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Siege of Clonmel 1650

Siege of Clonmel: Western Tower, Clonmel's Town Wall.
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Marker: recorded battle location (no official boundary).

Key facts

Date (year)1650Wikidata P580 start time
Century17th centuryderived
PeriodCivil Warsderived
CountryIrelandderived
War / conflictCromwellian conquest of Ireland, Irish Confederate WarsWikidata

About the battle

The siege of Clonmel, from 27 April to 18 May 1650, took place during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, when Clonmel in County Tipperary was besieged by 8,000 men from the New Model Army under Oliver Cromwell. The garrison of 1,500 commanded by Hugh Dubh O'Neill eventually surrendered after inflicting heavy casualties on the besiegers.

O'Neill escaped with some of his troops, but although the Irish Confederate Wars continued until 1653, Clonmel ended effective Royalist resistance in Ireland, and Cromwell returned to England immediately afterwards.

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Location

  • Recorded location (Wikidata; may be approximate): 52.3539, -7.7116

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Siege of Clonmel (revision 1370740286), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations removed. No text added.

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