The battle Hostile_encounter of Bunclody or Newtownbarry as it was then called Name_conferral , was a battle Hostile_encounter in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 , which took place Process_start on 1 June 1798 when a force of some 5,000 rebels led Causation by Catholic priest Fr .

Mogue Kearns attacked Attack the garrison at Bunclody as part of the Wexford rebels campaign Military_operation against border garrisons .