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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:castle
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gptkbp:besiegingForceStrength
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~12,000
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gptkbp:casualties
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over 2,000 defenders and civilians killed
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Irish_Catholic_Confederation
gptkb:English_Parliamentarians
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Oliver_Cromwell
gptkb:Sir_Arthur_Aston
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gptkbp:conflict
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gptkb:murder
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Ireland
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gptkbp:date
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3–11 September 1649
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gptkbp:defendingForceStrength
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~2,500
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Siege_of_Wexford_(1649)
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gptkbp:historicalPeriod
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gptkb:Wars_of_the_Three_Kingdoms
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Siege of Drogheda (1649)
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Drogheda
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gptkbp:notableDeath
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gptkb:Sir_Arthur_Aston
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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massacre of defenders and civilians
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Cromwellian_conquest_of_Ireland
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Irish_Confederate_Wars
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gptkbp:result
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Parliamentarian victory
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gptkbp:significance
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notorious for brutality
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Drogheda,_Ireland
gptkb:Drogheda
gptkb:Sack_of_Wexford_(1649)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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