Sack of Cashel

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Sack of Cashel
Part of the Irish Confederate Wars

The Rock of Cashel, the citadel in which the defenders of Cashel attempted to hold off the assault
Date15 September 1647
Location
Result English victory
Belligerents
Irish Confederates England English Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Lt-Colonel Butler  Executed Baron Inchiquin
Strength
c.300 (excluding civilians) c.2,500 [1]
Casualties and losses
c.500-800 (including civilians) [2] c.300 [2]
Sack of Cashel is located in Ireland
Rock of Cashel
Rock of Cashel
Belfast
Belfast
Dublin
Dublin
Cork
Cork
Ireland and Rock of Cashel

The sack of Cashel, also known as the massacre of Cashel, took place on 15 September 1647 during the Irish Confederate Wars, when Cashel Castle in County Tipperary was taken by a Protestant Parliamentarian army commanded by the Baron of Inchiquin. In what is considered one of the most brutal incidents of the war, survivors of the Catholic garrison were executed along with a number of civilians and the castle was sacked.[3][4]

  1. ^ Seymour 1917, p. 376.
  2. ^ a b Seymour 1917, p. 378.
  3. ^ Cusack (1868), p. 496.
  4. ^ Doyle.