894 – GAELIC TRIBES CLASH AT ATHLONE

- 894 – GAELIC TRIBES CLASH AT ATHLONE

Athlone was the scene of a veritable bloodbath when the warring Gaelic armies of Connacht and Meath met on the battlefield. “A victory was gained over the Connachtmen at Athlone by the men of Meath and a slaughter of heads left behind with them”, Annals of the Four Masters. Westmeath did not become a county in its own right until 1542.

Athlone was the scene of a veritable bloodbath when the warring Gaelic armies of Connacht and Meath met on the battlefield. “A victory was gained over the Connachtmen at Athlone by the men of Meath and a slaughter of heads left behind with them”, Annals of the Four Masters.

- 894 – GAELIC TRIBES CLASH AT ATHLONE

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