It ended in a victory for the Williamites who captured, sacked and burned the town of Cavan before withdrawing to their forwarding base at Belturbet and further afield Enniskillen.

Berwick decided to march out and confront Wolseley in the open, as Cavan town was unfortified without canon and indefensible seeking to minimize local casualties.

[1] Wolseley felt that he had to now launch an attack, as it would be dangerous to attempt a withdrawal fearing mutiny by his English conscript mercenaries promised land and silver to defeat the Jacobite rebellion.

The Jacobite infantry retrenched and regrouped for the safety of a nearby entrenched fort pending await of relief.

[2] During the fighting the Jacobites lost Brigadier William Nugent, and their casualties have been estimated at around 550 compared to slightly higher Williamite losses.