Siege of Clonmel

When

Apr 1650 – May 1650

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

52.35° N, 7.71° W

Description

1650 siege

1650 siege in Cromwell's conquest of Ireland

The siege of Clonmel, from 27 April to 18 May 1650, took place during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, when Clonmel in County Tipperary was besieged by 8,000 men from the New Model Army under Oliver Cromwell. The garrison of 1,500 commanded by Hugh Dubh O'Neill eventually surrendered after inflicting heavy casualties on the besiegers.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A quarter of the New Model Army at the Siege of Clonmel in Ireland is trapped and killed”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Belagerung von Clonmel endet mit der Eroberung der von einer 1.500 Mann starken Truppe unter Hugh Dubh O’Neill gehaltenen irischen Stadt Clonmel durch die…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “siège de Clonmel en Irlande”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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