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The Siege of Drogheda

Drogheda, County Louth

Cromwell's storming of the town, still remembered with horror.

In September 1649 Oliver Cromwell's army stormed Drogheda after a short siege. Cromwell ordered that no quarter be given, and the garrison and many civilians were killed, some in a church set alight.

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When
September 1649
Where
53.7100, -6.3500
Group
Battlefields

Visiting

Millmount Museum and St Laurence's Gate in Drogheda.

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