Category: Battle of Callann, 1261
Categories: Irish History, The Geraldines
The Battle of Callann 1261
The Battle of Callann was fought in August 1261, beside the Roughty River, in the townland of Callann (Collon) near the village of Kilgarvan, County Kerry.
The battle was between the Hiberno-Normans, under John FitzGerald, and three Gaelic (Irish) clans: MacCarthy, who held the Kingdom of Desmond, the O'Sullivans and the O'Donoghues; led by Fínghin Mac Carthaigh, King of Desmond (ancestor of the MacCarthy Reagh dynasty); MacCarthaigh was victorious.
- The Battle of Callan, AD 1261 originally published in the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, Vol. LXVI, No. 204; July-December 1961; pages 105-116.
- Wikipedia : Battle of Callann
Person Profiles (4)
David Barry
bef 1221 Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, Wales - 1261
John FitzGerald
abt 1195 Shanid, Limerick, Ireland - 23 Jul 1261
Maurice FitzGerald
1240 Connello, Limerick, Ireland - 23 Jul 1261
Finghin MacCarthy
abt 1200 Ireland - 29 Sep 1261
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