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Cromwell's Expedition to Ireland

Type Event Region Ireland Time 1649–1650

In August 1649, Oliver Cromwell led the New Model Army on an expedition to Ireland to suppress the Royalist-Catholic alliance threatening the English…

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  1. 1649Dublin · IrelandCromwell arrived at Dublin with about 12,000 troops of the New Model Army, using existing Parliamentarian bases as a starting point for a systematic conquest of eastern and central Ireland.
  2. 1649Eastern Ireland · IrelandThe expeditionary force besieged and captured strategic strongholds such as Drogheda and Wexford in succession, harshly repressing their garrisons and breaking the military resistance of the Catholic Confederation.
  3. 1649–1650Ireland · IrelandCromwell pressed northward, defeating resistance at places such as Kilkenny. He left Ireland for England in May 1650, and the subsequent conquest was completed by Henry Ireton and others.

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