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Siege of Duncannon

1645 in IrelandBattles involving IrelandConflicts in 1645EngvarB from February 2020History of County Wexford
Military history of IrelandSieges involving IrelandSieges of the Irish Confederate Wars

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.

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Siege of Duncannon
R737, New Ross Municipal District

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Y34 X593 New Ross Municipal District (Ballyhack ED)
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