Siege of Galway

When

Aug 1651 – May 1652

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

53.27° N, 9.04° W

Description

1652 siege

Battle during Cromwells conquest of Ireland in 1652

The siege of Galway took place from August 1651 to 12 May 1652 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Galway was the last city held by Irish Catholic forces in Ireland and its fall signalled the end to most organised resistance to the Parliamentarian conquest of the country.

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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 “start of the siege of Galway: an English Parliamentarian army under Charles Coote blockades the city”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die bis Mai des folgenden Jahres dauernde Belagerung von Galway beginnt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début du siège de Galway, en Irlande”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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