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The Battle of Faughart (or Battle of Dundalk) was fought on 14 October 1318 between an Anglo-Irish force led by John de Bermingham (later created 1st Earl of Louth) and Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, and a Scottish and Irish army commanded by Prince Edward Bruce, Earl of Carrick, brother of King Robert I of Scots ('Robert the Bruce').
May 2, 2024 · Dean Litchfield provides a blow-by-blow account of the little-known 1318 Battle of Faughart in Co. Louth – a clash between the Anglo-Irish and an alliance of Scottish and Irish forces, which culminated in the demise of Edward Bruce, the purported high king of Ireland.
La battaglia di Faughart (detta anche battaglia di Dundalk) fu un episodio delle guerre d'indipendenza scozzesi che venne combattuto il 14 ottobre 1318, tra le forze scoto-irlandesi e quelle inglesi della signoria d'Irlanda, nei pressi di Faughart, in Irlanda.
On 14 October 1318, the Scots-Irish army was badly defeated at the Battle of Faughart by de Bermingham's forces. Edward was killed, his body being quartered and the parts sent to various towns in Ireland, and his head being delivered to King Edward II.
Historically, the Hill of Faughart had a key role in commanding a number of passes through the Fews Mountains into South Armagh, including the famed Gap of the North that featured so prominently in the epic Táin Bó Cúailnge.
The Ancient Roots of Faughart and St. Brigit. Said to be the birthplace of Saint Brigit, Faughart is one of the most ancient holy sites in Ireland and has many layers of meaning and habitation. Megalithic, medieval, and contemporary Christian symbols happily cohabit.
