Battle of Faughart ends the Bruce invasion of Ireland
1318
Edward Bruce, king of Ireland for three chaotic years, charged into an Anglo-Irish army near Dundalk and was cut down. His head was sent to Edward II in London as proof of the pretender's death. The Scottish dream of opening a second front against England through Ireland died with him in the October mud.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.