It was fought between the supporters of the two leading Irish magnates Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond, head of the government in Dublin and a committed Yorkist, and John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormond who backed the Lancastrian cause.

It ended in decisive victory for Desmond and his Yorkists, with Ormond's army suffering more than a thousand casualties.

This effectively ended Lancastrian hopes in Ireland and bolstered FitzGerald control for a further half-century.

[2] It was the only major battle to be fought in the Lordship of Ireland during the Wars of the Roses.

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