Siege of Duncannon
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52.220771°N 6.936627°W / 52.220771; -6.936627
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Siege of Duncannon | |||||||
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Part of the Irish Confederate Wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Irish Confederates | English Parliamentarians | ||||||
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Viscount Tara | Baron Esmonde | ||||||
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1,300 men, 1 mortar, 4 cannon | 200 men, 18 cannon, 4-7 ships | ||||||
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67 dead |
27 killed in the town Flagship Great Lewis sunk, crew and 7034 soldiers drowned |
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The siege of Duncannon took place in 1645, during the Irish Confederate Wars. An Irish Catholic Confederate army under Thomas Preston besieged and successfully took the town of Duncannon in County Wexford from an English Parliamentarian garrison. The siege was the first conflict in Ireland in which mortars were utilized.