Siege of Drogheda

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The Siege of Drogheda was a brutal 1649 assault by Oliver Cromwell’s Parliamentarian forces on the Irish town of Drogheda, notorious for the mass killing of its Royalist and Confederate defenders and civilians.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf massacre ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
siege ⓘ
conflictOf Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
defensiveFeature medieval walls and gates ⓘ
followedBy Siege of Wexford ⓘ
hasAftermath intimidation of other Irish towns ⓘ
surrender of several garrisons without resistance ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Storming of Drogheda ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Drogheda
hasArtilleryUse Parliamentarian artillery breached the walls ⓘ
hasAttackerStrengthApprox about 10,000 to 12,000 men ⓘ
hasBelligerent English Parliamentarian forces ⓘ
linked to: English Army

Irish Confederate forces ⓘ
linked to: Irish Confederates

Royalist garrison ⓘ
hasCasualtiesDescription significant civilian deaths ⓘ
very high among Royalist and Confederate defenders ⓘ
hasCommander Arthur Aston ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
hasEndDate 1649-09-11 ⓘ
hasGarrisonStrengthApprox about 2,500 to 3,000 men ⓘ
hasHistoricalDebate extent of killings and whether civilians were deliberately targeted ⓘ
hasHistoricalReputation one of the most infamous atrocities of the Cromwellian conquest ⓘ
hasKeyEvent death of Arthur Aston ⓘ
killing of defenders at Millmount Fort ⓘ
storming of St Mary’s Church ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrders Cromwell reported that no quarter was given to those in arms ⓘ
hasLegacy long-term bitterness in Irish historical memory ⓘ
symbol of Cromwellian brutality in Ireland ⓘ
hasLocation County Louth ⓘ
Drogheda ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Leinster ⓘ
hasPrimaryAttackingForce New Model Army ⓘ
hasPrimarySource Cromwell’s letters to the English Parliament ⓘ
hasReligiousDimension violence between largely Protestant Parliamentarians and largely Catholic Irish ⓘ
hasStartDate 1649-09-03 ⓘ
hasTownStatusAtTime walled town ⓘ
hasYear 1649 ⓘ
notableFor breach of the town walls ⓘ
killing of civilians ⓘ
mass killing of defenders ⓘ
slaughter after surrender ⓘ
partOf Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
politicalContext English Civil War and Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War
precededBy landing of Cromwell in Ireland at Dublin in 1649 ⓘ
result Parliamentarian victory ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Drogheda town ⓘ
linked to: Drogheda
tookPlaceNear River Boyne ⓘ

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Irish Confederate Wars → significantEvent → Siege of Drogheda ⓘ
Irish Confederate Wars → result → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Drogheda
Henry Ireton → battle → Siege of Drogheda ⓘ
Wars of the Three Kingdoms → significantEvent → Siege of Drogheda ⓘ
Siege of Drogheda → hasAlternativeName → Storming of Drogheda ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Drogheda
Siege of Wexford → precededBy → Siege of Drogheda ⓘ
Siege of Clonmel → relatedEvent → Siege of Drogheda ⓘ
Cromwell’s letters to the English Parliament → mainSubject → storming of Drogheda ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Drogheda
Cromwell’s letters to the English Parliament → describesEvent → storming of Drogheda (1649) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Drogheda
Drogheda → hasHistoricalEvent → Siege of Drogheda (1649) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Drogheda
Arthur Aston → conflict → Siege of Drogheda ⓘ
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland → hasPart → Siege of Drogheda ⓘ
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland → hasPart → Storming of Drogheda ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Drogheda
Droichead Átha → notableEvent → Siege of Drogheda 1649 ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Drogheda
Millmount Fort → associatedWithEvent → Siege of Drogheda (1649) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Drogheda
Parliamentarian forces in Ireland → notableBattle → Siege of Drogheda (1649) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Drogheda