The Battle of Kilrush was a battle at the start of the Eleven years war in Ireland, soon after the Irish Rebellion of 1641.
It was fought in April 1642 between a Royalist army under the Earl of Ormonde, and Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret, who led newly-formed units of Confederate Irish troops raised during the Irish Rebellion of 1641.
Ormonde and Mountgarret were cousins, both being members of the Butler dynasty.
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