What the records say
- When
- 20 Jan 1645 – 18 Mar 1645
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 52.22° N, 6.93° W
- Description
- 1645 siege during the 11 Years' War
Siege of Duncannon
Siege during the 11 Years' War
The siege of Duncannon took place in 1645, during the Irish Confederate Wars. An Irish Catholic Confederate army under Thomas Preston besieged and successfully took the town of Duncannon in County Wexford from an English Parliamentarian garrison. The siege was the first conflict in Ireland in which mortars were utilized.
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