Siege of Drogheda
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The Siege of Drogheda was a brutal 1649 assault by Oliver Cromwell’s Parliamentarian forces on the Irish town of Drogheda, notorious for the mass killing of its Royalist and Confederate defenders and civilians.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cromwellian conquest of Ireland | 1 |
| Storming of Drogheda | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
massacre
ⓘ
military operation ⓘ siege ⓘ |
| conflictOf |
Irish Confederate Wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
|
| defensiveFeature | medieval walls and gates ⓘ |
| followedBy | Siege of Wexford ⓘ |
| hasAftermath |
intimidation of other Irish towns
ⓘ
surrender of several garrisons without resistance ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Siege of Drogheda
ⓘ
surface form:
Storming of Drogheda
|
| hasArtilleryUse | Parliamentarian artillery breached the walls ⓘ |
| hasAttackerStrengthApprox | about 10,000 to 12,000 men ⓘ |
| hasBelligerent |
English Army
ⓘ
surface form:
English Parliamentarian forces
Irish Confederates ⓘ
surface form:
Irish Confederate forces
Royalist garrison ⓘ |
| hasCasualtiesDescription |
significant civilian deaths
ⓘ
very high among Royalist and Confederate defenders ⓘ |
| hasCommander |
Arthur Aston
ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell ⓘ |
| hasEndDate | 1649-09-11 ⓘ |
| hasGarrisonStrengthApprox | about 2,500 to 3,000 men ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalDebate | extent of killings and whether civilians were deliberately targeted ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalReputation | one of the most infamous atrocities of the Cromwellian conquest ⓘ |
| hasKeyEvent |
death of Arthur Aston
ⓘ
killing of defenders at Millmount Fort ⓘ storming of St Mary’s Church ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrders | Cromwell reported that no quarter was given to those in arms ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
long-term bitterness in Irish historical memory
ⓘ
symbol of Cromwellian brutality in Ireland ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
County Louth
ⓘ
Drogheda ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Leinster ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryAttackingForce | New Model Army ⓘ |
| hasPrimarySource | Cromwell’s letters to the English Parliament ⓘ |
| hasReligiousDimension | violence between largely Protestant Parliamentarians and largely Catholic Irish ⓘ |
| hasStartDate | 1649-09-03 ⓘ |
| hasTownStatusAtTime | walled town ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1649 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
breach of the town walls
ⓘ
killing of civilians ⓘ mass killing of defenders ⓘ slaughter after surrender ⓘ |
| partOf | Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
English Civil War
ⓘ
surface form:
English Civil War and Irish Confederate Wars
|
| precededBy | landing of Cromwell in Ireland at Dublin in 1649 ⓘ |
| result | Parliamentarian victory ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn |
Drogheda
ⓘ
surface form:
Drogheda town
|
| tookPlaceNear | River Boyne ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Storming of Drogheda
this entity surface form:
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland