Siege of Waterford

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military engagement siege

The Siege of Waterford was a 1649 Cromwellian assault during the Irish Confederate Wars in which Oliver Cromwell’s forces unsuccessfully attempted to capture the strategically important port city of Waterford from Irish and Royalist defenders.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Siege of Waterford canonical	3
Cromwell’s siege of Waterford	1
Royalist garrison of Waterford	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military engagement ⓘ siege ⓘ
belligerent	English Parliamentarian forces ⓘ Irish Confederates ⓘ surface form: Irish Confederate forces Royalists ⓘ surface form: Royalist forces
combatant	Irish Catholic Confederation ⓘ New Model Army ⓘ Siege of Waterford self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Royalist garrison of Waterford
commandedBy	Michael Jones ⓘ Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
conflict	Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ
defendedBy	Richard Farrell ⓘ Thomas Preston ⓘ
defensiveFeature	medieval city walls of Waterford ⓘ riverine approaches via the River Suir ⓘ
followedBy	Parliamentarian winter quarters in 1649–1650 ⓘ renewed Parliamentarian operations in Munster and Leinster in 1650 ⓘ
hasAlternateName	Siege of Waterford ⓘ surface form: Cromwell’s siege of Waterford
hasCause	Parliamentarian campaign to subdue Confederate and Royalist Ireland ⓘ
hasConsequence	continued Confederate and Royalist presence in Waterford ⓘ delayed Parliamentarian control of Waterford ⓘ heavy sickness among Parliamentarian troops ⓘ
hasEndTime	1649-12-02 ⓘ
hasLocation	County Waterford ⓘ Island of Ireland ⓘ surface form: Ireland Waterford ⓘ
hasMilitaryGoal	secure a supply and landing port for Parliamentarian forces in southeast Ireland ⓘ
hasNotableCommander	Oliver Cromwell ⓘ Richard Farrell ⓘ Thomas Preston ⓘ
hasObjective	capture of the port city of Waterford ⓘ
hasResult	Irish and Royalist defensive success ⓘ Parliamentarian withdrawal ⓘ
hasStartTime	1649-11-24 ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance	control of a major southeastern Irish port ⓘ
hasTheatre	Irish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
hasTimePeriod	1649 ⓘ
hasWeatherCondition	severe winter weather ⓘ
isPartOfCampaign	Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ surface form: Cromwell’s 1649 Irish campaign
partOf	Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
precededBy	Siege of New Ross ⓘ Siege of Wexford ⓘ
usedMilitaryTactic	artillery bombardment ⓘ assault on defensive works ⓘ blockade ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Wexford → followedBy → Siege of Waterford ⓘ

Norman invasion of Ireland → hasPart → Siege of Waterford ⓘ

Siege of Waterford → combatant → Siege of Waterford self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royalist garrison of Waterford

Siege of Waterford → hasAlternateName → Siege of Waterford ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cromwell’s siege of Waterford

Cromwellian conquest of Ireland → hasPart → Siege of Waterford ⓘ