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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Siege of Wexford canonical | 6 |
| Sack of Wexford | 1 |
| Storming of Wexford | 1 |
| siege of Wexford | 1 |
| siege of Wexford (1649) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T445360 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Siege of Wexford Context triple: [Irish Confederate Wars, significantEvent, Siege of Wexford]
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Siege of Drogheda
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.
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Battle of Aughrim (1691)
The Battle of Aughrim (1691) was a decisive engagement in Ireland’s Williamite War, where Williamite forces crushed the Jacobite army, effectively ending organized Jacobite resistance in Ireland.
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Siege of Limerick (1690–1691)
The Siege of Limerick (1690–1691) was a pivotal Williamite War in Ireland engagement in which Jacobite forces defended the strategic city of Limerick against Williamite armies, helping determine the political and religious future of Ireland.
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Battle of Benburb
The Battle of Benburb (1646) was a major Irish Confederate victory in Ulster, where Owen Roe O'Neill’s forces decisively defeated a Scottish Covenanter army, boosting the Confederate Catholic cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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E.
Williamite War in Ireland
The Williamite War in Ireland was a late 17th-century conflict between supporters of the deposed Catholic King James II and the Protestant King William III that decisively shaped Ireland’s political and religious landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Siege of Wexford Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Siege of Drogheda
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.
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B.
Battle of Aughrim (1691)
The Battle of Aughrim (1691) was a decisive engagement in Ireland’s Williamite War, where Williamite forces crushed the Jacobite army, effectively ending organized Jacobite resistance in Ireland.
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C.
Siege of Limerick (1690–1691)
The Siege of Limerick (1690–1691) was a pivotal Williamite War in Ireland engagement in which Jacobite forces defended the strategic city of Limerick against Williamite armies, helping determine the political and religious future of Ireland.
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D.
Battle of Benburb
The Battle of Benburb (1646) was a major Irish Confederate victory in Ulster, where Owen Roe O'Neill’s forces decisively defeated a Scottish Covenanter army, boosting the Confederate Catholic cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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E.
Williamite War in Ireland
The Williamite War in Ireland was a late 17th-century conflict between supporters of the deposed Catholic King James II and the Protestant King William III that decisively shaped Ireland’s political and religious landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle of the Irish Confederate Wars
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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
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surface form:
Storming of Wexford
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| 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
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impact on morale in Confederate and Royalist Ireland ⓘ severity of massacre ⓘ |
| partOf | Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ |
| precededBy | Siege of Drogheda ⓘ |
| tookPlaceOnBodyOfWater | Wexford Harbour ⓘ |
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Subject: Siege of Wexford Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (10)
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