What the records say
- When
- 3 Sep 1649 – 11 Sep 1649
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 53.71° N, 6.35° W
- Description
- 1649 siege
Siege of Drogheda
1649 battle of the Irish Confederate wars
The Siege of Drogheda, 3 to 11 September 1649, took place at the start of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. The port of Drogheda was held by a mixed garrison of Irish Catholics and Royalists under the command of Sir Arthur Aston, when it was besieged by English Commonwealth forces under Oliver Cromwell.
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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 “Oliver Cromwell leads England's New Model Army to start the Siege of Drogheda in Ireland, and breaks through on September 11”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die zweite Belagerung von Drogheda endet mit einem Massaker an der Besatzung der Stadt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “massacre de Drogheda en Irlande”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page