Siege of Kilkenny

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The Siege of Kilkenny was a 1650 military engagement during Oliver Cromwell’s campaign in Ireland, in which his New Model Army captured the Confederate stronghold of Kilkenny after a brief but intense assault.

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Siege of Kilkenny canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement ⓘ
siege ⓘ
associatedWith Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ
New Model Army ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
attackingSide Parliamentarian New Model Army ⓘ
linked to: New Model Army
belligerent Confederate and Royalist garrison of Kilkenny ⓘ
Parliamentarian New Model Army ⓘ
linked to: New Model Army
campaign Oliver Cromwell’s Irish campaign ⓘ
characteristic brief but intense assault ⓘ
chronology took place after the fall of several other Confederate strongholds in Ireland ⓘ
cityStatusAtTime stronghold of the Irish Confederation of Kilkenny ⓘ
combatant English Parliamentarians ⓘ
linked to: Parliamentarians

Irish Confederates ⓘ
Royalist forces in Ireland ⓘ
commander Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
conflict Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
conflictType civil war-related conflict ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
date March 1650 ⓘ
defensivePosition walled city of Kilkenny ⓘ
linked to: Kilkenny, Ireland
followedBy Siege of Clonmel ⓘ
garrisonSide Irish Confederate and Royalist defenders ⓘ
hasLocation County Kilkenny ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Kilkenny ⓘ
historicalPeriod mid-17th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Leinster ⓘ
militaryObjective seizure of Confederate administrative center ⓘ
notableFor fall of a major Confederate capital ⓘ
use of New Model Army siege tactics ⓘ
objective capture of the Confederate stronghold of Kilkenny ⓘ
outcome capture of Kilkenny by Parliamentarian forces ⓘ
partOf Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
precededBy Siege of Clonmel ⓘ
relatedEvent English Civil War ⓘ
linked to: British Civil Wars

Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ
Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
result Parliamentarian victory ⓘ
strategicImportance control of a key Confederate stronghold in Leinster ⓘ
theatre Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ
typeOfWarfare siege warfare ⓘ
year 1650 ⓘ

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Cromwellian conquest of Ireland → hasPart → Siege of Kilkenny ⓘ