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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Siege of Wexford canonical 4
siege of Wexford 1
siege of Wexford (1169) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement
siege
attacker Anglo-Norman forces
belligerent Anglo-Norman forces
Irish defenders
capturedSettlement Wexford
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)
Maurice FitzGerald
Robert FitzStephen
conflict Norman invasion of Ireland
countryAtTime Kingdom of Leinster
date 1169
defender town of Wexford
linked to: Wexford
era 12th century
followedBy Norman advance into eastern Leinster
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
languageOfPrimarySources Latin
Middle Irish
location County Wexford
Ireland
Leinster
Wexford
objective capture of the port town of Wexford
partOf Norman conquest of Leinster
precededBy landing of Robert FitzStephen in Ireland in 1169
relatedEvent Norman landing at Bannow Bay
Siege of Dublin (1171)
linked to: Siege of Dublin

Siege of Waterford (1170)
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
typeOfWarfare medieval siege warfare
usedFor consolidation of Norman power in southeast Ireland
year 1169

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

Norman invasion of Ireland hasPart Siege of Wexford
Wexford hasHistoricalEvent Siege of Wexford
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke notableEvent siege of Wexford (1169)
linked to: Siege of Wexford
capture of Wexford hasPart siege of Wexford
linked to: Siege of Wexford
Raymond FitzGerald militaryConflict Siege of Wexford