The Battle of Arklow took place at Glascarrig on the coast road through Arklow in County Wicklow during November 1649. It was fought between the armies of Confederate Ireland (allied with the Royalists), and the English Parliamentarians during the Irish<span> Confederate Wars. </span> <span>The Battle: </span> The rebel army that formed for attack on the afternoon of 9 June was a combined force of Wexford and Wicklow rebels led by Billy Byrne<span>, </span>Anthony Perry, Conor McEvoy, Edward Fitzgerald and Fr.Michael Murphy<span>. </span>
