Siege of Limerick (1651)

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military engagement siege

The Siege of Limerick (1651) was a major Cromwellian siege during the later stages of the Irish Confederate Wars, in which English Parliamentarian forces captured the strategically vital city of Limerick from Irish and Royalist defenders.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Siege of Limerick	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military engagement ⓘ siege ⓘ
associatedWith	Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell ⓘ surface form: Cromwellian regime
attacker	English Parliamentarian forces ⓘ
belligerent	Parliament of England ⓘ surface form: English Parliamentarians Irish Confederates ⓘ surface form: Irish Confederate forces Royalist forces ⓘ
conflict	Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ
consequence	further consolidation of Parliamentarian control in Ireland ⓘ weakening of remaining Irish Confederate and Royalist resistance in the region ⓘ
countryInvolved	Irish Confederates ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ Royalists ⓘ
defensiveForce	garrison of Limerick ⓘ
historicalEra	17th century ⓘ
laterStageOf	Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ
location	County Limerick ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Limerick ⓘ
militaryTheater	western Ireland ⓘ
objective	capture of the city of Limerick ⓘ
opponent	Irish and Royalist defenders ⓘ
partOf	Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
relatedEvent	Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ
relatedPlace	River Shannon ⓘ
result	Parliamentarian victory ⓘ capture of Limerick by Parliamentarian forces ⓘ
significance	key step in subduing Irish and Royalist resistance ⓘ major Cromwellian siege in Ireland ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of a major Shannon River crossing ⓘ control of a major fortified city in western Ireland ⓘ
timePeriod	1651 ⓘ
typeOfWarfare	siege warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Henry Ireton → battle → Siege of Limerick (1651) ⓘ

Williamite War in Ireland → majorEvent → Siege of Limerick (1651) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Limerick

Irish Confederate Wars → significantEvent → Siege of Limerick (1651) ⓘ