Qualla: Battle of Castlebar https://qualla.com/battle-of-castlebar en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:20 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/9/6/battle-of-castlebar-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Castlebar https://qualla.com/battle-of-castlebar Battle of Castlebar: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-castlebar/ Photo credit Munifico, CC BY-SA 3.0. The British army did not stop running at Castlebar. They did not stop at Tuam, twenty-five miles away. Some units kept going until they reached Athlone, sixty miles to the east, and it took the personal arrival of Lord Cornwallis to prevent them from crossing the River Shannon entirely. On 27 August 1798, a combined force of roughly 800 French soldiers and 2,000 Irish rebels had routed a British Crown force of up to 4,000 men who held the high ground, the artillery, and every tactical advantage. The engagement became known -- with the particular Irish genius for mockery -- as the 'Races of Castlebar.'

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/9/6/battle-of-castlebar-wp/gc96-battle-of-castlebar-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Castlebar: The French Are Coming (Again) https://qualla.com/battle-of-castlebar/ Photo credit Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0. Five days before the battle, on 22 August 1798, General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert landed nearly 1,100 French soldiers at Killala Bay in County Mayo. France had been sending -- or promising to send -- military support to Irish rebels for years, and this time the troops actually a...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/9/6/battle-of-castlebar-wp/gc96-battle-of-castlebar-the-french-are-coming-again.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Castlebar: The Road Nobody Expected https://qualla.com/battle-of-castlebar/ Photo credit W. C. Fitler, Public domain. General Gerard Lake, fresh from his victory at the Battle of Vinegar Hill, concentrated his forces at Castlebar. By dawn on 27 August, he had 3,000 to 4,000 soldiers, dozens of artillery pieces, and abundant supplies. His defensive position seemed unassailable -- he had deployed ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/9/6/battle-of-castlebar-wp/gc96-battle-of-castlebar-the-road-nobody-expected.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Castlebar: Bayonets and Panic https://qualla.com/battle-of-castlebar/ Photo credit Sfoody, CC BY-SA 4.0. Humbert's troops appeared outside Castlebar around six in the morning, already exhausted from their mountain march. The hastily repositioned British artillery opened fire and the initial cannonade was devastating -- most of the Franco-Irish casualties, about 150 men, came in thes...

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