England, Wales, and Ireland represented the mixed interests of the imprisoned King Charles I, his rebellious English parliament, the Scottish Covenanters, the old English', the Vatican, the Ulster plantation, and the native Irish.,In this fresh new perspective the battle itself has been re-examined and broken down into tactical phases, to understand the experiences the men had to endure and the reasons why the battle occurred as it did.
History
The Battle of Benburb 1646