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The Second Battle of Athenry takes place near Athenry during the Bruce campaign in Ireland.

Second Battle of Athenry

1316 battle of the Bruce Campaign in Ireland

The Second Battle of Athenry took place at Athenry in Ireland on 10 August 1316 during the Bruce campaign in Ireland.
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Athenry

Town in County Galway, Ireland

Athenry is a town in County Galway, Ireland, which lies 25 kilometres east of Galway city. Some of the attractions of the medieval town are its town wall, Athenry Castle, its priory and its 13th-century street-plan. The town is also well known by virtue of the song "The Fields…
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Bruce campaign in Ireland

Medieval campaign in Ireland

The Bruce campaign was a three-year military campaign in Ireland by Edward Bruce, brother of the Scottish king Robert the Bruce. It lasted from his landing at Larne in 1315 to his defeat and death in 1318 at the Battle of Faughart in County Louth. It was part of the First War of…
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