Around
1,300 rebels under Captain Padraig O'Beirne from Nurney attacked
Monasterevan. The rebels from Kildare, Nurney, Kildoon, Riverstown
and Kildangan were opposed by a corps of yeoman cavalry under
Captain Frederick Hoystead and infantry under Lieutenant Bagot.
They attacked in three different directions but after some serious
fighting in the streets they fled. Around 63 rebels were killed
as against 5 yeomen. Many rebels went on to Queens County.