From what I've heard (no idea at all how accurate this is), MacHugh led a pitifully small band of Irish against a superior English force, saw what he had gotten himself into, and turned tail. Or so the English thought.It was all a clever ruse on the part of the Irish. The English gave chase up into the hills, through a narrow mountain pass where MacHugh had the rest of his force waiting to ambush and wipe them out.

Again, I'm a guitarist, not a historian. I don't vouch for the accuracy of this story.

-MudWeasel