Siege of Kilkenny

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The Siege of Kilkenny was a 1650 military engagement during Oliver Cromwell’s campaign in Ireland, in which his New Model Army captured the Confederate stronghold of Kilkenny after a brief but intense assault.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement
siege
associatedWith Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
Irish Confederate Wars
New Model Army
Oliver Cromwell
attackingSide Parliamentarian New Model Army
linked to: New Model Army
belligerent Confederate and Royalist garrison of Kilkenny
Parliamentarian New Model Army
linked to: New Model Army
campaign Oliver Cromwell’s Irish campaign
characteristic brief but intense assault
chronology took place after the fall of several other Confederate strongholds in Ireland
cityStatusAtTime stronghold of the Irish Confederation of Kilkenny
combatant English Parliamentarians
linked to: Parliamentarians

Irish Confederates
Royalist forces in Ireland
commander Oliver Cromwell
conflict Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
conflictType civil war-related conflict
country Ireland
date March 1650
defensivePosition walled city of Kilkenny
linked to: Kilkenny, Ireland
followedBy Siege of Clonmel
garrisonSide Irish Confederate and Royalist defenders
hasLocation County Kilkenny
Ireland
Kilkenny
historicalPeriod mid-17th century
historicalRegion Leinster
militaryObjective seizure of Confederate administrative center
notableFor fall of a major Confederate capital
use of New Model Army siege tactics
objective capture of the Confederate stronghold of Kilkenny
outcome capture of Kilkenny by Parliamentarian forces
partOf Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
precededBy Siege of Clonmel
relatedEvent English Civil War
linked to: British Civil Wars

Irish Confederate Wars
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
result Parliamentarian victory
strategicImportance control of a key Confederate stronghold in Leinster
theatre Irish Confederate Wars
typeOfWarfare siege warfare
year 1650

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Cromwellian conquest of Ireland hasPart Siege of Kilkenny