Siege of Wexford
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The Siege of Wexford was a 1649 Cromwellian assault on the Irish port town of Wexford, marked by the storming of its defenses and a notorious massacre of many of its defenders and inhabitants.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Storming of Wexford | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle of the Irish Confederate Wars
ⓘ
siege ⓘ |
| commandedBySide | Oliver Cromwell, Parliamentarian side ⓘ |
| conflictIn | Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ |
| defendedBySide | Irish Confederate and Royalist garrison under David Sinnott ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of New Ross
ⓘ
surface form:
Siege of New Ross
Siege of Waterford ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Siege of Wexford
ⓘ
surface form:
Storming of Wexford
|
| hasBelligerent |
English Parliamentarian forces
ⓘ
Irish Confederate and Royalist garrison ⓘ |
| hasCasualties |
large proportion of the garrison killed
ⓘ
many inhabitants killed ⓘ |
| hasCommander |
David Sinnott
ⓘ
James Stafford ⓘ Oliver Cromwell ⓘ |
| hasEndDate | 1649-10-11 ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
County Wexford
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ Leinster ⓘ Wexford ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryOperationType | siege and assault ⓘ |
| hasNotableEvent |
killing of prisoners
ⓘ
massacre of civilians ⓘ massacre of defenders ⓘ plundering of the town ⓘ sacking of Wexford ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
harbour and shipping seized by Parliamentarians
ⓘ
town captured by storm ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Irish Confederates
ⓘ
surface form:
Irish Confederate troops
Munster Parliamentarian army ⓘ
surface form:
New Model Army
Royalist supporters ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalContext |
English Civil War
ⓘ
surface form:
English Civil Wars
conflict between Parliamentarians and Royalists ⓘ |
| hasReligiousContext | Protestant–Catholic conflict in 17th-century Ireland ⓘ |
| hasResult | Parliamentarian victory ⓘ |
| hasStartDate | 1649-10-02 ⓘ |
| hasStrategicObjective |
capture of Wexford port
ⓘ
denial of privateering base to Irish and Royalist forces ⓘ secure supply and landing point for Parliamentarian navy ⓘ |
| hasTactic | storming of town defences ⓘ |
| hasTheatre | Leinster theatre of war ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1649 ⓘ |
| isNotableFor |
destruction of a major Irish Confederate port
ⓘ
impact on morale in Confederate and Royalist Ireland ⓘ severity of massacre ⓘ |
| partOf | Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ |
| precededBy | Siege of Drogheda ⓘ |
| tookPlaceOnBodyOfWater | Wexford Harbour ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Storming of Wexford