Ballinamuck (means mouth of the pig's ford)

The battle of Ballinamuck was the last major engagement of the 1798 rebellion.

Twelve days earlier, with 1,100 French troops and 1,500 Irish, Humbert had beaten a much larger force under General Lake at Castlebar. With Lake in pursuit, joined by Lord Cornwallis, 20,000 soldiers from Dublin, he tried to join up with surviving rebel forces. After an overnight chase, Lake caught up with him just north of here. Caught with his forces strung out on the road, Humbert regrouped but was soon outflanked and forced to surrender and the day ended in a massacre of the Irish rebels, effectively ending the 1798 rebellion.