Siege of Wexford

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The Siege of Wexford was a key 1169 military engagement in which Anglo-Norman forces captured the Irish port town of Wexford, helping to establish Norman footholds in Ireland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement
siege
attacker Anglo-Norman forces NERFINISHED
belligerent Anglo-Norman forces
Irish defenders
capturedSettlement Wexford NERFINISHED
category 1169 in Ireland
Battles involving Ireland
Battles involving the Normans
combatant forces of Diarmait Mac Murchada (Dermot MacMurrough)
commander Domnall mac Gilla Pátraic (local ruler of Uí Cheinnselaig, allied with Normans) NERFINISHED
Maurice FitzGerald NERFINISHED
Robert FitzStephen NERFINISHED
conflict Norman invasion of Ireland NERFINISHED
countryAtTime Kingdom of Leinster NERFINISHED
date 1169
defender town of Wexford NERFINISHED
era 12th century
followedBy Norman advance into eastern Leinster
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
languageOfPrimarySources Latin
Middle Irish NERFINISHED
location County Wexford NERFINISHED
Ireland NERFINISHED
Leinster NERFINISHED
Wexford NERFINISHED
objective capture of the port town of Wexford
partOf Norman conquest of Leinster NERFINISHED
precededBy landing of Robert FitzStephen in Ireland in 1169
relatedEvent Norman landing at Bannow Bay NERFINISHED
Siege of Dublin (1171) NERFINISHED
Siege of Waterford (1170) NERFINISHED
result Anglo-Norman victory
significance established an early Norman foothold in Ireland
secured a strategic port for further Norman operations in Ireland
strategicImportance control of a sheltered harbour on Ireland’s southeast coast
supportedBy Diarmait Mac Murchada NERFINISHED
typeOfWarfare medieval siege warfare
usedFor consolidation of Norman power in southeast Ireland
year 1169

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Norman invasion of Ireland hasPart Siege of Wexford
Wexford hasHistoricalEvent Siege of Wexford