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The Battle of Cloghleagh, Cloghlea, Cloughleagh also known as the Battle of Funcheon Ford or the Battle of Manning Water, was a battle fought between a Protestant Royalist force and a Confederate Catholic force during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It took place south of Kilworth and north of Fermoy between the river Funcheon and the river Blackwater in County Cork on June 4, 1643. The result was a Catholic victory. == Royalist Movements == At the beginning of May 1643, Murrough O’Brien (Baron Inchiquin), governor of Munster on behalf of King Charles I "drew his forces out of the garrisons, where they were on the point of starving’.〔.〕 He divided his forces into 3 parts in order to gather provisions by pillaging. One army under Lieutenant Colonel Story was sent into Kerry, Inchiquin himself went to besiege Kilmallock, while the 3rd army under the command of Sir Charles Vavasour "respectively gathered from the Garrisons of Youghall, Talloe, Castlelyons, Mogily and Cappaquin; the whole number consisting of about 1200 Musketeers, and 200 Horse, besides Volunteers and Pillagers.’〔.〕 marched into county Waterford. This army marched as far as Dungarvan capturing and burning castles and houses and taking cattle. By June 3rd they were back in county Cork and attacked the castle of Cloghleagh. Cloghleagh castle had been the ancestral home of the Condons who had retaken it in 1642 from forces placed there by the Earl of Barrymore. The Condon reinstatement was to be a short one as Vavasour’s Protestant army arrived and "after a well regulated dispute (stoutly defended by the rebels)’ took it back. The occupants, 20 men, 11 women, and 7 children, were stripped and massacred (against the wishes of colonel Vavasour who had left the castle to attend a dinner invitation at the house of a Mr. Roche in Castlelyons).〔 On the morning of June 4, captain Hill was sent to scout into Tipperary county with a squadron of horse and encountered the enemy and, having escaped with great difficulty, returned to Cloghleagh and raised the alarm, pursued by a force of Confederate cavalry who stopped on a hill overlooking Cloghleagh. Sir Charles Vavasour was sent for and he came back to Cloghleagh as "fast as his horse would carry him". After consulting with his officers he decided that the appearance of the enemy cavalry meant that a larger enemy force was approaching and that the best course of action was to retreat southwards from Cloghleagh castle by crossing the river Funcheon and then crossing the river Blackwater at the ford of Fermoy and moving towards Castlelyons. The army was formed up to march with "the front led by lieutenant King, the body by major Howel and the rear by Sir Charles himself, a forlorn-hope of about 160 musketeers in the rear was commanded by Captain Pierce Lacy, Captain Hutton, and lieutenant Stardbury and all our horse in the rear likewise’.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Cloughleagh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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